OAuth Support For Yahoo and Gmail
When we first launched CloudSponge.com, OAuth support was not quite available yet for Yahoo or Gmail. This meant you had to ask your users to hand over their username and password to import their contacts. Well, not anymore.
Both Yahoo and Gmail now offer OAuth support and we have promptly updated CloudSponge.com [...]
Carbonite Eyes Possible IPO
If you haven’t heard of Carbonite, pay attention to this.
Xconomy is reporting Carbonite is eyeing a possible IPO in 2011.
If all goes according to plan … Carbonite will register for an initial public offering this year and go public sometime in 2011.
That’s not because it needs the money to keep growing—revenue has doubled [...]
OAuth: A Valet Key to Your Contacts
Passwords here… passwords there… passwords everywhere! Seems like everyone wants your password. Your password is the key to to your personal kingdom. If you’re like me, you are usually quite reluctant to give up your password to just anybody. You’re thinking “Is my password safe?” or “Do you store my password?” [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged address book, CloudSponge.com, contacts, Gmail, OAuth, Yahoo 1 Comment
The Power of Testimony
You’ve seen those emails before.
“Hey, I just signed up for XYZ. I really like it. I think you would like it too. Click here to sign up.”
Most likely, you turn a blind eye and ignore it. But what if it came from your inner circle or closest friends? Or, what if it was from one [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Facebook, Hotmail, refer a friend, testimony, word of mouth 1 Comment
Our First Post
Happy New Year!
2010 is finally here…It’s the start of a new year, a new decade, and a new heading for CloudSponge.com. We wanted to create this blog as a way to keep you informed about what’s going in our world. This could be topics we find interesting or letting you know about new products or [...]
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