Google Announces Friend Connect

MASHABLE -- May 12 -- Following Facebook and MySpace about initiatives to make the social networking data portable, Google has announced "Friend Connect", a similar service that will enable any website owner to add some code to their site and get a number of social features. Anyone will be able to log in, for example, with their OpenID on some blog, and converse with their Gtalk, Facebook, or Plaxo friends. FULL ARTICLE @ MASHABLE