• April 9th, 2013

    Mozilla Launches Beta 2 Of Its Persona Authentication System, Now Supports Firefox OS And All Yahoo.com Email Addresses

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    Mozilla today launched the second beta of its Persona authentication system, which now allows anybody with a Yahoo.com email address to sign up and log in to any Persona-enabled site without the need to create a new account for Persona or a new login or password for the site that uses it. Mozilla plans to add support for additional webmail providers in the coming month. With Persona, Mozilla wants… → Read More

    April 8th, 2013

    Report: 46% Of Social Login Users Still Choose Facebook, But Google Is Quickly Gaining Ground

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    Since Google launched its Google+ sign-ins earlier this year, social logins have suddenly become a hot topic again. According to the latest data from social login provider Janrain, Facebook continues to be the most popular identity provider for social logins, but the social network is starting to lose some ground to Google. Services like Janrain, Gigya and their competitors make it much easier for… → Read More

    January 18th, 2012

    Want More Stickiness? Users Logging In Through Social Networks Spend 50% More Time On Site

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    Site owners, administrators, web business owners, content producers, and everyone in between are always trying to find the best ways to encourage visitors to spend more time on their sites. It’s hard enough getting people there in the first place, but keeping visitors and customers on the site (and engaged) once there? No walk in the park. But doing so is critical — Just ask Groupon.

    As one… → Read More