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Over the last few days I’ve been playing around with Mobypicture.com and more precisely their Geo-tagged picture map feature. I’ve found a way to have a map embedded on any blog that automatically centres on the last picture uploaded. What’s more it’s all done from a mobile phone… Perfect for any Travel Blog… Other features include: Micro-blogging and blogging brought together. Automatic posting to twitter and Facebook etc. One simple upload from any GPS enabled phone perfect for travellers on the road. Centres on last uploaded picture. Have a look at our Geo-Tagged Picture map. (might still have issues with Internet explorer, that’s not the map, it’s my limited code knowledge). Here’s How to do it: Sign up for free account at www.Mobypicture.com. Connect it with your social network services. i.e. Twitter and Facebook. Download the mobile app or set your favourite (Mobypicture has it’s own apps but I use Twibble ). Upload some Geo-tagged pictures from a phone or computer and it will put them in your stream, post them on your MobyMap (if you click on your Username on the right sidebar you will see a link that says “Launch MobyMap”) and update your selected social networks. FinallyPaste this code where you want the map to appear on a page on your blog or website:

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Embed a Geo-tagged Twitter Picture Map in Any Blog

Data portability is just all the rage these days. Google, Facebook, MySpace, OpenID, et al. have spent years creating services where you can use a single login and password to access email, network or make comments. Now Google’s taking it one step further with something called “ hybrid onboarding .” When you receive an email invitation in a Gmail account to join another service, including Plaxo, Facebook and more, instead of being prompted to create yet another username and password, you’re given the option to sign in with your Google account: On the surface, this seems like it might be less secure—after all, isn’t Google sharing your Gmail username and password in this sign up? Not so, Google says: At the same time, the hybrid onboarding model improves authentication security because websites like Plaxo that use this technique never see a password from you at all. Since you don’t have to enter your password on additional sites, your password remains closer to you and is less likely to be misused. However, there is the problem that if your one account gets hacked, the hackers will have access to your other accounts (though this is often the case, since most people use the same password for a lot of their accounts). Google is also taking this capability to your doorstep: The Google Code Blog also gives details on how any site can add this authentication protocol. What do you think? Is this a step forward for password and online security? What sites do you want to see participating?

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Google Gives You Fewer Passwords