Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Yahoo readies username recycling with Facebook verification

<p>There has been a lot of buzz surrounding Yahoo's username recycling program that is set to launch this summer.</p><p>The self-proclaimed technology company is gearing up to commence the ID turnarounds by tapping what might be an unlikely partner: Facebook.</p><p>Now, the world's largest social network might come across as a strange bedfellow here considering Facebook's own widely-used identity service and scheme, Facebook Connect.</p><p>However, as Bill Mills from the Yahoo Developer Network team explained further in a blog post on Monday, using social networking sites like Facebook can help validate new owners for these unused usernames.</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/yahoo-readies-username-recycling-with-facebook-verification-7000018085/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/15/4525908/how-yahoo-cleans-up-usernames-with-help-from-facebook">Yahoo recycles old user IDs with help from Facebook</a> (The Verge)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dvCFk8BP70mIZyMhY9x8XAm4ehlMM&ned=us">31 additional articles.</a></p>

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