Tim Bray, internet trailblazer, seeks to eliminate usernames and passwords

June 30, 2012 1:30 PM Jennifer Van Grove
Jennifer Van Grove

Tim Bray, the Googler most famous for his prior role in editing the XML language, has set his eyes on a new challenge: eradicating usernames and passwords, at least as we know them today, from the Internet.

Bray, who landed …

Could Google+ be the first prominent open social network?

August 2, 2011 10:02 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Google+ has an incredible amount of buzz surrounding it at the moment. But one element the young network lacks is open standards compliance.

It’s not unique to Google+, as almost all social networks for that matter have this problem. But …