The Future of Social Media: The Walls Come Crumbling DownSource: Wired News
The social web trend is more or less complete. Oprah's gone Twitter, your co-worker has a MySpace problem, and if your parents aren't bugging you with Facebook movie quiz invites, they probably will be by the time you're done reading this.
Power.com And Facebook Are Friends Again (Almost)Source: TechCrunch
After being sued by Facebook in December for violating its terms of use, social-networking aggregator Power.com is now close to settling the dispute, we have been able to confirm. The final settlement terms are still being ironed out, but are being reviewed by both sides.
Facebook Connect Gets a Plugin DirectorySource: Mashable!
We've seen a number of Facebook Connect-related announcements over the past couple days, including Movable Type and Disqus, that make it easier for websites to implement the portable identity service.

With lots of media coverage recently, and as Facebook prepares to roll out it's new Facebook Connect technology to even more sites, questions have begun being asked about privacy, and if Connect is going to be another flop like Facebook's now reknown Beacon technology.
Why Facebook Connect Matters & Why it Will WinSource: GigaOM
I came away fairly impressed with what Mark & Company are doing with their Facebook Connect (FC) system. (The program launched today with 24 partners, and a press release. It will go into beta soon.)