# The OpenID Train Steams Ahead: Google, IBM and Verisign Said To Be Joining - Host: [techcrunch.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/techcrunch.com/) - Saved: January 8, 2008 (2008-01-09T05:27:58Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/77ec45cea308/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/77ec45cea308.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) TechCrunch UKs Mike Butcher is reporting that Google, IBM and Verisign are in late stage discussions with the OpenID Foundation. This news comes on the same day that Google, Facebook and Plaxo joined the DataPortability Workgroup. Google has been testing OpenID with its Blogger platform since late last year, but this is said to be a more general implementation across core Google properties. OpenID was originally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick, previously at LiveJournal and now at Google. Its likely hes pushing this internally. If he gets Google on board, then OpenID has very rosy prospects ahead. Crunch Network: CrunchBoard because its time for you to find a new Job2.0 ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [Twitter Downtime On the Upswing](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3d81d909b373/) (techcrunch.com, December 20, 2007) - [Need a Baby Name? Nymbler Has A Hunch About What You Might Like.](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/995154b9169a/) (techcrunch.com, December 28, 2007) - [Zed Shaw Puts The Smack Down On The Rails Community](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/11e857ee9a51/) (techcrunch.com, January 1, 2008) - [The Truth That Dare Not Speak: The CES Keynote Sucked](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/36b32ee9b7c2/) (techcrunch.com, January 7, 2008) - [Things Are Looking Good At Startup Schwag](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/cb7648be8472/) (techcrunch.com, January 13, 2008) ## Saved the same week - [Apple's preps iTunes 7.6 with support for movie rentals](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/5230406a0ca1/) (appleinsider.com, January 8, 2008) - [Microsoft To Buy Norwegian Search Firm Fast Search & Transfer For $1.23 Billion](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e60674d98fc5/) (gigaom.com, January 8, 2008) - [Opera coming to the iPhone](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/54937b406d7a/) (9to5mac.com, January 9, 2008) - [Why HD Won't Save Radio, And Why Fred Wilson Thinks It Will](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/5c23199cfe33/) (businessinsider.com, January 9, 2008) - [Jason Fried discusses Highrise, red flag words, opinionated companies, and benevolent dictators](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/6814cac285b4/) (37signals.com, January 9, 2008) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://techcrunch.com/2008/01/08/the-openid-train-steams-ahead-google-ibm-and-verisign-said-to-be-joining/