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  • Sun sponsors social networking project

    Sun Microsystems is sponsoring a project for building and hosting social applications that would run on social network sites like Facebook and OpenSocial. Sun Microsystems is sponsoring a project for building and hosting social applications that…
  • Google offers app for friendly websites

    MySpace and Facebook took steps in that direction with announcements last week.As the popularity of social networks keeps rising and people set up multiple profiles in such sites, they are demanding the ability to carry their data, content and…
  • No deal for Microsoft and Yahoo

    Yahoo also added video to Flickr and joined Google's OpenSocial project of common APIs for social networking applications.Last week, it announced its most ambitious plan yet to take advantage of the popularity of social networking.
  • Facebook to work with other social networking sites

    The idea is that developers will only have to write their widget or small application once if there is a common platform for structuring how the applications integrate with sites.The initiative runs in parallel with Google's OpenSocial project…
  • OpenSocial gives Plaxo traffic jam

    Plaxo claims it has seen a massive surge of traffic after becoming the first company to release an application based on Google's OpenSocial API.Google unveiledthe APIs, designed to help developers build social networking applications that can run…
  • MySpace joins Google's OpenSocial

    When we have had a chance to understand the technology, then Facebook will evaluate participation," said Brandee Barker, Facebook spokeswoman.OpenSocial can, in theory, dilute this distinguishing feature of Facebook, by offering a core set of APIs

Latest Features

  • Top 10 Google Apps for business

    OpenSocial is a project spearheaded by Google that created a set of common APIs to let applications integrate with social sites.Tungle is available as an iPhone or BlackBerry app (though the company hasn't yet released an Android version).
 

How-Tos

  • Five ways to improve website uptime

    The reusable code and predictable structure for OpenID, OpenSocial, OAuth and other Web standards will make the Web more reliable in the long run.Not everyone agrees that these standards will promote better Internet uptime, however.
 
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