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Surprise--OpenSocial is alpha codePosted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on Nov 6, 2007 12:47 PM
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The buzz about Google's OpenSocial APIs has died down as Google's Android phone platform took the stage, now eclipsed by Facebook's social ad service. A few companies, such as Plaxo,...[Read the rest]

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The unofficial directory of the 'OpenSocial Alliance' (26 companies and counting)
It seems as though barely an hour passes where some other company doesn't go public with its plans to support Google's recently announced OpenSocial framework and it's getting hard to... [Read the rest]
Posted by David Berlind in Between the Lines on: Nov 2, 2007 11:05 AM
Should Microsoft join or fight the OpenSocial?
What would happen if Microsoft -- whose own dev.live.com story is slowly evolving and so far has yet to take the development world by storm -- decided to surprise everyone... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Nov 2, 2007 7:48 AM
Facebook's dilemma: To be OpenSocial or not to be
Facebook is now the lone wolf, the only major social network not to partake of Google's OpenSocial APIs. This is understandable. A radical change of course is not easy to... [Read the rest]
Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Nov 2, 2007 6:55 AM
Google's OpenSocial: Strategy, money and the art of war, err APIs
Google rolled out its OpenSocial initiative--along with nearly every big social networking player not named Facebook--and the response was fairly overwhelming. Developers and techies tend to do that, but Google's... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Nov 2, 2007 4:01 AM
The hidden OpenSocial press conference (future of information sharing)
Google's OpenSocial announcement today suggests changes that may improve the future of social networking (click here for Dan Farber's coverage). Hidden from view during the press conference, an improvised parallel... [Read the rest]
Posted by Michael Krigsman in IT Project Failures on: Nov 1, 2007 8:38 PM
OpenSocial - a first enterprise take
While the OpenSocial press conference was ongoing, Irregulars Mike Krigsman, Susan Scrupski and I used Twitter to pepper Robert Scoble with questions. Listening to David Berlind's podcast recording of proceedings,... [Read the rest]
Posted by Dennis Howlett in Irregular Enterprise on: Nov 1, 2007 7:14 PM
Google to open Orkut OpenSocial developer sandbox tonight
The campfire is burning tonight on the Google campus as the company prepares to launch an Orkut sandbox for working with the OpenSocial APIs. Developers will be able to register,... [Read the rest]
Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Nov 1, 2007 6:04 PM
The OpenSocial Business Model: Will the biggest social containers win? Google's CEO says no.
In my most recent post regarding today's announcement between Google and MySpace that MySpace would be embracing Google's recently announced OpenSocial framework of APIs, I noted that I asked two... [Read the rest]
Posted by David Berlind in Between the Lines on: Nov 1, 2007 5:37 PM
Full audio of MySpace/Google/Flixster news conference; Also, how is identity handled?
As promised in the video that I just posted that demonstrated how Flixster used Google's just announced OpenSocial APIs to build the functionality of its social movie reviews Web site... [Read the rest]
Posted by David Berlind in Between the Lines on: Nov 1, 2007 3:55 PM
Video demo: Flixster built-into a MySpace profile via Google's OpenSocial framework
Dan Farber and I just got done participating in a news teleconference with executives from Google and MySpace including MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe, and Google CEO Eric Schmidt who... [Read the rest]
Posted by Andy Smith in Between the Lines on: Nov 1, 2007 2:56 PM
Official: MySpace joins Google's "OpenSocial" platform
I never saw this coming but it makes a whole lot of sense. MySpace have announced that they're supporting Google's OpenSocial APIs in favor of building out its own third-party... [Read the rest]
Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Nov 1, 2007 1:34 PM
Google's OpenSocial APIs pick up steam--MySpace and Bebo
Updated: Speaking during a press conference about MySpace joining the OpenSocial train, Google CEO Eric Schmidt painted the big picture. "The broader story is the Web has moved to the... [Read the rest]
Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Nov 1, 2007 12:50 PM
"OpenSocial" - Google's combine and conquer social networking strategy
More details of Google's social networking plans have emerged, revealing a "combine and conquer" strategy aimed squarely at Facebook and, to a lesser extent, MySpace. [Read the rest]
Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Oct 31, 2007 6:25 AM
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