Happy birthday, OpenSocial! Welcome to Xiaonei

Happy birthday, OpenSocial! Welcome to Xiaonei

OpenSocial, the standards platform that makes it easier to write applications across social networks, is celebrating its one-year birthday in San Francisco today. As part of the festivities, OpenSocial made several announcements, most significantly launching on Chinese social networking site Xiaonei, and releasing some impressive… Continue Reading

Yahoo joins OpenSocial, OpenSocial goes non-profit

Yahoo joins OpenSocial, OpenSocial goes non-profit

As predicted, Yahoo has joined the OpenSocial initiative, which Google and many partners launched last October to set standards for third-party developer applications that run across social networks. What wasn’t expected is the follow-up move — the formation of the non-profit OpenSocial Foundation with Google,… Continue Reading

Introducing VastPark, the owner of OpenSocial.com

Introducing VastPark, the owner of OpenSocial.com

OpenSocial, Google’s ambitious project to set standards for developers across Web sites, won accolades all round.

Except for its funky URL: http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/. You’ll never remember it.

Guess who owns www.OpenSocial.com.

Answer: An Australian company called VastPark which, it turns out, has an open vision that is very similar… Continue Reading