ILike and Qloud’s Hi5 applications, maybe the start of something bigger
OpenSocial, the Google-led platform to allow applications to be built across social networks, has been criticized as slow moving.
However, progress is being made. Today, social music services iLike and QLoud introduced the first OpenSocial applications for the popular social network Hi5.
ILike’s Hi5 application lets you… Continue Reading
Confirmed: MySpace joins Google’s OpenSocial movement
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MySpace, the large social networking company, has joined the anti-Facebook coalition led by Google, we’ve confirmed.
Meanwhile, SixApart, the blogging software company, has confirmed with VentureBeat that it is joining the ever-growing coalition.
The grouping, called OpenSocial (see our coverage here), is setting open standards for sharing… Continue Reading
Google-led gang to take on Facebook — Google’s OpenSocial to launch
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A host of Silicon Valley companies led by Google are ganging together to take on Facebook — the social networking company that is the toast of the town right now.
A group of Facebook’s cross-town rival, including Google, LinkedIn, Hi5, Friendster, Plaxo and Ning, are apparently… Continue Reading