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 post songs and videos to your Hi5 profile. This is similar to iLike’s popular Facebook application.
ILike’s strategy is to build social music applications across social networks — Facebook, Hi5, and… 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 user information across applications that run on social networks. It is supposed to go live today. The MySpace rumor first came from AlleyInsider, which said an announcement could come by… 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 responding, in an effort to see if they can stop Facebook from running away with the lead in social networking.
The OpenSocial project is introducing common standards to allow software developers… Continue Reading