Google recently announced their Friend Connect program that lets anyone with a web site paste in code that easily adds social networking features to their site. When Google does anything, you need to take a serious look at it because they're Google. Bear in mind that Google does a lot of things and not all of them take off, but considering the resources they bring to the … [Read more...]
What’s Up With OpenSocial?
In the short term, Google's OpenSocial effort to codify a standard API for tapping into social networks probably doesn't effectively mean much. But with support from MySpace and LinkedIn and Bebo , among others, the effort could be very significant. It leaves Facebook as the odd man out, with it's proprietary FaceBook Markup Language. The OpenSocial standard would allow … [Read more...]