Gadget developers - Make OpenSocial applications with greater control over how data flows across servers with signed requests. Use server-side authentication mechanisms so that a site with Friend Connect can act as an OpenSocial container.
It comes almost two months after deploying the OpenSocial API. For Web 2.0 companies that have developed apps using Facebook and OpenSocial APIs, they now have the flexibility to choose between approaches when launching applications on Friendster.
Friendster has today announced the deployment of the OpenSocial API. With widespread support throughout the industry, OpenSocial has become a de facto standard for developers of social applications. OpenSocial makes it easier than ever for...
OpenSocial is a specification, launched by Google last year, that defines a common API for social applications across multiple Web sites. Using JavaScript and HTML, developers can create applications with OpenSocial that access features in a social...
A new wave of APIs and frameworks, including OpenSocial, are opening up interesting ways to interact with people through applications. These sessions focus on geo applications, including KML (Google Earth apps)and the Google Maps API.
For application developers, the new OpenSocial API offers the ability to access a much larger audience then they could with a Facebook application. Several developers, including Flixster, FotoFlexer, iLike, RockYou, Slide, Theikos, and...
