OpenSocial makes it easier than ever for developers to build and distribute their applications across multiple destination sites like Friendster. With widespread support throughout the industry, OpenSocial has become a de facto standard for...
The "social gadget" engine will generate turnkey code which includes "built-in functionality like user registration, invitations, members gallery, message posting, and reviews, as well as third-party applications built by the OpenSocial...
Fortunately, there's an emerging wave of social standards -- OpenID, OAuth, OpenSocial, and the data access APIs published by Facebook, Google, MySpace, and others. Visitors to sites using Friend Connect will be able to "see, invite, and interact...
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...
Shortly after losing out to Microsoft in its efforts to woo social network du jour Facebook, Google has unveiled OpenSocial, a set of common APIs to be backed by Google and an alliance of socialsites including LinkedIn, Friendster, Plaxo and Ning.