Archive for the 'OpenSocial' Category
My AOL to Join Google Open Social
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford June 5th, 2008 in OpenSocial, social networks, widgets. This is great news for Google’s Open Social. The Open Social movement continues to increase. AOL purchased social media site BEBO for $850 Million in March. This was a big move into social media by AOL and many developers were wondering if the site would join the growing party on Google’s Open Social standard.
Bebo […]
Google Friend Connect Looks Broad Reaching
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford May 13th, 2008 in Google, OpenSocial.I was at the Google campfire event tonight for the launch of Google Friend Connect. At first pass there is a LOT to like about this. Social media is going even more mainstream and will start to live outside of “traditional” social networking sites.
Now connections can be effectively “portable” to any site that […]
Google Friend Connect Makes Any Site Social
1 Comment Published by Rodney Rumford May 12th, 2008 in Google, OpenSocial, business, social media.Google will officially announce a preview release of Google Friend Connect in about an hour. I will be on the conference call to learn as much as possible as to how Google Friend Connect will work.
Here is what we know for sure at this point:
The Friend Connect service will help website owners grow engagement by […]
Google Campfire Monday: Friend Connect Launching?
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford May 10th, 2008 in Google, OpenSocial.Google Campfire Monday: Launching Google Friend Connect? We have been hearing some rumblings that Google has some big announcement around a product set of API’s for use with Open Social that is supposedly called “Friend Connect”. In theory it might allow Google Open Social developers to have access to profile information and allow those data […]
Google Social Graph API
3 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford April 10th, 2008 in Google, OpenSocial, social networks.The Google Social Graph API lets you make interesting connections. Bringing those connections to the surface is quickly becoming increasingly important for business and social applications.
This is going to be a trend for the foreseeable future. Users want to see their social graph; it makes the applications more useful and engaging.
With the Google Social […]
Introducing the OpenSocial Foundation
0 Comments Published by Blake Robinson March 25th, 2008 in Facebook, Google, MySpace, OpenSocial, Yahoo!.Google announced today in conjunction with Yahoo! and MySpace, the formation of the OpenSocial Foundation, a non-profit entity, “dedicated to the sustainable and open development of the OpenSocial initiative and related intellectual property.” It’s a shrewd move by the three that leaves Facebook in an even lonelier place inside its walled garden.
In its prospectus, […]
Google OpenSocial Video Interview
1 Comment Published by Rodney Rumford March 6th, 2008 in Google, MySpace, OpenSocial.Google OpenSocial Interview with Platform Developer Advocate Patrick Chanezon. Google rarely does video interviews so I was very excited to have the opportunity to capture this interview with Patrick.
Too bad I didn’t keep the camera running for the next 1.5 hours while we continued to chat about all the opportunities for businesses, brands and […]
Facebook Platform vs. MySpace Platform: The showdown is a comin’
1 Comment Published by Blake Robinson January 30th, 2008 in Facebook, Facebook f8 platform, MySpace, MySpace Platform, OpenSocial.MySpace announced today that its own developer platform is coming on Feb. 5. It’s now taking applications for developers to hoping to get in at the ground level:
The MySpace Developer Site is coming soon!
The MySpace Developer site will empower you to:
* Learn & Play with the MySpace Developer Platform and […]
Google Profiles Show Up On Google Maps
1 Comment Published by Rodney Rumford December 17th, 2007 in Facebook, OpenSocial.If you decide to set up a Google Profile. Be aware of where your data just might end up being visible online. Like Google Maps for example. While I can see the advantages of this data being shared; I wonder if the users are aware of the consequences of this data being brought to the […]
Google Profiles: Weak
1 Comment Published by Rodney Rumford December 17th, 2007 in Facebook, OpenSocial.Google really really really wants to be a social network; or at least try to get into the middle of the space.
Google’s first attempt: Vaporware OpenSocial. Launched with much fanfare it hs proven a point of frustration and disappointment to the application developer community (it’s target audience).
Google’s second attempt. Google Profiles: Weak. In what […]
