From the announcement:
"MySpace, the world’s largest social network, and Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced that they are joining forces to launch OpenSocial — a set of common APIs for building social applications across the web. The partnership spearheads an initiative to standardize and simplify the development of social applications. Today’s announcement underscores MySpace’s commitment to supporting standards that foster innovation in an increasingly social Web."
An impressive list for a start already ...
Bebo
Engage.com
Friendster
hi5
Hyves
imeem
LinkedIn
MySpace
Newsgator
Ning
Oracle
Orkut
Plaxo
Salesforce.com
Six Apart
Tianji
Viadeo
XING
via Mashable!
Google Announcement 'Google Campfire One'
Earlier entry:
Open Social Maka-maka (with Force)
After thoughts:
If Facebook likes its member, application developer and/or is wise, they will joint and announce soon, that they have implemented that API's ... (and offer some convincing 'middleware' for the pack).
