LinkedIn announced service for developers

It is finally happening. LinkedIn, the social network for professional will open up its service today to software developers to develop application for the LinkedIn service. LinkedIn is one of the adopters of OpenSocial API. The first software developer creating apps for LinkedIn is BusinessWeek magazine. Sphere: Related Content

Rules of Social Engagement

This feature story looks at the companies that have chosen to use the open source OpenSocial API to create applications for social networks. It also includes a compilation of interviews by Google where the companies talk about what they are doing with OpenSocial. The OpenSocial adopters are Ning, Oberon Media, RockYou, Qloud, Plaxo, LinkedIn, hi5, [...]

Rules of Social Engagement

Social networking companies are fast adopting OpenSocial, Google’s open-source social network API to create applications for social networks. Over the last couple of years social network applications such as MySpace, Facebook, hi5, Ning, Bebo, etc. have matured and grown their user base. Now they have the user base, what do they do to keep the [...]

Feature

2007 Feature story This feature is a compilation of interviews conducted by Google with companies who have adopted OpenSocial as the development platform for social networks. Rules of Social Engagement. 2008 – Coffee and Conversations In 2008 I will be focusing on interviews with people who are passionate about blogging and the web. My first [...]

Plaxo’s success with OpenSocial application

Plaxo’s social network, Pulse has seen a surge in traffic since the launch of their application built using the OpenSocial API. It is reported the traffic jump from 200,000 around Nov. 1 to 1 millon on Nov. 14. Sphere: Related Content

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