Read more Maka Maka stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/15928/maka-maka.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:01:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/10626/google-out-to-smite-facebook-software-platform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGoogle couldn't buy a piece of Facebook, so it's going after the social networking site's software platform instead. Tomorrow a Google-led alliance will introduce a common platform for software developers to write programs for Google's social site, Orkut, along with LinkedIn, hi5, Friendster, Plaxo, Ning and others. The hope is...http://www.newser.com/story/10626/google-out-to-smite-facebook-software-platform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 31 Oct 2007 11:56:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/10514/google-to-blow-minds-with-facebook-rival-maka-maka.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGoogle is set to launch its hush-hush rival to Facebook next month. Code-named “Maka-Maka,” the watershed social networking service will introduce a completely open source platform and a slew of new applications. Details are scarce, but the vision is a social layer that combines all of Google’s existing services—think...http://www.newser.com/story/10514/google-to-blow-minds-with-facebook-rival-maka-maka.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Oct 2007 14:35:28 CDT