Read more OpenSocial stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/16042/opensocial.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:38:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/22559/yahoo-joins-google-social-network-alliance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYahoo will join Google in developing the latter's open social networking framework OpenSocial, the company announced yesterday. The two giants, along with other partners, also announced the creation of a foundation to oversee the effort. Neither Facebook nor Microsoft, which have an advertising agreement, are part of OpenSocial; Facebook on...http://www.newser.com/story/22559/yahoo-joins-google-social-network-alliance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Mar 2008 14:10:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/13942/bebo-adopts-facebook-style-ad-platform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBebo, the most popular social networking site in Britain, announced today that it will launch an application platform modeled on that of Facebook, GigaOm reports. The launch is the result of a collaboration with its US counterpart, so that developers of Facebook apps will be able to port their work...http://www.newser.com/story/13942/bebo-adopts-facebook-style-ad-platform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Dec 2007 17:37:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13747/linkedin-goes-20.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLinkedIn will start allowing user-created applications as part of an effort to keep up with social networking competitors like Facebook and MySpace, PC World reports. The professional networking site said today it has redesigned its home page and plans to display relevant BusinessWeek stories on users' profiles, as well as...http://www.newser.com/story/13747/linkedin-goes-20.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Dec 2007 14:57:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/11577/google-invests-in-cloud-computing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGoogle has hands in a lot of pies, from maps to email to spreadsheets and now, with Android and OpenSocial, to cellphones and MySpace. But it all relates to one strategy, the Washington Post says. Google wants to make the web so useful that everyone does everything online. In this...http://www.newser.com/story/11577/google-invests-in-cloud-computing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Nov 2007 10:57:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/10895/old-farts-invade-facebook.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFacebook has matured from an e-frat house where co-eds post pics of their hedonistic exploits to a cyber-cocktail party where the well-heeled gather to display baby pictures and taunt each other like, well, school kids. “I am so telling Rupert,” a columnist teases the Journal’s Matthew Rose, after discovering Mr....http://www.newser.com/story/10895/old-farts-invade-facebook.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 03 Nov 2007 13:00:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/10859/facebook-to-join-googles-opensocial-alliance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe day after MySpace announced it was joining a Google-led alliance meant to let applications written for one social networking site be used on others, it looks like lone outsider Facebook could join up, too. That's according to Fortune Magazine , which reported that Facebook and Google representatives met yesterday and...http://www.newser.com/story/10859/facebook-to-join-googles-opensocial-alliance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Nov 2007 16:49:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/10770/myspace-may-join-google-social-project.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTech bloggers are buzzing about a rumored partnership between MySpace and Google’s about-to-be-launched OpenSocial project; a big reveal may come as soon as today. Though it still leads Facebook in membership and traffic, the social networker has lost much of its spotlight recently—and CNet’s Caroline McCarthy says the deal...http://www.newser.com/story/10770/myspace-may-join-google-social-project.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Nov 2007 15:04:15 CDThttp://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 CDT