On August 5th YiQi.com launched an OpenSocial developer platform in China based on Apache Shindig, which makes this the first OpenSocial implementation in China based on open source software!The OpenSocial Developer Platform by YiQi.com is built on ver…
SocialMedia.com is hosting a new event for application developers called “OpenThread” on August 15th. OpenThread is about stimulating community and conversation amongst developers around OpenSocial and its partner sites. The event is intended for curre…
Posted by Shawn Shen, Developer ProgramsA few weeks ago we posted a survey to collect feedback from the community to help improve the OpenSocial ecosystem. We are very grateful for all the responses and also appreciate your continued involvement in sh…
Posted by Kevin Marks, Developer AdvocateA couple of weeks ago, Google’s developer conference Google I/O was held in San Francisco and 3,000 developers came to listen, talk and hack together. If you couldn’t make it, or if you came but found that two s…
Posted by Eric Staats, Principal Software Engineer, AOL During the “Meet the Containers” session at Google’s I/O developer gathering today, AOL announced its plans to support OpenSocial, beginning with the adoption of Gadgets on myAOL.com. Over the…
Posted by Chris Schalk, Google Developer AdvocateAt yesterday’s OpenSocial Summit, imeem (www.imeem.com) announced that it has launched as a new OpenSocial container. imeem is the 3rd largest and one of the fastest growing social networks in the U.S., …
Posted by Jonathan Terleski, User Experience TeamWhether you’re an applications developer or a container developer, OpenSocial enables you to create new and innovative experiences for your users. Today, I’d like to show you one of the ways we’ve been …
Posted by Amar Gandhi, Group Product ManagerWe listen to your concerns and read your emails carefully. We have received a number of inquiries regarding this launch and would like to clarify what we’re trying to achieve. 1) Why the testing period? …
Posted by Elizabeth Yin, Developer ProgramsOn Wednesday, March 5, the Google Technology User Group (not officially affiliated with Google Inc.) will be holding a gathering at the Googleplex in Mountain View from 6pm to 8:30pm. This gathering will be g…
Posted by Dan Holevoet, Developer ProgramsWe know that some of you enjoy watching movies more than reading through complex documentation, so we’re happy to announce a set of OpenSocial videos to get you the information you need to write great applicati…
Posted by Arne Roomann-Kurrik, Developer ProgramsIn case you missed it, Orkut has started accepting submissions for inclusion into its application directory. The directory will go live for Orkut’s user-facing launch, coming up at the end of February. …
Posted by Dan Holevoet, Developer Programs This week’s Silicon Valley Web Builder (SVWB) hackathon attracted a group of developers of different levels of experience in building social applications and set them on a course to create applications with O…
Posted by Peter Chane, Group Business Product Manager, OpenSocialIt’s a big week for OpenSocial – MySpace has launched the MySpace Developer Platform. Congratulations, guys – you’re bringing more than 100 million users around the world within e…
Posted by Peter Chane, Group Product ManagerStarting yesterday, hi5 began rolling out two new music applications from iLike and Qloud. hi5’s 70 million registered users will be able to use the iLike and Qloud applications to play their favorite songs a…
Posted by Elizabeth Yin, Developer ProgramsMany people have asked us to help promote their OpenSocial events; for example, Jesse Stay, co-founder of the Utah Social Media Developers Garage, recently asked if we could help him get the word out about his…