iGoogle joins the social web
August 13th, 2009 | Published in Google OpenSocial
Those of you who were around for the early days of OpenSocial might remember that one of the very first test implementations ran on iGoogle. Since that early version more than a year and a half ago, the iGoogle team has worked hard to get the experience right. Today we're pleased to announce that, starting this week, iGoogle supports OpenSocial gadgets in both the US and Australia.
The 19 social gadgets that launched today offer iGoogle users new ways to make their homepage more useful and fun. Gaming fanatics can compete with others in Who has the biggest brain? or challenge their fellow Chess or Scrabble enthusiasts to a quick match. News enthusiasts can add media-sharing gadgets from NPR, The Huffington Post, and YouTube.
Developers using the OpenSocial API can now reach the tens of millions of iGoogle users in the US and Australia, and we plan to roll it out to more users soon. If you're interested in writing you own social gadgets for iGoogle, check out the full announcement on the iGoogle developer blog.
The 19 social gadgets that launched today offer iGoogle users new ways to make their homepage more useful and fun. Gaming fanatics can compete with others in Who has the biggest brain? or challenge their fellow Chess or Scrabble enthusiasts to a quick match. News enthusiasts can add media-sharing gadgets from NPR, The Huffington Post, and YouTube.
Developers using the OpenSocial API can now reach the tens of millions of iGoogle users in the US and Australia, and we plan to roll it out to more users soon. If you're interested in writing you own social gadgets for iGoogle, check out the full announcement on the iGoogle developer blog.