Google OpenSocial API Latest search engine news blog articles from Google OpenSocial API. http://www.seocentro.com/seo-archives/publisher/Google+OpenSocial+API.html Google OpenSocial API News Archive http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=12873 The OpenSocial Foundation community representatives election has concluded. With 311 eligible voters and 213 valid ballots cast, the community has selected Jay Parikh, and Joseph Smarr to serve as the two community representatives for this year's board. Congratulations to Jay and Joseph! By way of introduction... A bit about Jay Parikh: Mr. Parikh is passionate about technology, platforms, and leading innovative product development. Currently, Mr. Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:29:40 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=12307 Today AOL is thrilled to announce that it has launched a new open developer site at http://dev.my.aol.com designed specifically to support the gadget specification on myAOL. AOL originally announced its support of OpenSocial and its plans to adopt gadgets in May at Google's I/O developer gathering. The launch of dev.my.aol.com is an important step for AOL towards the support of OpenSocial. Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:18:56 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=12104 Looking over the broad OpenSocial community, September was a very active month. In particular, there have been numerous OpenSocial deployments: Netlog shipped OpenSocial apps to users throughout Europe Hyves , a social network popular in the Netherlands, also launched with OpenSocial Several new developer sandboxes are available for early access and prototyping: Mail.ru , a large Russian email site Viadeo , a professional social network, Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:17:03 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=12069 Posted by Patrick Chanezon, Developer Advocate This week we have 2 sessions about OpenSocial at the Graphing Social Patterns East 2008 Conference in Washington DC: OpenSocial + Google App Engine Technical Overview , 9:05am - 9:30am Wednesday, 06/11/2008 OpenSocial: Open for Business , 11:15am - 12:00pm Wednesday, 06/11/2008 We hope to see you there. Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:25:45 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=11951 Over the past few weeks, there have been a lot of interesting things happening in the broader OpenSocial community. Here are some recent updates: orkut has completed its OpenSocial rollout for users worldwide, Webon was just launched by Lycos supporting OpenSocial, and now more than a dozen sites ("containers") support OpenSocial in production, with a reach to 275 million users. There are also many other containers in the works, such as AOL, Friendster, LinkedIn, Netlog, Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:25:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=11711 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 current OpenSocial developers and programmers who are new to the platform. OpenThread will be a mix of discussion followed by socializing. Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:33:25 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=10616 Posted by Kevin Marks, Developer Advocate With yesterday's announcement of Google Friend Connect, making any website into a social website is now much easier. Website owners can paste a small bit of JavaScript into their site, adding social features for their users without having to write any code themselves. For OpenSocial application developers, this gives you a whole new audience for your apps, Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:02:32 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=9656 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 b uilt on version 0.7 of the OpenSocial specification , making it easy for existing OpenSocial applications to run out-of-the box and reach all YiQi users. We welcome all app developers to join us as developer partners. Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:01:07 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=7341 Posted by Andrew Bowers, Developer Programs If you've taken a look at the Google I/O website recently, you may have noticed a number of new sessions by OpenSocial app and container developers. There are now over 15 OpenSocial sessions posted, and over 80 sessions in general. A couple of the new sessions posted include: OpenSocial, OpenID, and OAuth: Oh, My! Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:35:04 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6255 Posted by Chris Schalk, Google Developer Advocate At 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., with over 24 million unique user visits per month. The site enables users to discover, interact and express themselves with all types of online media. Through the Media Platform, Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Thu, 15 May 2008 18:55:49 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6155 Posted by Dan Holevoet, Developer Programs Fellow OpenSocial developers, I'm happy to announce the opening of the iGoogle developer sandbox , which supports both OpenSocial and an updated version of the gadgets API. The iGoogle sandbox supports OpenSocial 0.7, including friends and activity streams as well as a home and canvas view of your gadgets. Later, iGoogle will support the requestSendMessage function to facilitate growth of your gadget. Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Wed, 14 May 2008 05:26:22 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6021 Posted by Dan Peterson, Product Manager As a follow-up to the post earlier this week , we're now only a few days away from the OpenSocial Summit happening on Wednesday, May 14th at the Googleplex (1400 Crittenden) . We're looking forward to discussing the draft proposal for OpenSocial v0.8 , which includes a RESTful API, as well as diving deep on topics such as App Building Best Practices, Security with OAuth and Caja, Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Sat, 10 May 2008 02:09:01 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5972 Posted by Lane LiaBraaten, Developer Programs hi5.com , an international social network, is very far along implementing OpenSocial as part of their developer platform, and they're gearing up to launch OpenSocial apps to 80 million users, spanning over 200 nations on March 31st, 2008. To help developers get ready, hi5 is putting on a hackathon on Saturday, March 15, at the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA. Space is limited so RSVP now by sending an email to hackathon@hi5.com . Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Fri, 09 May 2008 06:06:44 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5415 Posted by Dan Peterson, Product Manager Now that I'm back from OpenSocial's London Hackathon ( write-up , pics ), and meeting fellow Shindig folks at ApacheCon EU, I wanted to take a moment to highlight some important happenings in the community: Just a few days ago, MySpace's apps gallery went out of beta , which means more apps in front of more users. At Web 2.0 Expo, Lou Moore from hi5 gave an interesting presentation about Implementing an OpenSocial Container . Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:30:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3309 Posted by Patrick Chanezon, Developer Advocate I will be representing Google for the Open Silicon Valley panel about the Platformization of the Web in Palo Alto tomorrow. Here is the panel description: In recent years, leading social networking companies have launched open platforms to third-party developers. Our Spring Quarterly Panel will feature representatives from key platform players in the Social web space. Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:50:12 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=1717 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 OpenSocial. After some introductions, they group got its hands dirty by working through a " codelab ." At the end of the night, groups demoed the apps they built during the hackathon. Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:23:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=1719 Posted by Patrick Chanezon, Developer Advocate The OpenSocial 0.7 API specification that we announced yesterday is now available in the Orkut sandbox : developers can start taking advantage of the new 0.7 features today, such as: Many new data fields in the Person class . Activity templates : makes it possible to consolidate multiple activity messages into a single summary so users don't have to wade through a flood of messages. A more restrictive privacy model. Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:41:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=1716 Posted by Peter Chane, Group Business Product Manager, OpenSocial It'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 easy reach of the creativity and inspiration of social app developers. The MySpace Developer Platform, which is live now at http://developer.myspace.com , Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:06:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=1718 Posted by Dan Peterson, Product Manager Following up on the discussions at the recent hackathon, OpenSocial 0.7's API specification has been finalized. The best news is that, based on numerous discussions with both app developers as well as container sites, we believe OpenSocial 0.7 has all the necessary pieces to launch OpenSocial apps to users at scale. In fact, both hi5 and orkut will be using OpenSocial 0.7 for their upcoming user-facing launches. Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:30:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=1136 Posted by Peter Chane, Group Product Manager Starting 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 and share music from hundreds of thousands of artists, among other music-related activities. These are the first applications using OpenSocial to go live on hi5 and were developed and launched within a three-week timeframe. Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:30:32 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=1104 Posted by Cassie Doll, Software Engineer We're pleased to tell you that the OpenSocial JavaScript API version 0.6 has been defined, which updates the initial OpenSocial release to include what we've heard to be the most immediate pain points. As per the release notes , the main changes are: Gadgets can now be container-aware, if necessary, to build tighter integration. Developers can easily have apps that let users navigate between different surface, Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:26:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=1007 Posted by Elizabeth Yin, Developer Programs Many 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 meetup . We've now made it easier for developers to promote their events and find others in their area with our new Developer Events calendar . If you are organizing a meeting on OpenSocial or other developer topics, Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:04:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=399 Posted by Dan Peterson, Product Manager We're thrilled to tell you the initial commit to the Shindig repository is in. This is the first of many steps towards providing infrastructure for those wishing to host OpenSocial apps on their websites. In case you didn't see it last time , Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:40:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=391 Posted by Stephanie Liu, Developer Programs You've probably seen the Campfire One video (or caught the highlights ) with some of the demos, but you may have missed our in-studio interviews. I recently got to sit down with a bunch of developers who have been working with OpenSocial - check out the playlist on YouTube or in the embedded player down below. Big thanks to Shelfari, E-junkie, Ning, Flixster, Plaxo, iLike, FotoFlexer, LinkedIn, Hi5, Qloud, Bleacher Report, Slide, Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:51:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=390 Posted by Dan Peterson, Product Manager As OpenSocial evolves, we're eager for websites to be able to host OpenSocial apps . To that end, we released an in-memory container sample which includes an early glimpse at the Service Provider Interface (SPI) layer, and you may have heard about the Apache Shindig project proposal , which we're quite excited about. We're still iterating and thinking through some of the open questions, Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:53:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=388 Posted by Graham Spencer, OpenSocial Team We've been getting great feedback on the 0.5 version of the OpenSocial API. One of the top requests we've heard from application developers is for a non-spoofable version of IG_FetchContent. See below for our current thinking, which incorporates some pieces of OAuth , based on a proposal from Jeremiah Robison of Slide. Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:30:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=396 Posted by Elizabeth Yin, Developer Programs Many of you have expressed an interest in having the raw materials presented at Campfire One on November 1st. To that end, we've now posted the following: Higher quality video files of Campfire One, split up into 6 parts for ease of viewing and sharing ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ) The actual presentation displayed during the event The source code behind David Glazer's "10 minutes to an OpenSocial app" Additionally, Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:46:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=394 Posted by Patrick Chanezon, Developer Advocate Lawrence Sinclair and Sudha Jamthe recently asked us to host a Facebook Application Development Meetup to discuss OpenSocial , a common set of APIs that enables social application development. We're happy to tell you that it's going to happen at Google on November 19th at 7pm. Dave McClure, of 500 hats , will emcee the evening. The event is free, but you need to register to attend . Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:36:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=397 Posted by: Elizabeth Yin, Developer Programs We're excited to see that hi5, Ning, and Plaxo have OpenSocial sandboxes up and running live, which means that an application can now run on multiple websites. For example, previously, Songs iLike could run on the Orkut platform, but as of last week, it can run on hi5, Ning, Orkut, and Plaxo. To get the details on each of these containers, check these links out: Hi5: http://www.hi5networks.com/developer/2007/11/hi5-opensocial. Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:47:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=392 Posted by Cassie Doll, Software Engineer As promised in the last post , we've just released an open source container sample . It's an early version, but should give you some idea of the Service Provider Interface (SPI) we will provide to any website which wants to host OpenSocial gadgets. This sample stores all of its data in memory, which allows you write a mock implementation of anything you want. While this does let you get your feet wet with the SPI, Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:27:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=395 Posted by Dan Peterson, Product Manager We're thrilled to see how much interest there is in websites hosting OpenSocial apps . While we've posted a fair number of articles and docs on how to build social applications, we know that there isn't a lot of documentation, or - better yet - code available to help you add support for the OpenSocial API to your website. We're working as fast as we can to fix that, and we apologize in advance for any bumpiness as this platform evolves. Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:20:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=389 Posted by Elizabeth Yin, Developer Programs I like social networking-it's really fun. But beyond the entertainment value, the demos at Campfire One (our launch event for OpenSocial that took place yesterday) just blew me away. Demo after demo showed me that OpenSocial makes developing social applications easy (in both programming applications and in gaining users) and has also catalyzed new contexts for the use of social applications. Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:41:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=398 Posted by Amar Gandhi and Peter Chane, Group Product Managers There's no denying that the web enables communication. The killer apps of the web - email, instant messaging, blogging - have enabled us to communicate with our friends, family, and the rest of the world on a large scale. But there is a newer characteristic of the web that has been emerging: to become social. The first wave of killer apps allowed us to communicate with the world at scale. Search Engines News SEO News Google OpenSocial API Google OpenSocial API Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:15:00 GMT