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.

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.

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,

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.

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 ,

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.

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,

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,

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,

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 .

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.

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.