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orkut Developer Blog, about 5 days ago.
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MySpace Open Platform, about 11 days ago.
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Developer Platform, about 12 days ago.
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OpenSocial API Blog, about 22 days ago.
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orkut Developer Blog, about 25 days ago.
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MySpace Open Platform, about a month ago.
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OpenSocial API Blog, about 2 months ago.
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From orkut Developer Blog about 5 days ago.
As part of our continous efforts towards giving orkut users more ways to share interesting content with their friends, we are happy to announce the launch of the orkut Share API. The API allows website owners to enable their visitors to share the content on their website, with visitors' friends on orkut.
Users can share the content and optionally promote it to make recommendations to their friends, which then appears in their activity updates. Every such shared item has the potential to spread virally and get wider attention from orkut users, increasing the traffic to the website.Web publishers can post orkut share buttons like the one above on their page using a simple JavaScript library. We also support the JavaScript and HTTP APIs for a more direct interaction of sharing-related UI actions with the server. These options combine to give web publishers, flexibility in the way sharing features are implemented. The user experience remains consistent and secure in each case.Some of our early access developers like addthis.com, have already started supporting orkut in their list of services. If your website has implemented sharing functionality using the 'addthis' button, you can simply configure orkut in the destination network list.Details of orkut share API and sample code can be found here.So spread the word, have fun sharing! -
From MySpace Open Platform about 11 days ago.
Hi everyone,
We are extending our 0.9 REST API offerings by adding new endpoints as well as adding new features to existing endpoints to make our 0.9 offering richer. We are committed to exposing data through Open Standards so app developers can create the finest applications on the web. Some of these new features are not part of the previous MySpace REST APIs so this should encourage you to switch to 0.9 if you haven’t done so already.
The link to the main resource page for REST 0.9 APIs is located here. Please find documentation links and highlights of these new features below. Please review our Terms of use, especially Section 10.2, before you start using these features.
New Endpoints
StatusMoodComments
This endpoint provides a way to fetch the comments posted on a user’s StatusMood updates. It also provides a way to request the comment author’s basic info (image, name and profile URL) along with the comments themselves. This could reduce the number of calls to the server you need to make if you plan on displaying the commenter’s data along with the comments.
Please see details here.
ProfileComments
This provides a way to fetch the comments posted on a user’s profile. It also provides a way to request the comment author’s basic info along with the comments, which again will reduce the number of calls to the server if that information is needed.
Please see details here.
MediaItemComments
You can now fetch comments posted on a user’s images and videos. Again, this endpoint allows you to fetch the comment author’s basic info to save a second request to the server.Please see details here.
Enhancements
StatusMood
- The StatusMood endpoints now offer APIs to fetch friends’ status mood updates as well as provides a way to fetch StatusMood history.
- Apps can also fetch recent comments on a user status in the same call.
- MySpace now allows syncing/updating StatusMood from various sources like Twitter. You can get that information in your requests.
Check the documentation for the StatusMood APIs here.
Also don’t forget to check out the filters that this endpoint has to offer.
Activities
We are also adding Activity Streams extension properties to activities returned from our OpenSocial 0.9 Activities endpoint in this release. Activity Streams is a data format that describes what people are doing around the web, for example: posting photos and videos, sharing music with friends and writing blog entries. If you are already familiar with the Activity Streams atom format, you can now access all the Activity Streams goodness, like actors, verbs, objects and object-types, in JSON and plain old XML. Find more information about Activity Streams on the http://activitystrea.ms web site.
Check out the MySpace implementation for the same here.
SDKs
Our PHP and Java SDKs have been updated to support these new features and the others are in the works. Also, these new features are developed using Open Standards like OpenID, OAuth and OpenSocial which should help make your experience smooth.
Also, if you have missed out, visit this earlier blog post for more information about complete suite of REST 0.9 APIs.
Happy coding!
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From Developer Platform about 12 days ago.As you have probably noticed, we are introducing an entirely redesigned user interface for hi5.com. This new release was announced for public beta on October 14, and we have been rolling it out to users worldwide since. One of the most... As you have probably noticed, we are introducing an entirely redesigned user interface for hi5.com. This new release was announced for public beta on October 14, and we have been rolling it out to users worldwide since.
One of the most requested changes from our users was an easier and faster browsing experience. We found that the profile "view" we previously supported, which allowed multiple applications to run from profile pages, was having an adverse effect on performance. So, in this new release, we have replaced the profile view with static images, descriptions, and links to the full "canvas" views of the applications.
We have already seen this change has had a positive impact on site usability and performance. We also believe it will benefit our application partners as well. Previously, users could only have a maximum of 4 applications running on their profiles, which would occasionally compete with each other. Now, users can list as many applications in their profile module as they choose, in a much cleaner, more browse-able fashion.
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From OpenSocial API Blog about 22 days ago.Let the games begin! At last night's Ning Appathon kickoff event at the Ning offices in Palo Alto, Ning started a week-long worldwide app development competition for the recently launched Ning Apps platform.
WHAT: The Ning Appathon is a week-long OpenSocial development competition with prizes for both original and ported applications. Judges include Ning Chairman and Co-founder Marc Andreessen, Wired magazine Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson and Managing Director of building43 Robert Scoble.
WHERE: The competition is open to participants worldwide. Visit the Ning Developer Network for details and Ning Apps documentation.
WHEN: The competition began at our kickoff event on November 5th. All entries must be submitted via http://developer.ning.com/appathon by 10 p.m. Pacific on Thursday, November 12th.
PRIZES: The Grand Prize for Best Original App is $5,000 (US). The Grand Prize for Best Ported App is $4,000 (US). Two Original App and Ported App finalists (four total) will each receive $500 (US). All six winners will also receive prominent editorial placement in the Ning Apps directory.
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From orkut Developer Blog about 25 days ago.We just launched a faster, richer and more intuitive experience on the new orkut. You need an invite to see the new orkut - we will send out invites to developers this week.OpenSocial applications take center stage as part of this redesign. You can now customize your 'About me' section with OpenSocial apps and even make your favorite app the default view for 'About me'. When your friends visit your profile, your app will showcase your personality (whether your daredevil race car avatar or your smiley face today). Apps on profile view also move above the fold and have a larger area for display.Few tips to leverage the redesign -1. Currently we support a small profile view size of 540 x 280. With the redesign you have a wider profile view size of 660 x 225. As we roll out the new orkut, both these views will be supported. To take advantage of this, you can add another profile view using the view name profile660.</ModulePrefs>
<Content type="html" view="profile660">
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<h1>Profile view for the new orkut!</h1>
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</Content>For users with the new orkut, the new profile view will be used, while old users continue to see the old view. Currently the new orkut supports both views, but as the redesign rolls out fully, the new view (profile660) will be standard and the old view (profile) will be phased out.2. Build a profile view that allows users to showcase their personality. If your app is a game, let the users showcase their high scores in profile view. If your app promotes self expression, then let users pick the expression they want to showcase on profile view.The new orkut is a work in progress - we will continue to act on user feedback to improve it even more. OpenSocial apps are a key part of our strategy and you will see this reflecting in many parts of the new orkut going forward. -
From MySpace Open Platform about a month ago.
While MySpaceID employs a number of powerful features for your site, two in particular are extremely meaningful: a simple user login and a streamlined process to push content into the MySpace stream. Qype, a pan-European local review site, often called “The European Yelp,” recently integrated with MySpaceID in order to leverage Single-Sign On and Activity Publishing.
Qype uses the MySpaceID log in flow and pulls in user’s data to pre-fill a user’s Qype account:
MySpaceID simplifies and encourages users to login, and guarantees quality user data for Qype.
Once a user fully registers, Qype can publish their reviews into MySpace - providing unique and interesting content in the MySpace Stream- and driving traffic back to Qype
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Interested in learning about how you can publish into the MySpace stream? Check out our latest documentation on the MySpaceID JSL (JavaScript Library). Interested in what else MySpaceID can do for your product or brand? Our additional MySpaceID docs should fill you in.
Happy coding,./BBK
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From OpenSocial API Blog about a month ago.To continue the momentum from our recent Ning Apps launch -- our Apps program based on OpenSocial -- we're excited to announce that we'll be holding a special developer event called the Ning Appathon at our offices in Palo Alto, CA on Thursday, November 5th from 6pm-10pm.The event will include:
- An overview of Ning Apps and our OpenSocial implementation
- Presentations from existing Ning Apps developers
- A chance to meet members of the Ning Engineering and Developer Advocacy teams
- Free pizza and beer :)
Most importantly, we'll be announcing the start of a week-long app development competition which will include awards for new applications in addition to ported applications. Prizes and details will be revealed at the event.All attendees will receive a complimentary Ning hoodie, so be sure to tell us your shirt size when RSVPing. You can attend solo or bring one colleague, we only ask that you RSVP by 9pm PST on Thursday, October 29th through our website, http://developer.ning.com/appathon. All attendees must be at least 21 years of age.Thanks! -
From orkut Developer Blog about a month ago.Posted by Moishe Lettvin, Software Engineer
Today we're enabling "Chat Gadgets" in the orkut sandbox. This feature allows you to share gadgets with your friends and interact in real time in the gadget itself. The gadget will appear in a window in the lower-right corner of the screen, like a chat window. Gadgets in this container support the gadgets.sharedstate API which allows developers to share transmit data between gadgets running on different machines with low latency and with no server support necessary by the gadget author. We think this is a great place to use simple, transient gadgets -- the most obvious is casual two-player games but there are lots of other possibilities; for instance, one of the samples is a translation gadget.
To use this feature, both accounts must be on the orkut sandbox. Under the "Video & More" menu in a chat window, select "Start Application" and you'll get a text box where you can type in the URL of a gadget to send, as well as a list of gadgets you've recently sent or received. When you select a gadget to send, your friend will see a verification message, and when they accept, you'll both see the gadgets in new popup windows in the lower-right of your screen.
We plan to open this feature up to users on production orkut early in 2010 but wanted to give our developers a sneak peek and a chance to start writing gadgets now.
We will strictly enforce the use of Caja for the production release of this feature. We don't enforce Caja for Chat Gadgets running in the orkut sandbox, but we recommend you add theline to your gadget ModulePrefs to ensure that your gadget works with Caja.
If you have questions or comments about the API or plans for this feature please ask them on the orkut developer forum.
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From MySpace Open Platform about a month ago.
One of the great things about working here at MySpace is that we believe in open content distribution.
As you may have noticed during the past month, we’ve made significant strides in establishing MySpace as a test bed for innovation among the developer community with the rollout of our Qizmt computing framework, MySpaceID integrations with Tweetdeck and Windows Live among others, and the most recent Twitter sync functionality.
Today, we’re adding another enhancement to our list of MySpaceID offerings, our MySpaceID Javascript library (JSL).
In this initial launch the MySpaceID JSL will enable your site to:- Raise activities on behalf of the current user that will show up in their activity stream on MySpace
- Make a subset of client-side OpenSocial calls
- Retrieve an authorization token for further server-to-server calls for the user.
The first two sites to use the MySpaceID functionality are Daily Fill and Redux, making it easy for users to securely bring content experiences from those sites to MySpace to share with friends. Both serve as popular forms of entertainment among users and align with our ongoing efforts to enhance the social entertainment experience.
- Find and enjoy videos, photos, music, and websites recommended by people who love the same stuff you do. Link your MySpace account and keep your MySpace friends updated on what you’re up to on Redux.
- Login to Daily Fill with your MySpace credentials – no need to create a new account, and post celebrity news articles you like into your MySpace activity stream.
Here’s a screenshot of the new experience on Redux:
Here’s what an activity from Daily Fill looks like in the user activity stream:
Code Sample: Here is a easy to follow example of how to raise activities and make OpenSocial calls with MySpaceID JSL: Example Usage
Given our commitment to open standards, such as OpenID, OAuth, Portable Contacts, OpenSocial, and Activity Streams (all used to create MySpaceID), the ability to allow users to bring in external content was a natural progression for us and we’re excited to see how users respond. As we continue to help set the standard for open authentication on the web, MySpace users can expect to see integrations with many more of their favorite destinations around the Web.
To keep you posted on cool sites integrating with MySpaceID, we launched a new page dedicated to highlighting featured implementations where you can link your MySpace account. Check it out here: http://www.myspace.com/myspaceid.
Visit these earlier company blog posts for more information about our initiatives to further promote open content distribution through collaborations syncing with Twitter, Windows Live and Tweetdeck, in addition to the recent open-sourcing of Qizmt and MSFast.
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From OpenSocial API Blog about 2 months ago.Mark Halvorson from Atlassian Software here! You may have read my blog post a while back about Why Enterprise Software Provider Atlassian chose OpenSocial Atlassian. We've been working hard over the past year adding an OpenSocial container based on Shindig into JIRA 4. I'm writing today because we've got some cool news for all you gadget developers out there.
But before I mention that, I wanted to give you a heads up about Atlassian. We build affordable, lightweight software that helps enterprises collaborate better. Our products include Confluence, recognized as the most widely-used enterprise wiki, and JIRA, one of the world's most popular issue trackers for IT project management. We also make a bunch of developer tools to help you write great code. Check us out.
We're excited to announce Atlassian Codegeist IV, our fourth annual plugin competition. We're giving away over $50,000 in prizes for the coolest, most useful, most elegant plugin or integration for any of Atlassian's products. There are six prizes, each worth $5,000 in cash, and thousands
more in software, conference tickets, and even a new MacBook!
But the interesting thing for the OpenSocial community is that because JIRA 4 is now an OpenSocial Container, and gadgets are now a big part of our plugin competition! To jumpstart our gadget development, we're sponsoring a category for best OpenSocial gadget inside JIRA. In JIRA 4, we're focusing on the gadgets part of the spec, with more Social features to come in our next release. OpenSocial is a brand new technology for our community, so the field is wide open.
We've also got a first- and second-place Best Plugin prizes, and three other specific categories for different types of plugins (each still worth $5,000). There's something here for everyone, including opportunities beyond traditional Java development.
This year we will even be announcing the winners live on October 21 at AtlasCamp, our premier developer conference. You need not be present to win, but it sure will be more fun!
You can use the Developer Forums to communicate with your peers, find team-members, ask questions, and publicize your awesome new plugin. The Atlassian Developer Community is strong, and Codegeist is a wonderful chance to collaborate with other developers.
Check out the Codegeist website for more information and get started today.
Thanks, and Happy Coding!
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From OpenSocial API Blog about 2 months ago.MySpace is pleased to unleash our full support of OpenSocial 0.9. MySpace's OpenSocial 0.9 implementation was built on an entirely new framework with three main goals in mind for developers; stability, performance and compliance to the OpenSocial 0.9 specification. These three goals will yield more consistent results, fewer errors, and means that your code should be even more portable to other social networks that support OpenSocial.While we're labeling this as a BETA, we feel our APIs are in a very solid state and are ready for widespread use. The PHP and C# SDKs have been fully updated to use all of the new 0.9 APIs we have available. The other SDKs are currently being updated for your use and we've started to update the community-supported SDKs found at opensocial.org.Documentation for all the APIs can be found here:
- Activities : Provides the event data found in the MySpace Activity Stream.
- Albums : Support for fetching, creating and updating photo albums.
- AppData : A generic key/value store that your app can use to fetch, update and delete data relevant to your app.
- Groups : Provides information on a user's friend categories.
- MediaItems : Photo support, including photo uploads.
- People : Gives access to a user's profile data, as well as their friends' profile data.
- StatusMood : Allows support for updating and fetching a user's status and mood, as well as fetching their friends' status and mood.
- Notifications : Create app notifications that are displayed in the recipient's mail center.
- Activities : Provides the event data found in the MySpace Activity Stream.
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From MySpace Open Platform about 2 months ago.
We are pleased to announce our full support of OpenSocial 0.9 today. Last week we gave you a sneak peek of our OpenSocial 0.9 support by launching our photo API. This week we’re taking it one step further: we’re releasing all of our current OpenSocial 0.9 REST APIs as a public BETA. Here at MySpace we are committed to open standards, and will continue to support community driven protocols like OpenSocial. We’re very excited to take this big step to support OpenSocial 0.9!
Our OpenSocial 0.9 implementation was built on an entirely new framework with three main goals in mind for developers: stability, performance and compliance to the OpenSocial 0.9 specification. These three goals will yield more consistent results, fewer errors, and means that your code should be even more portable to other social networks that support OpenSocial.
While we’re labeling this as a BETA we feel our APIs are in a very solid state and are ready for widespread use.
The PHP and C# SDKs have been fully updated to use all of the new 0.9 APIs we have available. The other SDKs are currently being updated for your use.
Documentation for all the API’s can be found below. In addition to the wikis we’ve started to update the community supported SDKs found at opensocial.org. As always, make sure to review our Terms of Use, especially Section 10.2, before you start using the new endpoints.
Happy coding!Activities
Provides the event data found in the MySpace Activity Stream.
http://wiki.developer.myspace.com/index.php?title=OpenSocial_v0.9_ActivitiesAlbums
Support for fetching, creating and updating photo albums.
http://wiki.developer.myspace.com/index.php?title=OpenSocial_v0.9_AlbumsAppData
A generic key/value store that your app can use to fetch, update and delete data relevant to your app.
http://wiki.developer.myspace.com/index.php?title=OpenSocial_v0.9_AppDataGroups
Provides information on a user’s friend categories.
http://wiki.developer.myspace.com/index.php?title=OpenSocial_v0.9_GroupsMediaItems
Photo support, including photo uploads.
http://wiki.developer.myspace.com/index.php?title=OpenSocial_0.9_MediaItemsPeople
Gives access to a user’s profile data, as well as their friend’s profile data.
http://wiki.developer.myspace.com/index.php?title=OpenSocial_v0.9_PeopleStatusMood
Allows support for updating and fetching a user’s status and mood, as well as fetching their friends’ status and mood.
http://wiki.developer.myspace.com/index.php?title=OpenSocial_v0.9_StatusMoodNotifications
Create app notifications that are displayed in the recipient’s mail center.
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From OpenSocial API Blog about 2 months ago.Hello! My name is Yoichiro Tanaka, and I belong to the Platform Team of mixi, Inc. "mixi" is currently the most popular social networking service (SNS) in Japan and has more than 17 million registered users. I am happy to announce that we have released "mixi apps" which is based on OpenSocial to all of our users. As of September 4th, more than 220 apps have already been registered and launched!
Background
mixi was originally launched in February 2004 as one of the first social networking services in Japan. It lets users create profiles, make friends with other users, post diaries, discuss in communities, share pictures and music with friends, etc.
mixi apps is a new service which lets social application providers develop applications that use social graphs formed within mixi, and provide these applications to mixi users. To achieve this, we chose OpenSocial as the best solution.
In order to be ready with a quality set of applications for our public launch, we have been running a beta version of mixi apps for our developers since last December.
Applications
Since our launch of mixi apps, we are finding some applications that are substantially more popular than others. Here's two of the more popular applications.
The first application is "Kanji test" produced by Drecom. It challenges users, who compete against each other, to write down how to read Kanji characters (also known as to "furiganize"). It also shows the ranking of the number of Kanji sets that the user successfully furiganized. In the relatively short period since it has been available to users, it has skyrocketed in popularity and already has over three hundred thousand users!
The next application is "Recollect sketch" produced by REAL. Users are given a theme, and are challenged to draw it entirely from memory! What results is usually a very unique and funny image which users can share and enjoy with friends. This application is visually entertaining and social, and it already has about one hundred thousand users.
The preceding applications are just a sample of the continually growing application directory of mixi apps, which averages several new applications per day!
Supported Features- OpenSocial 0.8.1 core APIs (People, Activities, Persistence, and Invite).
- The gadgets "core" and "feature-Specific" APIs (mostly supported).
- Partly supports Albums API in OpenSocial 0.9.
- A mixi specific "Community API," which allows application access to mixi community (or group) information along with its members.
Upcoming Supported Features- Sending a notification between users using a requestSendMessage function.
- Sending a event of app's life-cycle for developers.
mixi Ad Program
In addition to mixi apps, we have also recently announced the "mixi Ad Program". This service is one of the business support programs from mixi for developers. If you decide to join this service, ads will be shown within your application, and you will make profits through revenue sharing based on your application's page view. This service has already started from September 3rd, 2009.
The features of "mixi Ad Program" are the following:- Registry and usage fee are free!
- Both corporate and individual developers can join this program.
- Ordering and confirming your reports is easy through a single management page.
- Assured profit of a minimum of 0.01 yen per page view.
More information on this service can be found at:
http://developer.mixi.co.jp/appli/mixi_adprogram/ (Note: this site is in Japanese)adprogram_info
We believe this production release of "mixi apps" and overall support of the OpenSocial standards will enable us to easily continue innovating on compelling future social services for our users. In addition, we hope that our business support programs will greatly contribute to developing the market of mixi apps. -
From OpenSocial API Blog about 2 months ago.In just over two years, social applications have greatly enhanced the user experience on social networks. The number of app installs among social networks has climbed into the billions, creating an industry with hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue. In this series of blog posts we are going to cover a wide range of topics such as business models, characteristics of successful apps, best practices, and metrics/stats.Historic OverviewThe industry started out with the introduction of the Facebook Application Platform but has since expanded to many other social networks all over the world thanks to the OpenSocial standard. Social networks that benefited from adoption of OpenSocial include MySpace, orkut, hi5, Yahoo, and more than 20 other social networks. You can visit the OpenSocialwikiIn a short period of time, social applications have gone through two distinct phases in terms of feature richness and monetization methods. The first phase was dominated by apps providing simple social interactions such as self-expression or giving gifts. The second phase exhibits increasingly sophisticated characteristics in apps such as game design patterns (levels, points, rankings, etc.) and user generated content.Business Models OverviewThe business models of social apps have closely followed the development of social apps. In the first phase, the most revenue was generated from traditional display ads, supplemented by affiliate/referral offers and app installs. This worked well for simple interactive apps with relatively low engagement because users quickly moved on to next thing, be it an ad, a link or another app install. In this phase, less engagement by users in apps kept page view inventory in balance with available ads, resulting in high eCPM and profits for developers.As apps matured in sophistication and richness, users became much more engaged with apps, less inclined to click on ads, links, or another app installs. Higher engagement also generated much higher demand for page view inventory, outweighing the supply from ad networks and therefore reducing eCPM rates. Out of necessity, app developers learned to take advantage of high user engagement by selling virtual goods, and in doing so, creating virtual economy business models that have provided the second boost to the ecosystems of social apps.Stay tuned as we explore the business of social apps in upcoming posts on the OpenSocial blog.
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From MySpace Open Platform about 2 months ago.Posted by Monica Keller, MySpace Group Architect, Activity Streams
I’m excited to announce that today Windows Live will start broadcasting MySpace user activity streams to their Windows Live Platform via MySpaceID. The MySpaceID integration with Windows Live keeps you updated on what’s happening on MySpace. Windows Live users can see their activities from MySpace, and those activities can now be distributed across the Windows Live network, enhancing their user experience by providing rich contextual user information. Now you can see the following activities from within Windows Live, Windows Live Messenger, and Hotmail:
- Status updates
- Blog Entries
- Photo uploads
- Music
To check out this MySpaceID integration, do the following:
1. Sign into your Windows Live account by visiting http://profile.live.com/WebActivities/add.aspx?AppID=1140860417
2. Click Add web activities
3. Choose MySpace from the options
4. Add MySpace to your Windows Live account
5. See all your MySpace activities and share them with your Windows Live network
Our Windows Live MySpaceID implementation is built on the activitystrea.ms open standard, making today’s announcement another important step forward in MySpace’s continued commitment to promoting open standards across the Web. Utilizing an increasingly open Web enables our users to broadcast, discover, and express themselves in richer ways across multiple networks.
I hope you enjoy and let us know what you think.
Thanks,
Monica
MySpace Group Architect, Activity Streams
