OpenSocial is about data, distribution and money
Though the OpenSocial API movement has been welcomed by most of the web enthusiasts, the overall response has been mixed of praises and criticism. The father of Web 2.0 Tim Orielly has already termed OpenSocial as “boring”. According to him Google’s OpenSocial has failed to understand the two fundamental building blocks of Web 2.0 i.e. the open data and loosely coupled small pieces. Still early days to comment on the credibilty of Read more
OpenSocial : Users, Developers and Containers
OpenSocial is a set common APIs to build applications across multiple sites. OpenSocial API consists of standard Javascript and HTML, using which applications can access the user data and activities.
OpenSocial for users:
People use social networking sites like orkut, myspace, bebo, friendster, facebook to connect to their friends and relatives. But users Read more