Comments on: So we wanted a middleware for social networks? Google OpenSocial is just that. http://www.marketing-ninja.com/social-media/so-we-wanted-a-middleware-for-social-networks-google-opensocial-is-just-that/ The Gruesome Diary of an Online Marketer Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:51:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Is Google Too Impulsive? | Marketing Ninja http://www.marketing-ninja.com/social-media/so-we-wanted-a-middleware-for-social-networks-google-opensocial-is-just-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1615 Is Google Too Impulsive? | Marketing Ninja Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:35:28 +0000 http://www.ajaxninja.com/?p=232#comment-1615 [...] solution was to form an alliance with all other networks not included in the F8 platform and launch the OpenSocial platform, pitting the might of Google against the buzz of [...] [...] solution was to form an alliance with all other networks not included in the F8 platform and launch the OpenSocial platform, pitting the might of Google against the buzz of [...]

]]> By: The Power of Leveraging Social Networks | AjaxNinja http://www.marketing-ninja.com/social-media/so-we-wanted-a-middleware-for-social-networks-google-opensocial-is-just-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1430 The Power of Leveraging Social Networks | AjaxNinja Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:29:14 +0000 http://www.ajaxninja.com/?p=232#comment-1430 [...] In Mid-October I wrote about the idea of a “Web 2.0 Middleware,” a technology capable of eliminating the “platform dependency issue” for developers who are interested in developing applications to serve social networks. Within a couple of weeks of my first article Google announced OpenSocial, which, by the sound of it, is more or less the “middleware” that I was calli.... [...] [...] In Mid-October I wrote about the idea of a “Web 2.0 Middleware,” a technology capable of eliminating the “platform dependency issue” for developers who are interested in developing applications to serve social networks. Within a couple of weeks of my first article Google announced OpenSocial, which, by the sound of it, is more or less the “middleware” that I was calli…. [...]

]]> By: Aaronontheweb http://www.marketing-ninja.com/social-media/so-we-wanted-a-middleware-for-social-networks-google-opensocial-is-just-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1171 Aaronontheweb Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:09:18 +0000 http://www.ajaxninja.com/?p=232#comment-1171 Cameron, I have to admit, I felt pretty warm and fuzzy after I read about OpenSocial, knowing that I had "called for it." Hopefully OpenSocial won't be a disappointment. I just read on TechCrunch this morning that OpenSocial was hacked within 45 minutes of its first application's launch. Cameron,

I have to admit, I felt pretty warm and fuzzy after I read about OpenSocial, knowing that I had “called for it.” Hopefully OpenSocial won’t be a disappointment. I just read on TechCrunch this morning that OpenSocial was hacked within 45 minutes of its first application’s launch.

]]> By: Cameron McGrane http://www.marketing-ninja.com/social-media/so-we-wanted-a-middleware-for-social-networks-google-opensocial-is-just-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1169 Cameron McGrane Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:49:58 +0000 http://www.ajaxninja.com/?p=232#comment-1169 WHoops. I skipped to the "bottom line" and did not noticed your remarks on the "2.0 Middleware concept".... WHoops. I skipped to the “bottom line” and did not noticed your remarks on the “2.0 Middleware concept”….

]]> By: Cameron McGrane http://www.marketing-ninja.com/social-media/so-we-wanted-a-middleware-for-social-networks-google-opensocial-is-just-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1168 Cameron McGrane Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:47:59 +0000 http://www.ajaxninja.com/?p=232#comment-1168 Aaron you you picked this as a "Why the hell does this not exist?" weeks ago!! Nice. Aaron you you picked this as a “Why the hell does this not exist?” weeks ago!! Nice.

]]> By: Aaronontheweb http://www.marketing-ninja.com/social-media/so-we-wanted-a-middleware-for-social-networks-google-opensocial-is-just-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1167 Aaronontheweb Sat, 03 Nov 2007 08:51:20 +0000 http://www.ajaxninja.com/?p=232#comment-1167 That's the premium you pay when you follow the BUZZ and not the business. Then again, Microsoft is the world's most profitable company for its size, so it can do what it wants with its capital. If I were an investor who's counting on dividends though, I might be a tad pissed. That’s the premium you pay when you follow the BUZZ and not the business. Then again, Microsoft is the world’s most profitable company for its size, so it can do what it wants with its capital. If I were an investor who’s counting on dividends though, I might be a tad pissed.

]]> By: Mike Abundo http://www.marketing-ninja.com/social-media/so-we-wanted-a-middleware-for-social-networks-google-opensocial-is-just-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1166 Mike Abundo Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:57:46 +0000 http://www.ajaxninja.com/?p=232#comment-1166 Facebook’s main draw was its API. Microsoft just spent <a href="http://www.emergingearth.com/microsoft-pays-240-million-for-16-of-facebook-pathetic/" rel="nofollow">$240 million</a> for nothing. :P Facebook’s main draw was its API. Microsoft just spent $240 million for nothing. :P

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