MySpace joins Google’s open social announcement

November 1, 2007 By

TechCrunch and others are reporting that Google and MySpace are joining forces on the open social platform that Google has developed.

Let’s just say this is HUGE and totally validates what I said in my social media starfish talk yesterday.

UPDATE: I’m at Google right now in the press conference and this is confirmed.

I’m sitting in a press conference with TechCrunch, BusinessWeek, Forbes, and many other press.

More in a few minutes.

UPDATE: Chris DeWolfe, CEO of MySpace, says “This will create the new defacto standard.”

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  • http://www.piedcow.com/blog Mike

    bah, why did i have to learn of this via msn alert before twitter boo :D

  • http://www.piedcow.com/blog Mike

    bah, why did i have to learn of this via msn alert before twitter boo :D

  • Northern

    Does it matter how you learned of it?

  • Northern

    Does it matter how you learned of it?

  • lux

    Before decreeing the new Google platform any sort of killer, it would be nice to see the thing in action and find out if it actually delivers on what it promises.

    I’ve been around long enough to remember the fear and trepidation accompanying the launch of MSN on Windows 95, which was supposed to kill all ISPs, including AOL, and force the world into a new Microsoft-controlled Internet.

  • lux

    Before decreeing the new Google platform any sort of killer, it would be nice to see the thing in action and find out if it actually delivers on what it promises.

    I’ve been around long enough to remember the fear and trepidation accompanying the launch of MSN on Windows 95, which was supposed to kill all ISPs, including AOL, and force the world into a new Microsoft-controlled Internet.

  • http://blog.plaxo.com/ John McCrea

    This is great stuff. Level playing field. Game on for competition. If you live in the Bay Area and want to see OpenSocial apps running in live web pages tomorrow, go to Plaxo’s event tomorrow: http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/myspace-joins-the-open-social-web/

  • http://blog.plaxo.com John McCrea

    This is great stuff. Level playing field. Game on for competition. If you live in the Bay Area and want to see OpenSocial apps running in live web pages tomorrow, go to Plaxo’s event tomorrow: http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/myspace-joins-the-open-social-web/

  • Greg

    Ah, good ol Myspace making some moves lately. Took ya long enough, hopefully you still have some active users who will embrace all the new incoming useless apps.

  • Greg

    Ah, good ol Myspace making some moves lately. Took ya long enough, hopefully you still have some active users who will embrace all the new incoming useless apps.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=624241806 catena

    Does this mean that we’ll soon have *really scalable* ads, spam, and inane apps? I can just imagine it: “Robert, lovesgum47 and 32,768 of your other friends smacked down your level 2 zombie!” Rock on, this is HUGE.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=624241806 catena

    Does this mean that we’ll soon have *really scalable* ads, spam, and inane apps? I can just imagine it: “Robert, lovesgum47 and 32,768 of your other friends smacked down your level 2 zombie!” Rock on, this is HUGE.

  • http://www.ratdiary.com/ Sprague D

    98% of the world says, “Huh?”

    In other news, the Dow Jones average dropped 362 points today.

  • http://www.ratdiary.com Sprague D

    98% of the world says, “Huh?”

    In other news, the Dow Jones average dropped 362 points today.

  • Chad

    Myspace???? Is that thing still around?

  • Chad

    Myspace???? Is that thing still around?

  • Michael

    “We know we’re really, really late on this, and that the primary audience of social sites tends to make decisions on where to go based on the “hipness” of the site rather than developer issues or brand name, but we think that Google can do for social networking what we did for word processing…um, calendars…er, ah…photo sharing…?”

    Big deal for an “A-list blogger,” tiny distant thud for people in general.

  • Michael

    “We know we’re really, really late on this, and that the primary audience of social sites tends to make decisions on where to go based on the “hipness” of the site rather than developer issues or brand name, but we think that Google can do for social networking what we did for word processing…um, calendars…er, ah…photo sharing…?”

    Big deal for an “A-list blogger,” tiny distant thud for people in general.

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    How do I benefit from myspace & google social platform. When will it come to existence? Please keep me informed.

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    How do I benefit from myspace & google social platform. When will it come to existence? Please keep me informed.

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