Google Plans To Open Orkut API To Third Party Developers: Report

contentSutra.com (Oct 9 2007) Social Networking

1. Google (NSDQ: GOOG) owned social networking site Orkut is apparently planning to do the Facebook thing by opening up its Application Programming Interface (API) for developers around November 5, reports BusinessWeek. Google has refused comment. Third party applications are believed to have led to a 28 percent increase in Facebook's user base between May and August.  Chances are that Google will allow developers to host Orkut apps on their own servers. Businessweek speculates that such a feature will allow the creation of a widget that makes Orkut accessible via Facebook...well, that's already happened, since an IIT student ... (Read Full Article)

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