Google Releases Social Graph API - ReadWriteWeb. Google today announced the release of a new API for graphing social net connections on the web at large.
The Social Graph API is a way for developers of social applications to let users easily find data on their social connections across the open web. The information the API returns can be useful in helping users locate and add their friends when starting up at a new social application. It was only a few weeks ago that Google announced that it had joined the DataPortability.org work group. It didn't take them very long to make good on the promise of contributing to the cause of data portability, though I suspect that Social Graph API has been under development at Google since before they joined DataPortability.org.
Google's Kevin Marks Talks OpenSocial - ReadWriteWeb. Over on our network podcast Read/WriteTalk host Sean Ammirati got a chance to sit down with Google Developer Advocate, Kevin Marks.
Marks is best known, at least within Google, as one of the main evangelists of the OpenSocial project. With Facebook's recent announcement that it was opening up its platform to other networks, there is a true platform war brewing between Mountain View and the latest Valley darling. Google takes the line that they're not looking to directly compete, and would be happy to have Facebook involved in their project. "Well, of course, theyd be very welcome" to join, said Marks.