MySpace Developer Platform will Launch on the 5th of February

MySpace just announced that their developer platform will be lauching on February 5th 2008, developers can Pre-Register now by going to http://developer.myspace.com.

Although late in the game, but MySpace should be able to tackle the dificulties and mistakes of their rivals Facebook easily from the start. The main points MySpace will be focusing on is privacy, monetization, and data ownership. They will also be looking into helping the developers monetize their applications by having a revenue share program. MySpace new developer platform will be supporting Google OpenSocial.

[Via Mashable]

Add comment January 30th, 2008

MoveOn fights Facebook for lack of privacy

This is not totaly new news, Facebook Beacon has collected many critics since it started, it is basicly a new Facebook adverising model. Simply if you buy anything anywhere online this info will be shared on your profile news board.

So now MoveOn the online campaign group is taking action, they created a Facebook group called “Facebook, stop invading my privacy“, the group has 9,724 members until writing this post. And MoveOn also started an online petition.

Here what they had to say :

“When you buy a book or movie online, or make a political contribution, do you want that information automatically shared with the world on Facebook?” the group asked.

“Most people would call that a huge invasion of privacy. But recently, Facebook began doing just that. People across the country saw private purchases they made on other sites displayed on their Facebook News Feeds.”

CNN made a story about this conflict…

Add comment November 22nd, 2007