Wednesday, 30 January 2008

MySpace to Launch Developers Platform

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-MySpace-Developers.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin

This NY Times article gives a brief overview of the direction MySpace is heading in. As of next Tuesday, this leading social-networking site will be launching a Developer Platform, which will open up MySpace to new applications, a technological feature most of us are familiar with via facebook applications. This will hopefully broaden MySpace's inventory of uses and smaller companies alike (ie: ilike.com) which depend on social networks for publicity.

While I am not a big fan of MySpace and its limited privacy, I'm all about online social networking, which most teenagers and young adults use these days. It's no surprise that smaller companies, marketers, and advertising agencies are following these social networking sites so closely.

1 comment:

Fan said...

So more treats for more commercial possibilities, however, to what extent shall we ponder the gives and takes in this process?