MySpace to throw out code

by admin February 4, 2008 at 6:12 pm

Social slump

If all goes according to plan then MySpace will finally open its platform to developers on Tuesday, in keeping with plans announced last October. Details are vague but the youf social networking arm of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire has at least confirmed the platform will support Google’s OpenSocial interface.

The timing couldn’t be worse. Besides lagging pimply faced rival Facebook’s decision to open up its platform to developers in May 2007, the move comes at a time of apparent declining interest in social networking. A bit like the Citizen’s Band (CB) radio fad in the 1980s, the novelty appears to be wearing off now people have discovered its limited usefulness.

Read more: regdeveloper.co.uk