Google has launched OpenSocial, opening the way to do a lot more in the social networking space. It is interesting to see that LinkedIn is a one of the global members, and even more interesting to see salesforce.com in the list of early adopters.
From the post at the Google blog:
It’s good for developers because it makes it easier for them to focus on making their web apps better; they get lots of distribution with a lot less work. It’s good for websites, because they can tap into the creativity of the largest possible developer community (and no longer have to compete with one another for developer attention). And finally, it’s good for users, because they get more applications in more places.
From and education and eLearning perspective it would be interesting to see ELGG sign up. More so, when you consider that Google Gears was launched five months ago to make the web accessible offline.
LearningMate has its own network on Ning, and we are already experiencing a few gadgets built using OpenSocial. No doubt, given the kind of partners who have joined in, we will (hopefully) soon see some serious integration between various services.
Filed under: Social Networks, Web 2.0, eLearning | Tagged: , google, google gears, integration, linkedin, ning, offline, opensocial, salesforce
