Face off.

The article discusses the plan by Google Inc. and several social networking web sites to make online social networks more open through a set of standards, called OpenSocial, that allow software developers to write applications to work with any participating network. In contrast, the web site Faceboo...

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Publicado en:	Economist Vol. 385; no. 8553; p. 78
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Economist Newspaper Limited 11/3/2007
Materias:	Online social networks Application software Google Inc. Meta Platforms Inc. Joint ventures Computer software development Web design
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Sumario:	The article discusses the plan by Google Inc. and several social networking web sites to make online social networks more open through a set of standards, called OpenSocial, that allow software developers to write applications to work with any participating network. In contrast, the web site Facebook allows developers to write applications, or widgets, specific to its site only.