Social networking site MySpace is set to join Google's recently announced OpenSocial programming system.The offering from Google is intended to assist programmers to build applications that reach a greater number of social network users by enabling them to tailor their creations to run on any website enabled by OpenSocial.
Due to become available today (November 2nd), the new tools will eliminate the need for small firms and individuals to adapt their programmes for different sites.
Until yesterday, MySpace had been a notable absentee among the sites that had agreed to support Google's new set of application programming interfaces. Among them were LinkedIn, Plaxo, Ning, iLike, Friendster and Oracle and others.
However, in a new development, MySpace cofounder Chris DeWolfe has announced that the site is in fact to join OpenSocial.
During a press conference he stated: "OpenSocial is going to become the defacto standard [for developers] instantly out of the gate. It is going to have a reach of 200 million users, which is way bigger than anything else out there," Reuters reports.
Google and MySpace said they have been cooperating on the project for over a year.
Commenting on the increasing numbers of applications found on social networking websites, Google chief executive officer Eric Schmidt said: "We always knew that the web would be significantly social.
"We also always knew that it would be standard, open and extensive, which is what this combination and the other activities today are showing."
