Get “socialised” with OpenSocial
Yet another first from google..
The OpenSocial API provides a common set of APIs for social applications across multiple websites including Engage.com, Friendster, hi5, Hyves, imeem, LinkedIn, MySpace, Ning, Oracle, orkut, Plaxo, Salesforce.com, Six Apart, Tianji, Viadeo, and XING.
With standard JavaScript and HTML, developers can create apps that access a social network’s friends and update feeds.
More details are available in the google code page of OpenSocial : http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/