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Google Out to Smite Facebook Software Platform

'OpenSocial' to lure software developers away from Facebook

By Jane Yager, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 31, 2007 11:56 AM CDT

(Newser) – Google couldn't buy a piece of Facebook, so it's going after the social networking site's software platform instead. Tomorrow a Google-led alliance will introduce a common platform for software developers to write programs for Google's social site, Orkut, along with LinkedIn, hi5, Friendster, Plaxo, Ning... Read full story »

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