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MySpace to Open Platform to Developers

Hopes to reap same benefit Facebook has--without the Scrabulous headache

By Jane Yager, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 30, 2008 1:00 PM CST

(Newser) – Following the lead of rival Facebook, social networking giant MySpace will launch the MySpace Developer Platform next week, giving programmers deeper access to its site--possibly including the ability to tap into MySpace user data, AP reports. MySpace already informally allows programmers to develop widgets for... Read full story »

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