Comments on: Google Opens OpenSocial Site And Provides Orkut Support http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:22:13 -0800 hourly 1 By: salman http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-2/#comment-2686082 salman Mon, 06 Apr 2009 07:22:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-2686082 How can i open orkut.com here in uaeand saudi ? I have tried many proxy bypasser websites like kproxy.com etc they all are aslo blocked. Any suggestions? How can i open orkut.com here in uaeand saudi ? I have tried many proxy bypasser websites like kproxy.com etc they all are aslo blocked. Any suggestions?

]]> By: TechCrunch » Live From Google Campfire One http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-2/#comment-2453440 TechCrunch » Live From Google Campfire One Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:02:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-2453440 [...] Michael Arrington, Robert Scoble, and Steve Gillmor are on scene at Google Campfire One, the second developer event of its kind (the first was focused on OpenSocial). [...] [...] Michael Arrington, Robert Scoble, and Steve Gillmor are on scene at Google Campfire One, the second developer event of its kind (the first was focused on OpenSocial). [...]

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » 「Google Campfire One」、ライブ報告 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-2/#comment-2143746 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » 「Google Campfire One」、ライブ報告 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:02:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-2143746 [...] Michael Arrington、Robert Scoble、Steve Gillmorが「Google Campfire One」に来ている。今回でこのデベロッパー向けイベントは2回目。（1回目はOpenSocialが発表された）。 [...] [...] Michael Arrington、Robert Scoble、Steve Gillmorが「Google Campfire One」に来ている。今回でこのデベロッパー向けイベントは2回目。（1回目はOpenSocialが発表された）。 [...]

]]> By: Live From Google Campfire One http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-2/#comment-2142133 Live From Google Campfire One Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:17:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-2142133 [...] Michael Arrington, Robert Scoble, and Steve Gillmor are on scene at Google Campfire One, the second developer event of its kind (the first was focused on OpenSocial). [...] [...] Michael Arrington, Robert Scoble, and Steve Gillmor are on scene at Google Campfire One, the second developer event of its kind (the first was focused on OpenSocial). [...]

]]> By: TringMe Rolls Out OpenSocial Application for Orkut : TringMe Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-2/#comment-1731807 TringMe Rolls Out OpenSocial Application for Orkut : TringMe Blog Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:45:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-1731807 [...] Rolls out Orkut application using today announced Google OpenSocial API (here, here & here). TringMe’s orkut application will allows you to add TringMe to your orkut [...] [...] Rolls out Orkut application using today announced Google OpenSocial API (here, here & here). TringMe’s orkut application will allows you to add TringMe to your orkut [...]

]]> By: ashwin http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-2/#comment-1728798 ashwin Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:18:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-1728798 Good one .....lets see the upcoming orkut's OpenSocial Network ........how it works and looks like ...... Good one …..lets see the upcoming orkut’s OpenSocial Network ……..how it works and looks like ……

]]> By: Petri Pokka http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-2/#comment-1725141 Petri Pokka Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:47:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-1725141 Good for them, very good. I really hope that OpenSocial catches up, we're already writing our app in OpenSocial version... Well, hurray for Google! Good for them, very good. I really hope that OpenSocial catches up, we’re already writing our app in OpenSocial version… Well, hurray for Google!

]]> By: TringMe http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-2/#comment-1724897 TringMe Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:02:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-1724897 cool! we just added an app for orkut cool! we just added an app for orkut

]]> By: humanclone http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-2/#comment-1723169 humanclone Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:54:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-1723169 Can google woo facebook to participate? Can google woo facebook to participate?

]]> By: jamster http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-2/#comment-1723021 jamster Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:50:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-1723021 google does it again. google does it again.

]]> By: MikeW http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-2/#comment-1722798 MikeW Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:42:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-1722798 Boy, this guy is so damn phony. Boy, this guy is so damn phony.

]]> By: Alan Lewis http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-2/#comment-1722662 Alan Lewis Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:18:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-1722662 I read through the docs, and it all reminds me of reading useless Java "JSR" specifications in 2001-2003 -- there is very little useful data that is specified here, and even that which is specified, like a friends list, doesn't seem to specify the data format. I call bulls**t. I read through the docs, and it all reminds me of reading useless Java “JSR” specifications in 2001-2003 — there is very little useful data that is specified here, and even that which is specified, like a friends list, doesn’t seem to specify the data format. I call bulls**t.

]]> By: JC http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-2/#comment-1722476 JC Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:57:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-1722476 I don't like the way this asshole talks. Talk like a human, not a robot, dumb ass. I don’t like the way this asshole talks. Talk like a human, not a robot, dumb ass.

]]> By: Paul Lindner http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-2/#comment-1722372 Paul Lindner Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:15:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-1722372 #47: Six Apart has support for friends in Vox and Livejournal. Typepad already has TypeLists, which allow you to list your favorite blogs, which match to 'friends'. As for the rest of the naysayers, look at the OAuth server-side API, instead of the JavaScript API. That's where the real innovation is going to come from. #47: Six Apart has support for friends in Vox and Livejournal. Typepad already has TypeLists, which allow you to list your favorite blogs, which match to ‘friends’.

As for the rest of the naysayers, look at the OAuth server-side API, instead of the JavaScript API. That’s where the real innovation is going to come from.

]]> By: Richard Corsale http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-2/#comment-1722251 Richard Corsale Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:22:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-1722251 Let me explain to everyone why this API confuses me :) is a blogging platform (like sixapart) uses this container, but there is no friends list in a blogging platform. what does the getfriends(); function return in this case? if null then .. its like java's "write once run nowhere" paradigm from the mid 90s Let me explain to everyone why this API confuses me :)

is a blogging platform (like sixapart) uses this container, but there is no friends list in a blogging platform. what does the getfriends(); function return in this case? if null then .. its like java’s “write once run nowhere” paradigm from the mid 90s

]]> By: Bob Loblaw http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-1/#comment-1722160 Bob Loblaw Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:48:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-1722160 The example apps really blew me away. A Jimi Hendrix gadget! Now that's something to get excited about. Open Social! Google! Web 2.0! Social Graph! The example apps really blew me away.

A Jimi Hendrix gadget! Now that’s something to get excited about.

Open Social! Google! Web 2.0! Social Graph!

]]> By: Former Plaxo/LindkedIn user http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-1/#comment-1721947 Former Plaxo/LindkedIn user Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:29:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-1721947 Great! Now companies that play fast and loose with customer privacy like LinkedIn and Plaxo can really abuse their customer data! Great! Now companies that play fast and loose with customer privacy like LinkedIn and Plaxo can really abuse their customer data!

]]> By: Yelp Sucks http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-1/#comment-1721878 Yelp Sucks Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:01:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-1721878 RIP the Open Social initiative is Google's admission that they lost the game in social networking. news flash... the reason people are flocking to facebook ain't because they have a bunch of widgets. oh, i almost forgot, google has Orkut:) RIP

the Open Social initiative is Google’s admission that they lost the game in social networking.

news flash… the reason people are flocking to facebook ain’t because they have a bunch of widgets.

oh, i almost forgot, google has Orkut:)

]]> By: IP Freely http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-1/#comment-1721868 IP Freely Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:58:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-1721868 Unfortunately, Google has made a mistake by "googlizing" the Open Social platform in many instances (in the open social API docs) talking of Google Gadgets.. ("OpenSocial apps typically include Google Gadgets, so you will need to provide a way to allow a user to add gadgets to their page."). Unfortunately, Google has made a mistake by “googlizing” the Open Social platform in many instances (in the open social API docs) talking of Google Gadgets.. (”OpenSocial apps typically include Google Gadgets, so you will need to provide a way to allow a user to add gadgets to their page.”).

]]> By: Prime http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-1/#comment-1721814 Prime Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:36:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-1721814 That is why google owns the net. That is why google owns the net.

]]> By: Monkeypilot http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-1/#comment-1721702 Monkeypilot Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:54:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-1721702 Sledgehammer to crack a nut, guys? Sledgehammer to crack a nut, guys?

]]> By: cweeb http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-1/#comment-1721685 cweeb Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:48:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-1721685 Google realizes that "the person who holds the data wins". Google realizes that “the person who holds the data wins”.

]]> By: John McCrea http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-1/#comment-1721663 John McCrea Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:34:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-1721663 Get a peak at the OpenSocial app running in a live social network, here: http://blog.plaxo.com/archives/2007/11/first_peek_at_o.html Get a peak at the OpenSocial app running in a live social network, here: http://blog.pla..._peek_at_o.html

]]> By: Lonely CEO Media - Facebook Application Development and Consulting http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-1/#comment-1721586 Lonely CEO Media - Facebook Application Development and Consulting Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:01:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-1721586 <strong>Open Social: How Open?...</strong> So Open Social has launched. What is it missing that Facebook has? 1. Ad Targeting- the chief reason to be on a typically low CPM platform like a social network. 2. Complex interest queries. 3. Deep integration with profiles and users. 4. Clear space w... Open Social: How Open?…

So Open Social has launched. What is it missing that Facebook has?
1. Ad Targeting- the chief reason to be on a typically low CPM platform like a social network.
2. Complex interest queries.
3. Deep integration with profiles and users.
4. Clear space w…

]]> By: Tony http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/comment-page-1/#comment-1721570 Tony Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:54:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/google-opens-opensocial-site-and-orkut-support/#comment-1721570 That snapshots thing is annoying. Try playing the movie, and the mouse over the snapshot icon right below the video - it will cover the video and not disappear. Bug? That snapshots thing is annoying. Try playing the movie, and the mouse over the snapshot icon right below the video – it will cover the video and not disappear. Bug?

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