MySpaceID, the social network’s login platform that’s comparable to Facebook Connect, is coming to Windows Live and its sister properties, including Windows Live’s main portal, Windows Live Messenger, and Hotmail. In short, the new functionality will allow users to import their recent MySpace notifications into these Microsoft properties, which rank among the web’s most popular services.
Beginning today, you’ll be able to automatically view blog posts, recent photo uploads, your friends’ status updates, and shared music without having to head back to the main MySpace portal. The feature uses activitystrea.ms, the protocol that’s also used by Facebook and Opera.
MySpaceID launched at around the same time as Facebook Connect, but so far it hasn’t seen nearly as much distribution. Still, it continues to make some steady progress — last March it launched a major update to the platform that enabled the stream syndication features we’re seeing today on Microsoft’s sites.
Oh awesome. And only two years too late. Rock on.
A new add on to the Windows platform! But can this help MySpace rev up its strengths and gain back its FB’s position worldover
of course, MySpace sold their soul to microsoft a long time ago. Anyways, just another attempt of myspace copying facebook and failing. Good luck with that one.
arent you supposed to be covering TC50? get to work. nobody cares about Windows live or Myspace for that matter. Old news dude.
When is it coming to TC?
Too little, too late, I’m afraid. MySpace isn’t likely to regain the millions of converts they’ve lost to Facebook over the years, without something really drastic, and this just isn’t it.
MySpace is not looking too good right now. They should have done this a long time ago :/ moving forward.
MySpaceID Vs Facebook connect
Facebook Connect has a greater impact. MySpaceID could do more to achieve its target.