Comments on: Where’s the Orkut Platform? http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/04/wheres-the-orkut-platform/ The Social Times covers news, analysis and insight pertaining to the social web. Learn how to brand yourself and your company via the social web. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:49:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Danny http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/04/wheres-the-orkut-platform/#comment-1310 Danny Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:19:14 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/04/wheres-the-orkut-platform/#comment-1310 I don't personally use Orkut, but yes we're launching our OpenSocial app on Orkut (it's live now on MySpace and hi5, see www.amnestywidgets.com/HypercubeOS.html). Because we had already ported the app from Facebook to Friendster the move to OpenSocial wasn't too much work (Facebook specific code had already been identied and replaced). Most of our work for Orkut was providing a Portuguese translation so that we cover as many of Orkut's existing users as possible. True, the platforms are rolling out slowly and the user uptake is slow compared to Facebook, but competition is always good for the enduser. Although I have no confirmation of this, my gut tells me Google will be migrating iGoogle (which has a mindboggling huge user base) to OpenSocial. That will make moving to OpenSocial much more attractive to app developers. I don’t personally use Orkut, but yes we’re launching our OpenSocial app on Orkut (it’s live now on MySpace and hi5, see http://www.amnestywidgets.com/HypercubeOS.html). Because we had already ported the app from Facebook to Friendster the move to OpenSocial wasn’t too much work (Facebook specific code had already been identied and replaced). Most of our work for Orkut was providing a Portuguese translation so that we cover as many of Orkut’s existing users as possible.

True, the platforms are rolling out slowly and the user uptake is slow compared to Facebook, but competition is always good for the enduser.

Although I have no confirmation of this, my gut tells me Google will be migrating iGoogle (which has a mindboggling huge user base) to OpenSocial. That will make moving to OpenSocial much more attractive to app developers.

]]> By: Danny http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/04/wheres-the-orkut-platform/#comment-5166 Danny Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:19:14 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/04/wheres-the-orkut-platform/#comment-5166 I don't personally use Orkut, but yes we're launching our OpenSocial app on Orkut (it's live now on MySpace and hi5, see <a href="http://www.amnestywidgets.com/HypercubeOS.html">www.amnestywidgets.com/HypercubeOS.html</a>). Because we had already ported the app from Facebook to Friendster the move to OpenSocial wasn't too much work (Facebook specific code had already been identied and replaced). Most of our work for Orkut was providing a Portuguese translation so that we cover as many of Orkut's existing users as possible.<br><br>True, the platforms are rolling out slowly and the user uptake is slow compared to Facebook, but competition is always good for the enduser.<br><br>Although I have no confirmation of this, my gut tells me Google will be migrating iGoogle (which has a mindboggling huge user base) to OpenSocial. That will make moving to OpenSocial much more attractive to app developers. I don't personally use Orkut, but yes we're launching our OpenSocial app on Orkut (it's live now on MySpace and hi5, see http://www.amnestywidgets.com/HypercubeOS.html). Because we had already ported the app from Facebook to Friendster the move to OpenSocial wasn't too much work (Facebook specific code had already been identied and replaced). Most of our work for Orkut was providing a Portuguese translation so that we cover as many of Orkut's existing users as possible.

True, the platforms are rolling out slowly and the user uptake is slow compared to Facebook, but competition is always good for the enduser.

Although I have no confirmation of this, my gut tells me Google will be migrating iGoogle (which has a mindboggling huge user base) to OpenSocial. That will make moving to OpenSocial much more attractive to app developers.

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