Posts Tagged ‘MySpaceID’

MySpace announced its plans for a more open ID approach to login and site interoperability late last year, and today a few new features that have been tacked onto MySpaceID are taking the company further in the open direction. The highlights of today’s announcement include extended functionality for MySpaceID, a new SDK for developers looking to integrate their own websites and applications into MySpace profiles, and testing for MySpaceID implementation on the Yahoo! homepage.

For the new MySpaceID SDK, developers can access user activity streams, and incorporate seamless authentication for their sites and applications. Such an offering makes login, access and cross-site activity much easier for both users and developers, while encouraging the growth and adoption of more open standards.
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myspaceidFinally, MySpace woke up from slumber and launches enhancements to its MySpaceID product. In case you may have forgotten already or unaware at all, MySpaceID lets any website to access MySpace’s social graph. Meaning, you as a MySpace user can link your MySpace profiles, friends, and other activities on the site to any websites. But a more important part of this announcement is MySpace’s integration to the new Yahoo homepage which is curently under closed private beta testing mode. Read more