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Microsoft Making Web Collaboration Easy
Techtree News Staff, Mar 26, 2008 1350 hrs ISTMicrosoft will soon make collaboration between five of the world's most popular social networks -- Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, LinkedIn, and Tagged -- easier.
Microsoft will soon make collaboration between five of the world's most popular social networks easier. The company has announced that Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, LinkedIn, and Tagged will be seamlessly integrated on its Windows Live platform thus making it easier, safer, and more secure for people to have access to their contacts and relationships from more places on the Web.
The collaboration includes an exchange of APIs (application programming interface/s) that will create a two-way street allowing people to move their contacts and relationships between Windows Live services and social networks more safely and securely (Microsoft claims). With this, people can invite their Windows Live Contacts to join them on these social networking services, without the need for 'screen-scraping', or providing private user credentials to outside networks.
Samir Saraiya, product head (Windows Live Services) of Microsoft India, said, "We've created Windows Live Contacts API to help users access and share their data and contacts across the Web in a safer and more secure manner. With this, we are providing an alternative to 'screen-scraping' that is equally open, but safer and more secure."
As part of this effort, Microsoft is introducing a new Web site, www.invite2messenger.net, where people can invite their contacts from any of these five social networks to join them on Windows Live Messenger.
"We have paid special attention to the context of relationships. Because a user has a friend on a social networking site does not mean that the relationship should be automatically imported to Windows Live Messenger. Invite2Messenger does not automatically store your contact data, it simply gives you the tools to establish relationships with your contacts on Windows Live Messenger with your contacts' permission," Saraiya said.
Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, LinkedIn, and Tagged will adopt the Windows Live Contacts API to give users access to their Windows Live Contacts without 'screen scraping'. Members of Facebook and Bebo can start inviting their Windows Live Contacts to join their social networks using the Windows Live Contacts API today at www.facebook.com and www.bebo.com respectively. Windows Live Contacts API will be available on Hi5, Tagged, and LinkedIn sites in the coming months.
The collaboration includes an exchange of APIs (application programming interface/s) that will create a two-way street allowing people to move their contacts and relationships between Windows Live services and social networks more safely and securely (Microsoft claims). With this, people can invite their Windows Live Contacts to join them on these social networking services, without the need for 'screen-scraping', or providing private user credentials to outside networks.
Samir Saraiya, product head (Windows Live Services) of Microsoft India, said, "We've created Windows Live Contacts API to help users access and share their data and contacts across the Web in a safer and more secure manner. With this, we are providing an alternative to 'screen-scraping' that is equally open, but safer and more secure."
As part of this effort, Microsoft is introducing a new Web site, www.invite2messenger.net, where people can invite their contacts from any of these five social networks to join them on Windows Live Messenger.
"We have paid special attention to the context of relationships. Because a user has a friend on a social networking site does not mean that the relationship should be automatically imported to Windows Live Messenger. Invite2Messenger does not automatically store your contact data, it simply gives you the tools to establish relationships with your contacts on Windows Live Messenger with your contacts' permission," Saraiya said.
Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, LinkedIn, and Tagged will adopt the Windows Live Contacts API to give users access to their Windows Live Contacts without 'screen scraping'. Members of Facebook and Bebo can start inviting their Windows Live Contacts to join their social networks using the Windows Live Contacts API today at www.facebook.com and www.bebo.com respectively. Windows Live Contacts API will be available on Hi5, Tagged, and LinkedIn sites in the coming months.
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