On the heels of Facebook’s API: 
The unofficial Facebook blog is reporting that LinkedIn may open their platform. Seth Goldstein is reporting rumors that MySpace may open theirs:
While I don’t have fresh data on hand to support this hunch, the well-sourced rumor I heard last week about MySpace scrambling feverishly to open their API’s reinforces what is becoming obvious: MySpace’s Kremlin-esque behavior towards 3rd party widget developers -”we buy them or we crush them!”- is on a crash course with the debauched dirty-dancing going on amidst the MySpace spring-breakers.
This is exciting news!
As a hacker, it is exciting to imagine the mash-up possibilities.
As an idealist, it is exciting to see that the silos may be cracking.
As a Lijit founder, it is exciting that more content from individuals can be rolled into their personal search engine.
Here’s hoping the rumors are true!
[Silo photo by Ixio]
Hola Stan, I finally checked out lijit and sorta figured out what you cats are up to.
Are you sure you want to see the stuff that would leak from myspace’s ‘cracks’ though?
Word on the street is the inhouse facebook.com widgets are terrible, perhaps there’s an opportunity as well. Speaking of trendy mash-upness, the ultimate widget I can think of would be a second life like interface for myspace/facebook, though not built by linden as they kinda suck, maybe by rockstar or something.