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Twilight of the Silos: LinkedIn and MySpace APIs?

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

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]

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