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2012 Google I/O - Is This the 2007 Facebook F8?

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It was mostly a read-only API, with, eventually, the ability to create widgets that could be embedded as apps on a person's Wall - a new feature of Facebook at the time. In fact, it wasn't until years after that that developers could really start integrating this data into other websites and mobile apps.

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Why as a Developer, I Switched to Blogger.com and Why I'm Staying With It

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OpenSocial Support. Wordpress has plugins, but Google uses the standardized OpenSocial API , along with Google Gadgets , to provide an interface to Widgets and other features within the blog. To code a customized feature, I just need to know a little OpenSocial (which works with many other sites), and boom!

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eLearning 2.0 Technologies and Concepts: Start Pages as Environments for Self-Organized Learners

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What I like most is the combination of RSS feeds, bookmarks and widgets in one tab (section) according to a context. Each channel is implemented with existing components, including html and link components and widgets. because of these features: * Canvas view support: allows the easy development of powerful full-page widgets.

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4 Easy Ways of Subscribing to Feeds in Google Reader

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As you can see, there are little subscribe widgets near the top of the page that allow you to choose which application to invoke to add your subscription. OpenSocial. A lot of web sites will prominently display a link to their feed. You can click the thumbnail below for a better view. so it will default to that choice the next time.