Here at Mashup Camp Chris Schalk from Google just wrapped up an excellent presentation about Open Social - the open source social networking environment spearheaded by Google along with partners like Myspace, Ning, Plaxo, and hundreds more.
Shindig, the ¨container” for social applications, appears to be ready for outtside development now. The lack of a container was a concern at the initial launch of Open Social.
One can make a strong case that Open Social and the Open Handset Alliance are the most significant open source projects now under broad deployment, both because they are backed by Google dollars and ingenuity More»

Labels: Facebook, open social, opensocial, shindig