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From the News Desk
Wednesday, 26. March 2008
Microsoft Collaborates with Social Networking Sites for Safe Data Transfer
Microsoft announced collaborations with five popular social networks, Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, LinkedIn and Tagged, with the intention of simplifying peoplemaking it easier, safer, and more secure for people to have access to their contacts and relationships from more places on the web.
This collaboration includes an exchange of APIs (application programming interface) 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. With this API, 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, said the company in a statement.
As part of this effort, Microsoft is introducing a new website, 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 that 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", said Samir Saraiya, Product Head, Windows Live Services, Microsoft India..
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 as of now. The facility will be available on Hi5, Tagged, and LinkedIn sites in the coming months.
This collaboration includes an exchange of APIs (application programming interface) 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. With this API, 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, said the company in a statement.
As part of this effort, Microsoft is introducing a new website, 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 that 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", said Samir Saraiya, Product Head, Windows Live Services, Microsoft India..
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 as of now. The facility will be available on Hi5, Tagged, and LinkedIn sites in the coming months.
