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Privacy problems and propagation of "virus-like" applications has led to a marked decline in the use of Facebook's developer platform, according to industry analysts Ovum.
Google has unveiled a preview of Friend Connect, a way to add social features to a Web site without programming.
MySpace has announced a new initiative called Data Availability, a way for members to share profile data with other social and community sites across the Web.
Upset his company's Web crawlers are being locked out of social networks like Facebook, the CEO of Google is again pressing for social networks to open up for the good of the consumer.
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