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November 16, 2007 1:39 PM PST

Last.fm creates OpenSocial application for Ning

by Caroline McCarthy
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The launch of Google's OpenSocial platform earlier this month might have been more PR than anything, as many of the third-party partners implementing the new developer standard won't be releasing anything for months.

Instead, OpenSocial-related announcements have been rolling out slowly: one of the latest is that social music site Last.fm has created OpenSocial widgets designed for use on Ning, a site that allows any person or business to create a specialized social network. (According to Ning, more than 123,000 networks have been created so far.)

A Last.fm application on a Ning profile

(Credit: Ning)

Ning network creators and members can now install the Last.fm music application into Ning pages. It can display the top artists they've listened to, songs they've played recently, a custom list, or a player to hear recommended music.

Last.fm was acquired by CBS Interactive earlier this year. Up next, the music site will be tweaking its OpenSocial application for other OpenSocial participants, like Bebo, MySpace, and Friendster.

Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, is a downtown Manhattanite happily addicted to social-media tools and restaurant blogs. Her pre-CNET resume includes interning at an IT security firm and brewing cappuccinos. E-mail Caroline.
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About The Social

CNET News' Caroline McCarthy is a downtown Manhattanite who believes that, despite popular opinion, the Web can actually help your social life. She's happily addicted to fun social-media tools from Twitter to Yelp to Facebook, sends an inordinate number of text messages, and has a tendency to waste time at the office reading restaurant blogs. Here, she explores all facets of the Web's gregarious side, as well as the unique tech culture in her home city of New York. (Don't call it Silicon Alley.)

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