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MySpace, Bebo join Google's social crew

By Megan McCarthy, 4:34 PM on Thu Nov 1 2007, 634 views (Edit, to draft, un-top, Slurp)

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Just as we predicted, MySpace has joined Google's OpenSocial movement. Another name to add to the anti-Facebook list? UK-heavy network Bebo. Now, at last, Google's open-standards initiative looks more substantive. For Google's also-ran early adopters, though, there's still a problem: They won't be able to tap into MySpace and Bebo's users to spread their apps virally.

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