Myspace announces support for Microsoft platforms

• Posted by christhi on April 8, 2009
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MySpace Announces Support for Microsoft Platforms

1. What Happened?

· Today, MySpace announced support for Silverlight and Windows Mobile - http://in.sys-con.com/node/898377

2. Why is this important?

· It is important for MySpace because it opens up their platform to the .Net community, which substantially increases their number of potential developers.

· It is important for  Microsoft because it’s the first major social media site to promote development of applications in Silverlight.

3. What’s Next?

· Later this week at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco,  Microsoft and MySpace will make formally available the Silverlight Toolkit for MySpace on CodePlex - http://www.web2expo.com/webexsf2009/public/schedule/detail/9031 . This is an Open Source project jointly developed by Microsoft and MySpace to make it easier for .Net developers to create applications for  MySpace.