Along with the whole Web 2.0 thing has come a lot of talk about APIs. At the Carson Summit back in February Tom Coates said that the internet was becomming a web of data linked by APIs, which is a facinating view. For consumer sites releasing an API appears to be a bit of a no-brainer because it opens you up to allow 3rd parties to add value and stickiness to your business at little extra cost. For commercial applications it’s a bit more hit and miss, but as long as there’s value it still feels right.
So how’s this for a face off? MySpace is busy closing themselves down, locking all the doors and borading up the windows; Facebook has just released an API and is throwing itself open to try and win marketshare.
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/12/myspace-we-dont-need-web-20/
