MySpace may be late to the real-time party, but it’s going all out now that it arrived. At the Le Web conference in Paris, the ex-social network and future entertainment hub announced that it’s launching several new APIs for developers including the Real-Time Stream API which will enable third-party services to access the 46 million status updates MySpace claims flow through its pipes everyday.
Google just launched real-time search and the so called real-time web is going mainstream, so access to data as soon as it becomes available is increasingly important. Twitter just announced it will open up its doors to all developers wanting to get the latest tweets and MySpace is now doing the same. The social network has made big strides recently with a bunch of updates to its API and, in contrast to its former rival Facebook, it embraces open standards and has a very relaxed attitude with the access to its data.
The Real-Time Stream API adds a new level of responsiveness to MySpace’s platform by pushing the data to the third-party apps rather making it available through a poll method as it currently does. Developers will also have a great control over the data flow and will be able to use granular filters to adjust the amount and focus on just what they need.
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