Archive for the ‘Beta’ Category

Signed makeRequest Calls

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Gadgets hosted by OpenSocket can now perform signed makeRequest calls to a server. Normal unsigned makeRequest can still be used to fetch information from any server, but signed requests are normally used to fetch or send data to/from a server under your control - in a situation where you want ...

Capabilities of OpenSocket today

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

OpenSocket has come a long way since the original prototype app, and now supports most of the Google Gadgets and Open Social API. This post gives a quick update on the depth of support for various features. Whatever your gadget needs, try it out by registering the gadget in the ...

OpenSocket is now in open beta

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Open Social and iGoogle gadget authors can now try out the new service to convert their gadgets into Facebook applications. The OpenSocket Facebook app acts as a control panel for you to register your gadget, and it also guides you through registering your own empty Facebook app. OpenSocket will then automatically ...

Gadgets of all shapes and sizes wanted for beta programme!

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

The OpenSocket beta programme will launch imminently, and we are looking for anyone who is writing a Google iGadget or OpenSocial widget to try out our new OpenSocket service. A control panel Facebook app will allow you to register a gadget that you would like us to wrap into your own ...