AOL said it plans to support OpenSocial, beginning with the adoption of Google Gadgets on myAOL.com, which will allow users to add the web-based applications to myAOL pages.
Eric Staats, principal software engineer for AOL, said: "Over the next few months, we will implement the Gadget specification on myAOL, and eventually we will support OpenSocial across our products and platforms."
AOL's announcement is the latest boost for OpenSocial. In March, Yahoo announced plans to join the initiative, which already counts Google and MySpace among its backers.
With AOL set to join the initiative, the pressure will be on Facebook, which has yet to join and has continued to develop its own social media standards.
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AOL joins Google's OpenSocial
LONDON - Time Warner-owned AOL has become the latest online group to throw its support behind OpenSocial, the Google-led initiative that plans to make it easier to develop applications for social media websites.
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