MySpace Platform Goes Live February 5

After months of delays, MySpace will finally be launching their highly-anticipated platform for developers on February 5. The new platform, like the Facebook Platform, will be a set of APIs that will allow third party developers to create applications that will run on MySpace, with access to MySpace profile information, friend lists, friend activity, and other resources.

The applications, which will be hosted on MySpace servers, developers can include:

· Flash applets

· Javascript

· iFrame elements

The platform will be compatible with Google’s OpenSocial platforms, allowing OpenSocial apps to work on MySpace with minimal adjustments.

Perhaps most exciting for developers is the ability to host advertising on their applications – and the ability for them to keep 100 percent of the advertising revenue generated. This will attract developers and allow MySpace to catch up with Facebook, which already has more than 15,000 applications on their platform.

Stay tuned as more details are revealed.