Microsoft partners with social networks for contact data portability

March 25th, 2008     by Paras Wadehra    

Microsoft has partnered with some of the world’s top social networks on contact data portability. Starting today, Microsoft will be working with Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, Tagged and LinkedIn to exchange functionally-similar Contacts APIs, allowing them to create a safe, secure two-way street for users to move their relationships between their respective services. Along with these collaborations, Microsoft is introducing a new website at www.invite2messenger.net that people can visit to invite their friends from their partner social networks to join their Windows Live Messenger contact list.

The collaborations with Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, LinkedIn and Tagged will make it easier, safer, and more secure for people to have access to their contacts and relationships from more places on the web. These networks will be adopting the Windows Live Contacts API instead of “screen-scraping.”  Starting today, you can visit www.facebook.com and www.bebo.com to find your friends using the Windows Live Contacts API.  Hi5, Tagged and LinkedIn will be live in the coming months.

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  1. 2 Responses to “Microsoft partners with social networks for contact data portability”

  2. By Raymond Velez on Mar 26, 2008 | Reply

    Will hotmail and IM contacts show up through the windows live api?

  3. By Paras Wadehra on Mar 29, 2008 | Reply

    Yes, IM contacts will show up through the API. Not too sure about Hotmail contacts though.

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