Friday, July 1, 2011

Developer API for Google+: It's coming


 

CNET - Google's new social network, Google+, has only been public for two days, and developers are already interested in access to the service so they can roll out add-ons and improvements.

Fortunately for them, and ultimately for Google+ users, developer access is coming. It's simply a matter of time. As Vic Gundotra, senior vice president of social for Google, told me at a Web 2.0 Summit cocktail party tonight, "I'm a developer guy at the core. It is inconceivable I would build something without a platform."

Gundotra worked for 15 years at Microsoft before leaving for Google. His last job there was as general manager of platform evangelism. It's fair to say he's got the background for building systems that developers can build upon.    More