Flock Browser to Integrate With MySpace Open Platform.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Flock, the innovative social Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , today announced that they will add MySpace as a supported service for its rapidly growing audience of users. Building on the MySpace Developer Platform, Flock will allow users to surf the Web with their MySpace friends constantly available from within the Flock browser. On Tuesday, February 5th in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Flock took part in the MySpace developer platform kick-off. At the event Flock, along with other innovative companies, demonstrated its integration with the MySpace platform. Flock developers provided attendees with a sneak peak at features that will allow Flock users to connect with their MySpace friends and share a variety of content. "Our users want to be connected with their favorite friends across all the sites they visit," said Shawn Hardin, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Flock. "MySpace has been the most frequently requested social networking See social networking site. social networking - social network service by our users and we are excited to be able to offer it to the Flock community." In addition to MySpace, Flock supports many of today's most popular social networking services and applications. Flock currently supports video and photo sharing Photo sharing is the publishing or transfer of a user's digital photos online, thus enabling the user to share them with others (whether publicly or privately). This functionality is provided through both websites and applications that facilitate the upload and display of images. services such as YouTube, Truveo, Photobucket, and Flickr. With the addition of MySpace to its stable of supported services, the Flock browser allows users to share across a much broader variety of networks and friends with a simple drag-and-drop action, making their user experience easier and more connected than what is possible with conventional browsers. Flock is available for free download at http://www.flock.com. About Flock Flock - The Social Web Browser - is built on Mozilla's constantly improving Firefox architecture. It is free to download and use at www.flock.com. Flock simplifies and extends the use of social and web-based applications See Web application. to enable the richest user experience possible across information-gathering, sharing, communication, self-expression and interaction. Flock delivers a more personal experience of the web, where its users are in control and more connected to what they value. Flock was founded in 2005. The company is based in Mountain View, CA, with an office in Victoria, British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography . |
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