Hi5 and MySpace now operative with OpenSocial

Good news for Application Developers for Social Network Services as both MySpace and Hi5 are now ready to receive thousands of applications based on OpenSocial.

Almost at the same time both Social Network Services Platforms are ready.

Hi5 says on its internal Blog on april 4 the following:

"hi5 Platform Launch 100% Complete! [By Lou Moore on April 4, 2008 6:52 PM ]

As of last night, the hi5 Platform release has been rolled out to 100% of our 80+ million registered members across the globe. We're very excited to have been able to complete the rollout process in such a short period of time. We've also been busy reviewing and approving new applications as they are submitted, and are happy to report our gallery now boasts 149 applications (for comparison, we started with 65 at launch on Monday)!

To help spread your apps, we'll be adding a homepage and profile promotion for the Application Gallery starting Monday, and enabling email notifications Monday as well. Let us know if you have any questions about how to leverage our numerous viral channels for promoting your apps – we love all the new ways our users can enjoy hi5 with your apps!

Thanks again to all the developers that have helped make this launch a success. We're looking forward to a huge week next week for applications on hi5, as well as rolling out full access to our wiki and bug tracker, and getting started on hi5 Platform v2!

For more information on Hi5 check their Blog here

MySpace took only three weeks more to say the same on April 25:

MySpace Application Gallery, MySpace’s app directory which launched in limited beta back in March, is now fully live and open to the public. The MySpace application gallery allows users to browse applications and integrate them into their MySpace page and profile, giving what MySpace describes as “a more engaging and entertaining online experience.”

The biggest difference between todays launch and the beta launch is a link on the main MySpace page to the applications page: Minor in words but major in promoting MySpaces apps to MySpace’s user base. Users will also have one-click access to the Application Gallery from their home page through their individual control panels.
Since the beta launch, the MySpace Application Gallery has resulted in over 2.1 million installs from over 1,000 approved applications.

Link to MySpace Apps Gallery