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"We has widgets!"

	Bebo has widgets!	679 days ago
	About a month ago, we participated in Bebo's launch for their Open Application Platform with two apps: Bite Some Sugar and The Gap Model Maker. Last Thursday, Bebo fully opened their platform to all third party application developers, in a very similar manner to Facebook's f8 platform launch last May. When we did our last developer conference about OpenSocial on Nov 8th, we promised our (awesome) developer community that we would provide accelerators for every platform that opens up their APIs. We believe incredibly strongly in doing this, as we want to allow our developers to be able to focus on what they do best - building great widgets - while we take care of the rest. I'm pleased to announce that we have added Bebo to our list of accelerators! We've been working with Bebo over the last couple of months on this, and we are so thrilled with the initial response. Since Bebo opened their platform last Thursday, our community has provided over 50% of the new apps on Bebo - that is incredibly exciting!! We're looking forward to seeing many more apps made through our accelerator, so keep 'em coming. Here's some more info to help you get started. I really want to congratulate Bebo on this effort. They are the first major platform after Facebook to take a truly open stance. We believe this is 100% the right way to go, and hope that many more follow these footsteps. Everyone should have a chance at at major success on these platforms, not just a hand-selected bunch. Also, if you haven't joined Bebo yet, what are you waiting for? Sign up and make Widgetbox your friend! Oh, and in case you are wondering who the breakaway "accelerated" leader is on Bebo at the moment, it's the Idiot Test. You have to play this game. It is frighteningly addictive...
	posted by Widgetbox