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MySpace Joins Real-Time Revolution

Wanting in on the real-time renaissance, MySpace just announced a partnership with Google to deliver real-time status updates to the search experience. As of Wednesday, the once reigning social network is furthering its real-time efforts by announcing the public release of the real-time stream, status and mood commenting, open search and photo upload APIs.

According to ReadWriteWeb, while MySpace can no long claim social supremacy, its offer to deliver real-time updates to developers is hardly trivial. Indeed, according to Chief Operating Officer Mike Jones, the company's stream consists of more than 46 million status updates and uploads per day. One unique aspect of the API is the fact that there is no volume restriction for developers.

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