Various leading social networks and applications providers have partnered with ReallyOpenSocial.

Based on a user's social interactions and profile, SocialSense will predict a set of products and services that a user needs or desires. Now advertisers will be able to target ads based on waist size, hair color, teeth condition ...

iSocial is a pocket device, which comes with 9 miniature 2-way-sensors that are placed all over the body. It features 3-D holographic projection of your friends onto any surface, along with audio, which enables lifelike stimulations of various social interactions ( pokes, hugs, kisses, you get the picture ... )

Yahoo! will integrate its Mail, Address-Book and Messenger into ReallyOpenSocial.

AOL announces that it has made ReallyOpenSocial a top priority. It has laid out an aggressive timeline of integration into ReallyOpenSocial, and expects integration to be near complete in 2 years.

"Social Networks, Social Networks, Social Networks ...", Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer kept on repeating these words as he spoke to a large group of developers at Moscone Center last night, until a member of the audience fainted, and was later hospitalized. Ballmer also announced buying a 0.5 % stake for $1B.

There was heated argument this afternoon at the World Economic Forum, on the topic of drop in productivity worldwide. Goverment leaders want to take immediate action. Experts are pointing a finger towards the global adoption and high usage of ReallyOpenSocial.

Social networks have been calling themselves 'Social Utilities' and various governments have now taken that to heart. A new 'Social Utility Tax' has been imposed. First 20 social interactions every day will be tax exempt, but users will now pay a 'Social Utility Tax' for each social interaction thereafter. Politicians claim this will not only help solve productivity issues, it will generate much needed tax dollars, but critics and free speech advocates claim this move impinges on people's right to waste time.

There has been increasing political and social ( pun intended ) pressure on governments to get things under control.

Social networks have been calling themselves 'Social Utilities' and various governments have now taken that to heart. To restrict usage to sane levels, a 'Social Utility Tax' has been imposed. Now, beyond the free allocation of 20 social interactions per day, users will pay a 'Social Utility Tax' for every social interaction thereafter. Whether this is this the right solution or not, only time will tell.