Google has lured MySpace, the world's largest online social network, to its side in its battle against the wildly popular rival site Facebook.
The internet search giant, which is based in Mountain View, California, has announced that MySpace is to join its OpenSocial platform that allows developers to write programs across multiple social sites using one set of tools.
The tools will eliminate the need for small start-ups or even one-person shops to customise programs, such as an interactive game of scrabble, for each site.
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