http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2008/03/25/ms-partners-with-facebook-bebo-more-to-exchange-contacts-information-securely-using-the-windows-live-contacts-api.aspxIn a blog post this morning, John Richards, Director of Windows Live Platform at Microsoft, announces a set of new partnerships signed by Microsoft and 5 major social networks : Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, Tagged, and LinkedIn. From the blog post: Starting todayenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2008/03/25/ms-partners-with-facebook-bebo-more-to-exchange-contacts-information-securely-using-the-windows-live-contacts-api.aspx#7704Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:30:25 GMT56c526a3-1f9b-4262-a0cc-2de2ce4c7619:7704Krampster<p>Jamie, </p> <p>The API for sharing WL contacts was made public this month, so any site can do it. &nbsp;They don't really need a partnership.</p> <p>It's pretty big news that Facebook is opening up its Friend list.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.liveside.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7704" width="1" height="1">http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2008/03/25/ms-partners-with-facebook-bebo-more-to-exchange-contacts-information-securely-using-the-windows-live-contacts-api.aspx#7703Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:41:53 GMT56c526a3-1f9b-4262-a0cc-2de2ce4c7619:7703Jamie<p>I am liking this, I been testing it out with my Facebook friends (this afternoon).</p> <p>In the next release they shouldhave a page Web services and Mail Services and incorperate the dutch test with this partnership offering.</p> <p>I would also be pleased if AOL (Screenname), Yahoo, Google also done similar offerings and maybe more social networks joined the 'partnership' instead of using the old style (Myspace, Meet Your Messenger and fanbox who not in this inital round of companies</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.liveside.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7703" width="1" height="1">