Hyves API: gadgets!

Hyves API: gadgets!Bemba makes sharing web content with friends easier and more fun. Bemba users can instantly share anything they find on the web on their social platforms of choice, with just two clicks. Dutch people can enjoy a whole new way to share on Hyves: largest Dutch social network with 5.5 million users.

Sharing on Hyves
This is how it works. When visiting a webpage or online video you like, click the Bemba button in your browser. A small popup will appear. The URL and page title are pre-filled. Add a personal comment and click the Share button. That’s it! Seconds later a visually attractive gadget will appear on your Hyves profile page. The Bemba application creates the gadget and inserts it into the Hyves platform, via seamless integration with the Hyves API.

Hyves gadgets examples
Just below you see a YouTube video that was placed on Hyves as a gadget, while using Bemba.

Your friends can place comments on your gadget the Hyves way. Also, YouTube videos are playable within the gadget as Hyvers are used to. The Bemba logo links to the Bemba homepage. See some examples of Hyves gadgets on the Bemba Hyve.

People like the Bemba Hyves gadget!
We received lots of positive feedback on our Hyves gadget. This is just one of them:

Posting to Hyves gadget is cool

Hyves Startpagina
Startpagina is an extremely popular website in the Netherlands used by people to start their internet journey. Sander Tigelaar is owner of the Startpagina for Hyves and he was kind to help us by placing a link to Bemba. Thanks Sander!

Future of the Hyves API
The Hyves API is still in development. The next release (1.1) is expected soon and will add a range of methods, like uploading photos and creating blog posts. Hyves will support OpenSocial as soon as possible. OpenSocial on Hyves …. this will give Bemba a lot more possibilities to enable easy and fun sharing on Hyves!

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About Bemba Media

Bemba Media is a new social media company based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Founders Aaron Peters and Arne Dibbits are on a mission to offer people the easiest way to share their web experiences with friends and to discover what’s hot on the web right now.

The company launched Bemba.com in March 2008.

Bemba users share their favorite videos and websites on the social platforms they already use with their friends, like Facebook, Twitter and Hyves. More social networks and (micro-) blogs will follow.

Bemba will become a destination for 'funsurfing' the web, providing easy access to web content that people with similar interests have recently recommended to their friends.

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