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Open Social is a new open web API, which is being spearheaded by Google and joined by a wide range of partners including Google’s own Orkut, LinkedIn, Hi5, Friendster, Salesforce.com, Oracle, iLike, Flixster, RockYou, and Slide. This is the beginning of the Google vs. Facebook “war” - an attempt to secure the next generation online operating system, if you will, with the main goal of establishing a standard platform for social network app development.

Here’s a short screencast courtesy of Ning’s Marc Andreessen:

Virb is pairing charities with designers to create something truly beautiful.

Design is Kinky is hosting a t-shirt design competition called One Colour Comp. The deadline to enter is October 15th.