<![CDATA[Hi5 CTO talks about Open Social, among other things]]>

<![CDATA[Hi5 CTO talks about Open Social, among other things]]>[podtech content=http://media1.podtech.net/media/2007/11/PID_013001/Podtech_Hi_5.flv&postURL=http://www.podtech.net/home/4548/getting-open-and-social-with-hi5&totalTime=1465000&breadcrumb=e4fb161f053e491286c47a2ccb7a483e]

Hi5 is a social network that’s very popular. They are seeing 100,000 new users every day. Facebook is seeing 200,000.

Since Hi5 is one of the partners in the Open Social platform, along with about 16 other social networks including MySpace, I wanted to find out about the social networking space from a company other than Facebook.

Also, at Facebook you never get to interview the geeks who actually build the service, so when I got a chance to interview Akash Garg, the Chief Technical Officer behind Hi5 I jumped at the chance. Geeks usually tell more details than the CEO will. Akash didn’t disappoint.

We talk about a variety of things about the social networking industry as well as his opinion of Open Social.

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