Apple to tap into the social graph?
Facebook may be baked into iPhone OS 4 by the time it's released to consumers this summer, according to a report from Business Insider.
Its 'plugged-in' source claims that the updated iPhone OS will synchronise its phonebook with users' Facebook contacts.
However, the article also suggests that Apple may build Facebook's Open Graph more deeply into the iPhone OS.
iPhone developers can already use Facebook Connect to add social and viral features to their apps and games, but an Apple integration could make that easier.
ME wonders if Apple could go one step further, and build Facebook's Open Graph into the App Store itself. iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users might be able to 'Like' their favourite apps, and see what their friends had been buying from the store.
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Facebook is currently facing criticism for its allegedly slapdash approach to user privacy. However, a tie-up with Apple could be a big boost for its new Open Graph.
The social network has worked with other mobile handset firms though. For example, Nokia built Facebook into its Ovi Maps software, letting users update their status with a link to a map of their current location.
