We’re asking, not declaring that Facebook is joining Google’s OpenSocial. With the huge network of OpenSocial partners, namely: MySpace, Six Apart, Hi5, Friendster, Orkut, Bebo, Imeem, LinkedIn, Hyves, Ning, Xing, Plaxo, Salesforce, and Viadeo, we’re compelled to think that they should. Playing with both Microsoft and Google won’t hurt. Techcrunch even thinks that joining will be brilliant move. So we say to Mark Zuckerberg, sleep this over tonight, and tomorrow when you wake up, go join OpenSocial.

New media company Splashpress Media, the company behind 901am.com, has announced the acquisition of five premier blogs from Bloggy Network LLC.

Along with this acquisition, Splashpress Media has also announced that David Peralty, Bloggy Network’s Director of Communications, is now joining the company as Head of Marketing. David has extensive experience in the new media industry, and looks forward to leading the charge in building up the Splashpress Media brand.

In a private sale for an undisclosed amount, the following blogs will now be operated by Splashpress Media:

• Blogging Pro – Blogging Pro regularly features news, themes and plugins for blogging applications in a straightforward, no-nonsense manner. The site regularly discusses a wide array of blogging-related topics, from personal blogging, to blog monetization, to the technical aspects of blogging.

• Forever Geek – Forever Geek is a blog written for geeks by a group of geeks who each have their own passions and interests. Forever Geek provides geeks with links to interesting news, sites and reviews online without the usual clutter of other geek-oriented sites.

• Celebrific – Talking about celebrities is what Celebrific is all about. Featuring a “hot woman (or man) of the day” every day, and a weekly “Celebrific lowdown” summary of happenings every week, as well as regular postings and photos of stars. Celebrific is sure to satisfy anyone’s celebrity fix.

• Filmsy – Authored by true film buffs, Filmsy reviews the latest box office and disc releases, with honest to goodness commentary. Reviews and commentary are both on new movies and classics from the past ages of cinema.

• bFeedMe – bFeedMe aims to satisfy readers’ hunger for information about food, whether they’re tips on the latest great restaurants, delicious recipes, or anything about food in general.

The acquisition brings in tens of thousands of visitors every day, along with tens of thousands of existing feed subscribers, increasing Slashpress Media’s reach into the blogosphere.

Splashpress Media has been looking for some time to establish an entertainment network in its portfolio and is also currently launching Erati, a new TV blog, and relaunching a Hollywood Blog and a blog on Celebrity Chefs.

Splashpress Media, owned and operated by Mark Saunders, delivers some of the top blogs and blogging services in the industry, including the Blog Herald, 901am, Performancing, Tubetorial and Eaton Web, amongst others, and considers the newly-acquired sites as making its network wider and deeper.

Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor Masi Oka, star of NBC’s hit ensemble drama series “Heroes” will serve as global ambassador for One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a non-profit organization launched in 2005 with a mission of providing a means for learning, self-expression and exploration to the nearly two billion children of the developing world with little or no access to education. In his role as OLPC ambassador, Oka will appear in public service announcements, both online and on television, to promote the importance of empowering children with learning tools and Internet connectivity.

“Being a part of a global effort that is enabling children to learn, grow and succeed in life is both tremendously gratifying and important to me,” said Masi Oka. “I’m very excited about this opportunity to represent One Laptop per Child and bring my love of technology and education to the global community. I believe that it is incredibly important to enable access to learning for all children so that every child has the opportunity to create a better life for themselves, their family and their society.”

The Associated Press reports that President George Bush is signing the legislation approved by Congress that would extend the Internet tax ban for seven more years.

Techcrunch reports that Google is launching OpenSocial this Thursday. OpenSocial is “a set of common APIs that application developers can use to create applications that work on any social networks (called “hosts”) that choose to participate.”

meebo today announced the meebo Platform, a way to let developers integrate multi-user applications to connect users live with their friends. The first set of platform applications are web-based communication applications from Pudding Media, TalkShoe, TokBox and Ustream.TV, making voice chat, group voice calling, video and audio calling, and live broadcast available to meebo users.

meebo will also release additional third-party applications that will include social single-player and multi-player casual games, office and productivity applications, shopping and entertainment, and many, many more.

Developers can sign up for meebo Platform API access today at meebo.com/platform and participate in meebo’s public beta program. On November 27, the company will open its doors for an all-night dev camp for developers and potential partners. Additionally, meebo will offer virtual office hours to connect remote developers with the meebo team via video and audio calls.

Yummy Interactive, Inc. has partnered with Alawar Entertainment, Inc. to distribute Alawar’s game products for digital download and Games On Demand subscriptions to global broadband service providers.

“Yummy’s business savvy and innovative technology make them the ideal partner for taking Alawar’s games to broadband providers worldwide,” says Andrew Postnikov, Head of Publishing, Alawar Entertainment. “Yummy’s superb digital distribution solutions and our creative talent are a perfect match as Alawar continues to raise the bar for the production and design of high quality casual games.”

Webcastr.com has obtained a worldwide exclusive music video premiere for the new live Daft Punk video “Harder Better Faster Stronger” from the band’s forthcoming album ‘Alive 2007′ to be released on Virgin Records on November 20. The video was made from a 250 camera shoot by fans at a recent show in Brooklyn and was directed by Olivier Gondry.

Webcastr was in the news recently when it scored the video premiere of the new Britney Spears’ video for “Gimme More” prior to it’s official release. It blew out the companies servers even before it’s official launch.

“This time we are fully prepared for the possible onslaught of viewership from around the world and with the band’s global audience, we fully expect for this to be a great success for the band, Virgin Records and Webcastr,” says founder/CEO Tim Devine.

So yesterday, Facebook got Microsoft to invest $240 million in exchange for 1.6 percent equity stake. The amount placed Facebook’s valuation at $15 billion and made Mark Zuckerberg a $3 billion guy in paper. The story is not over though. Forbes is saying that two hedge funds from New York are bringing in another $500 million.

Cellufun announced its “Hellofun” celebration– a community event where registered users can decorate their homepages, dress up their avatars in costumes and pass out tricks and treats from the comfort of their mobile phone. Users will find a link on their homepage that invites them to “Celebrate Hellofun”. Users then decorate their homepages with Halloween imagery, choose frightfully clever costumes for their avatars, and compete in both giving and getting tricks and treats.