Microsoft, Google and Facebook join to make data portability possible Even with the advancement of online data storage technologies, one of the most complicated procedures is to transfer information from one service to the other, not just considering the barriers of each company to […]

To circumvent this limitation, Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter announced this Friday (20) a new initiative to create a system of data portability between its platforms.

Under the name of Data Transfer Project, the open source project aims to provide an integration environment between different services, allowing a much simpler portability between the services of the companies.

"Transmitting your information from one service to another can be complicated because each is built differently and uses different types of data." Steve Satterfield, Director of Privacy Policy and Public Policy at Facebook

Explained a representative from Google, all the companies involved in the project are working on creating tools that can convert any proprietary API to a data format that can be accepted into the world. 39, one of the other services of the companies involved in the initiative.The purpose of this new partnership is to extend this list of compatibility more and more.

More details about the data transfer project can be viewed from this link.] Enter your email on Cbadtech to receive daily updates with the latest technology news.