links for 2008-06-13

Gigya, the leading widget and social technologies company, today announced that it has added a new feature to its Wildfire technology, giving end-users the option of sharing widgets with selected contacts imported from major webmail providers including Gm

It’s been quite a busy week for widget companies. RockYou kicked things off by announcing its $35 million Series C round on Monday. KickApps and Clearspring partnered to bolster their respective widget efforts on Tuesday. And now Widgetbucks is announcing

Yahoo Japan has clearly taken the whole widget concept to heart in introducing a new service that helps users get the most out of digital TV broadcasts [Japanese].