The Santa Clara-based social shopping site Kaboodle is due to announce some major news at midnight EST. The first announcement is that they're partnering with Shopping.com, who will supply their entire product catalogue to Kaboodle. The move will expand Kaboodle's product listings to millions of items from thousands of merchants, and they're leveraging Shopping.com's API to make the magic happen.
But the more interesting news is that they're getting into the widget game. Once the site goes back online (it's down for maintenance at the moment), you'll be able to arrange a collection of your Kaboodle items into a collage, then convert it into a Flash widget for MySpace, Friendster, Xanga, blogs and websites. The widget will also allow other users to contribute items to the collection. What's more, they're launching Flash slideshows for MySpace and blogs, and new ways to view your Kaboodle content - either as an itinerary or a grid. One final addition: they're launching Kaboodle Groups, which will allow multiple users to collaborate on a collection of items, complete with voting and commenting.