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MySpace launches Facebook status update syncing

MySpace launches Facebook Status Update Syncing MySpace was the first of the social networks to catch fire with popularity, as members discovered a world full of friends, pictures and games (called “Apps” short for Appl [...]

Posted On : Sep, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

MySpace Mobile App for iPhone and Android

The iPhone now has another app in its huge library of apps that is going to bring yet another major social networking platform to the phone. That application is the MySpace app. MySpace has done a great job by bringing the app to the pho [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

How MySpace Can Survive Apple's Ping

Apple's announcement of Ping exploded the blogosphere with talk of the service being the final nail in the coffin for the former king of social media, MySpace. While this may be true, there is a way for MySpace to be relevant AND to [...]

Posted On : Sep, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

MySpace Hands Over Updates To Facebook

MySpace Hands Over Updates To Facebook: MySpace has surrendered to the power of Facebook, and users can now send their shared content on MySpace out to Facebook (and Twitter) with just one click. The functionality allows you to push phot [...]

Posted On : Sep, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

MySpace photos prompt family's pursuit of justice

After learning the identity of the driver who killed her brother Patrick in August 2008, Selena Simpson wanted to know more about the man behind the wheel. She Googled his name -- Scott C. Schuman -- and came across his public MySpace pa [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

MySpace Kidnapping Suspect Facing New Charges

A local man accused in the kidnapping of a 14-year-old girl he met on MySpace is now facing new charges. Richard Sabatasse, 26, was in court today for a hearing.He is accused of meeting the girl in Connellsville, then bringing her back t [...]

Posted On : Jul, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

MySpace Ties Into Windows Live Messenger, Hotmail

MySpace announced Wednesday afternoon that it has integrated the site into Windows Live Messenger and Hotmail. According to the firm, the integration allows users of Messenger and Hotmail to sync status updates between MySpace and Messen [...]

Posted On : Jun, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

MySpace Names Veoh Founder Shapiro New CTO

MySpace on Monday named Dmitry Shapiro as its new chief technology officer of MySpace Music. Effective immediately, Shapiro is responsible for all aspects of technical developments for the MySpace Music platform, including the next [...]

Posted On : Jun, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

News Corp admits MySpace lost its way

It takes a big man to accept his mistakes and failures. Just ask News Corp COO Chase Carey, who has done just that in relation to MySpace. MySpace was, at one time, the premier social networking site. And then it all went horribly wrong, [...]

Posted On : May, 27 2010 | Comments : 0

MySpace Launches Games Lab Pilot Program

Late last week saw number two social network MySpace launch its MySpace Games Lab pilot program, which will bring third-party social game developers into MySpace's offices to collaborate. Partners who tested the program early on were [...]

Posted On : May, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Facebook and MySpace Face Privacy Issues

A recent news report in the Wall Street Journal shows that both Facebook and MySpace pass along information to advertisers that can be tracked back to individual profiles. This is because either the MySpace user's profile name or Fac [...]

Posted On : May, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

MySpace Seeks to Capitalize on Facebook Discontent

Earlier this week, we reported that a group of New York University students were working at building Diaspora, a social networking platform designed to give users a viable alternative to Facebook. Diaspora is being designed to give users [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

Myspace New Zealand 2010 Choice Awards Now Open

MySpace has announced that the annual MySpace Choice Awards are open for voting. An opportunity to acknowledge New Zealand's wealth of home-grown talent and the local fans which support them, the MySpace Choice Awards give MySpace us [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Man's MySpace page torpedoes personal injury suit

A computer animator's $2.5m personal injury lawsuit suffered a near-fatal blow thanks in part to MySpace postings that undermined claims his life had become "hell on earth." Eric Sedie of Corte Madera, California testified [...]