Search Results for 'Social'

MySpace bosses battle to oust Facebook from social networkin...

'MySpace is not dead," says an emphatic Jason Hirsch- horn, smiling and leaning back in his chair at News Corporation's digital headquarters in Beverly Hills, California. Given the battering that the site has taken over [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

MySpace ventures into social gaming arena to regain Internet...

The erstwhile Internet social networking leader MySpace, which has steadily been losing ground to competitors like Facebook, is venturing into the video games arena, in an attempt to regain some of its Internet foothold. That social [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

MySpace Founder Acquires Social Game Company MindJolt

MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe, who left the social-networking company last year, is part of a group buying the Facebook online game provider MindJolt. DeWolfe, along with former MySpace executives Colin Digiaro and Aber Whitcomb, made [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

MySpace - Social networking

In the 1980s, we had the handwritten letter. By the '90s, we often used e-mail because it was easier and more immediate. This decade, our communications have gotten increasingly short, often circulated one sentence at a time on Facebook, Tw [...]

Posted On : Dec, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

MySpace to push music features in social networking communit...

Although MySpace is still a hugely popular social networking site in certain parts of the world, its appeal has been steadily slipping in the over eighteen crowd, who have mostly begun moving to Facebook en masse, especially in Europe. It&r [...]

Posted On : Nov, 06 2009 | Comments : 0

Ex-MySpace CEO wants to gamble on social games

In late July, TechCrunch floated a report that DeWolfe was hitting up big private equity outlets to amass cash, at least US$100 million, for a new venture that would involve "a roll-up of an Internet industry vertical", but TechCr [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

MySpace Readies Itself As Music Venue, Leaves Rival Social N...

While Thursday's Web 2.0 Summit at San Francisco revolved around tweets and social-network feeds, MySpace was fortifying its position as an online music venue. In a theater not far from a night club where Microsoft was celebrating the world [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

MySpace Music videos stream to rival social networks

While tweets and social-network feeds were the buzz on Thursday at a Web 2.0 Summit here, MySpace was fortifying its position as an online music venue. In a theater not far from a night club where Microsoft was celebrating the worldwide la [...]

Posted On : Oct, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

MySpace tanks as social networks soar

MySpace has lost more than half of its market share in the past year even though Australians have doubled the amount of time they spend on social networking sites in that period. New figures released by Nielsen this week revealed tha [...]

Posted On : Oct, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

MySpace To Acquire Social Music StartUp iLike; Founders Stay...

Social-networking giant MySpace agreed to acquire iLike, a social music startup, as part of its plan to restructure itself after losing momentum and buzz in recent years. Financial terms weren't disclosed. Founded in 2006, iLike quick [...]

Posted On : Aug, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

MySpace expects huge growth in mobile social network users

Just about every application is going mobile, as the App Store for iPhone has shown with its 1 billion-plus downloads. Mobile banking, gaming, and messaging are among the broad categories of mobile applications available, so it is no wonde [...]

Posted On : May, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

MySpace, Facebook holding mobile social networking back

Social networking made the leap from desktops to mobile phones a long time ago, and a new report suggests that MySpace and Facebook still dominate even on the small screen. Too bad the two market leaders may be doing more harm than good to [...]