Archive for October, 2009

MySpace Talks Content-Sharing with Facebook

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

The social network wars may be over as traditional rivals Facebook and MySpace reveal they're in talks about sharing content. Facebook says it'd be happy to feature content from MySpace now that the two are moving in different directions, according to the UK's Telegraph.

MSN in music talks with MySpace: AllThingsD

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Microsoft's MSN is in talks with MySpace about using the social network's MySpace Music to help power music offerings on the software giant's online portal, technology blog AllThingsD said Tuesday. AllThingsD said the talks were preliminary and it was not clear what the financial terms would be in any tie-up between ...

MySpace “kind of stopped”

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO--With both MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta and News Corp. chief digital officer Jonathan Miller taking the stage at the Web 2.0 Summit this week, there was naturally plenty of talk about the social site's attempt to reverse its ill fortune of late. Once the biggest name in social ...

Meez Plans Integration with MySpace

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Meez will be integrating its open virtual world, Meez Nation, with the MySpace platform, the company said today. With integration on MySpace, Meez is touting even greater reach to its mostly teen user base. "MySpace offers the perfect audience for Meez Nation -- Internet-savvy teens who love to share videos and ...

Games on social networking sites gaining popularity

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Increasing numbers of students are logging on to their Facebook or MySpace accounts to play new forms of games designed to run on social networking sites. The reactions are mixed, but the revenue dollars aren’t — the social gaming industry attracted an estimated $98 billion in 2008.

Myspace Being Sued by Parents

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Legal attacks against Myspace are mounting. Attorney generals in dozens of states have filed complaints against the popular social networking website. And now, five families are suing Myspace, after five teenage girls claim they were sexually assaulted by men they met through the site.

Myspace suicide woman ‘did what loads of people do online’

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Missouri mother Lori Drew’s lawyer is now arguing that if she is guilty, then so are millions of other internet users every day. The case concerns the harassment of a young girl over the net which spiralled out of control when the torment got too much for thirteen-year old Megan Meier, ...