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Social Networks Take On Google With ‘Focus On The User’

Social networks such as Twitter and Facebook have been a bit upset over Google's recent changes to their social search product. If you're not familiar with the changes, basically it integrates Google Plus results into your normal, ... continue

Rupert Murdoch Comes Clean About Myspace

Remember Myspace? It was a hotbed for teenagers to connect and chat with their friends, and had some popularity with the adult crowd. Recently, Rupert Murdoch joined Twitter and he's been fairly active. Being that he is the ... continue

[Comparison] Google+ vs. Facebook vs. MySpace

The life cycle of the social network, featuring Google+, Facebook and MySpace. continue

Ah the sweet irony – Justin Timberlake now a part owner of MySpace

A little earlier today I shared with you the news that MySpace had finally been put out of its misery ... errr ... purchased for the quaint sum of $35 million and that the new owner was ... continue

MySpace CEO letter to the troops after $35 million acquisition by Specific Media

Word is spreading pretty quickly through the tech blogosphere that MySpace has finally been purchased for the fire sale price of $35 million by Specific Media a online media and advertising company. Following that Mike Jones, (soon to ... continue

Myspace Founders No Longer Use Myspace [No Reason To Friend Tom]

After hitting their peak in December 2008 social media network MySpace began to shed one million users per day and now it has been discovered that among those Facebook stealing casualties are the company's co-founder Chris DeWolfe ... continue

Former MySpace Exec to Launch Facebook Competitor Altly

After everything you've invested in your Facebook profile, could you up and leave for a new site? No? Well, a former MySpace executive is joining the ranks of people who want to give Mark Zuckerberg a run for ... continue

[Video] NSFW: Facebook Gets the Roast Treatment by Lisa Lampanelli, Gilbert Gottfried

All the social networks get together to roast Facebook, but as it always happens, another guy tends to get all the heat. Featuring Lisa Lampanelli, Gilbert Gottfried and Penn Jillette. Naughty language. continue

MySpace Fires Nearly Half Their Staff

First they tried new profiles, then they focused their core business around entertainment and music and now MySpace has fired 47% of their staff...talk about mixing it up at the headquarters for the one-time internet darling. MySpace CEO ... continue

Massive MySpace layoffs expected tomorrow

Half of MySpace's current staff- between 500 and 600 employees, it is believed- are expected to lose their jobs with the company tomorrow as the website's slow death march continues. MySpace has long been a punchline or addendum ... continue

MySpace Debuts New WebKit Enabled Website For Various Mobile Devices

MySpace, in their fight to stay relevant officially announced today a new mobile optimized website that supports all modern Webkit enabled browsers. If you're unfamiliar with WebKit, in this case it basically means all iOS devices, Android device, ... continue

NYPD using Facebook, MySpace to gather evidence against criminals

Well, at least somebody is still using MySpace. [/obligatory] NYPD cops spoke to a local paper about how much of a boon the sharing-happy phenomenon of social media has been to investigations, since some folks, it seems, are ... continue

Time running out for MySpace, ‘quarters… not years’ to turn fortunes around

It seems MySpace's lengthy drain-circle may be coming to a conclusion sooner rather than later. I must admit, when I watched Kick-Ass earlier this week, the least believable part- not the jet pack or the little girl with ... continue

Myspace Rebranded. In Other News, Myspace Still Exists

Myspace (remember them?) is gearing up for a complete overhaul with the launch of a beta site that includes a total rebrand of the Myspace logo. The new Myspace logo is said to deliver a message that Myspace ... continue

Convicted killer Rachel Wade sentenced for stabbing death of romantic rival

It's kind of interesting that this case isn't being angled as a "MySpace murder," considering some of the evidence that lead to conviction. Rachel Wade, now 20, was sentenced today to 27 years in jail for the stabbing ... continue

Maybe Facebook should send a bouquet of flowers to its apologists

Well if you read any kind of tech news you have probably already heard about the newest gaff committed by Facebook and other social media networks like MySpace and Twitter that was reported by the Wall Street Journal late ... continue

Reddit shenanigans? Eli Roth is telling your mom

Last week, a celebrity gossip scandal involving heroin, Scientology sex and Peaches Geldof broke on Reddit. User thatcoolguyben posted scary pics of him and the British celebutante on Reddit, and pretty soon the story was being reported all ... continue

Social Media, Internet And Other Tech Predictions For 2010

From buyouts to advances in technology to facelifts for old familiar friends, 2010 is going to bring about a lot of changes to the web, as each year prior to it has also accomplished. While many moves ... continue

NYS gets Facebook and MySpace to boot 3,500 convicted sex offenders

In a move that brings the issue of freedom versus safety online to the forefront, New York state Attorney General Mario Cuomo has announced that 3,500 convicted sex offenders have been removed from Facebook and MySpace collectively. While ... continue