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MySpace partners with Yahoo, Twitter and eBay in "data portability" initiative

Having previously talked the talk when it comes to data portability, MySpace is beginning to walk the walk: announcing its own 'data portability' initiative, supported by partners Yahoo, Twitter and eBay. Dubbed MySpace ‘Data Availability’, users will be able to optionally share their public profile data with...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Data, eBay Inc., Twitter, MySpace, MySpace Data Availability Initiative, Internet, Instant Messaging, Corporate Communications, BIOS, Online Communications, Marketing, Hardware, Components, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2008-05-08

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MySpace's "data portability" initiative goes live today - prepare to be locked-in

News Corp.-owned MySpace will today officially launch its MySpace Data Availability Project, the company's previously announced so-called "data portability" initiative in which users will be able to optionally share their public profile data with participating sites, along with their MySpace photos, MySpaceTV videos and friend lists. by Steve O'Hear

Tags: Data, Site, MySpace, Internet, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2008-06-26

Privacy flaw exposes Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan's private MySpace photos

The recently introduced data availability initiative at MySpace allowing everyone to share their profile data with other community and social networking sites across the Web, has just suffered its first major privacy flaw exposing the private photos of Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, prompting Yahoo and MySpace to disable the...

Tags: Paris, Hilton Hotels Corp., Photograph, MySpace, Flaw, Privacy Flaw, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-06-04

Facebook makes its own 'data portability' move, Google to follow?

Not to be outdone by MySpace's "Data Availability" initiative, Facebook announced on Friday its own data portability strategy dubbed "Facebook Connect". Described as "the next iteration of Facebook Platform" the new feature will allow users to "connect" their Facebook identity, friends and privacy to participating sites --...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Social Networking, Channel Management, Web Site Development, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2008-05-12