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- MySpace
- The most popular social networking site on the Web, especially for teenagers and people under 30. Founded in 2003 by Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe, MySpace was acquired by...
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- Slide to distribute video on Facebook; Facebook to overtake MySpace in the US; Oasis launches new album on MySpace
- The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… by Steve O'Hear
- Tags: Facebook, Video, MySpace, Pingdom, Corporate Communications, Social Networking, Marketing, Online Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Move over Generations X and Y - Grandma's on MySpace
- Don't be surprised if Grandma sends you a Facebook gift for Christmas this year instead of a package of socks. The NPD Group, a market research firm, reported yesterday that its "Entertainment Trends in America" report shows that in the U.S., 41 percent of baby boomer...
- Tags: NPD Group Inc., Baby Boomer, Entertainment, MySpace, Social Networking, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-09-10
- The ugly truth: Satan, social networks and security
- Here's the simplest way to get arbitrary code execution in the browsers of millions of users -- ask for permission. by Jennifer Leggio
- Tags: Social Networking, Black Hat, Network, App, MySpace, SocNets, SocNet, Security, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- MySpace Data Availability at Lunch 2.0
- This afternoon, Fox Interactive Media invited the tech community to its new San Francisco headquarters for free food, and an opportunity to network. Max Engel, product manager for the Data Availability project, spoke with me briefly about the new...
- Tags: MySpace, Social Networking, Food & Beverage, Corporate Communications, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Manufacturing, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- MySpace lands official presidential debate gig
- News Corp.-owned MySpace is continuing its push to become the online destination for U.S. politics amongst the social networking generation. by Steve O'Hear
- Tags: Network, MySpace, MyDebates.org, Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Web worms squirm through Facebook, MySpace
- My colleagues at Kaspersky Lab see disclosure have intercepted two new worms squirming through MySpace and Facebook, using social engineering lures to plant malware on Windows systems. The worms propagate via the comments features on the two popular social networks, using video lures and fake Flash Player...
- Tags: Web, Facebook, Kaspersky Lab, Network, Macromedia Flash Player, Social Engineering, Worm, MySpace, Victim Machine, Cyberthreats, Social Networking, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- Monetizing social media: Still an uphill climb; Some friends may be worthless
- Monetizing social media: Still an uphill climb; Some friends may be worthlessSomething is worth exactllywhat someone else is willing to pay for it.Couldn't be because they stink?Their revenue shortfall and lack of growth could just as likely be traced to their notorious right wing bias. As the neocons fall...
- Tags: MySpace, social media, advertiser, social networking, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- How much are your friends worth?
- News Corp. revealed yesterday that its new media subsidiary Fox Interactive Media FIM has missed this year's revenue target of $1bn by 10 per cent. FIM's portfolio is dominated by MySpace which accounts for the majority of its revenue, bringing into question once again the ability to monetize the huge...
- Tags: Advertisement, Google AdWords, News Corp., MySpace, Advertiser, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Report: MySpace turning News Corp. stock toxic; advertisers shy of UGC
- While I don't normally comment on matters relating to Wall Street here on The Social Web, a Bloomberg article published today raises a number issues relating to News Corp.'s attempts to extract profit from MySpace. After Fox Interactive Media FIM, the company division that runs MySpace, said...
- Tags: Fox Interactive Media, Stock, News Corp., MySpace, Advertiser, Social Networking, Branding, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Official: MySpace to form joint venture with major record labels
- We knew it was coming but now it's official MySpace has announced the formation of MySpace Music, a new joint venture with three of the four major record labels: Universal Music Group, Sony BMG and Warner Music. The new service, which will roll out...
- Tags: MySpace, Social Networking, Web Technology, Digital Music, Digital Media, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-04-03
- Top social networking sites in US in February 2007
- MySpace.com’s audience grew just 4% in February 2008 from February 2007, whereas second-place Facebook’s more than doubled, growing 102% year over year, according to Nielsen Online. LinkedIn, meanwhile, increased its unique audience a whopping 271% year over year, reaching 7.4 mln in Feb., compared with 2.0 mln a year earlier...
- Tags: Facebook, Network, Audience, MySpace, Social Networking, Microsoft Windows, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- In December 2007 MySpace received 72.32% of US social networking visits
- In December 2007, MySpace.com received 72.32% of US visits among the social networking category, Facebook.com received 16.03% of visits and Bebo.com received 1.09% of visits, according to Hitwise. MyYearbook had the largest gain in market share in December 2007, increasing 407% compared with December of the previous year. Facebook and...
- Tags: Network, MySpace, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, NB
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- MySpace got 76% of US social network traffic in 2007
- MySpace.com averaged 76.35% of all US visits in 2007 among a custom category of 53 leading social-networking websites, followed by Facebook.com, Bebo.com and BlackPlanet.com with 12.57%, 1.24% and 0.87%, respectively, according to Hitwise. The remaining 49 social networking websites in the custom category accounted for 8.97% of US visits. by...
- Tags: Network, Web Site, MySpace, Social Networking, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, NB
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- First MySpace OpenSocial apps unveiled with very little fanfare
- As promised, MySpace users can now get their hands on the first fruits of the social network's official Developer Platform -- the means by which outside developers can create official applications that integrate with the site. Having surprised us back in November by announcing that MySpace would...
- Tags: MySpace, Social Networking, Games, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-03-14
- iPhone SDK will see an explosion of Social Web software
- At a special event in Cupertino tomorrow, Apple plans to unveil the iPhone Software Develop Kit SDK "road map", the path to which third-party developers will be able to create native applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch that run outside of the Web browser. Having reneged on the promise...
- Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Web, SDK, MySpace, Tools & Techniques, Social Networking, Software Development, Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Software/Web Development, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- MTV to air "The MySpace Chart" show
- Is music station MTV still relevant today? To answer that you'd have to ask the kids, but I certainly see a lot more interest in MySpace when it comes to the discovery and promotion of new artists. In fact, I'd nearly go as far as to say...
- Tags: MySpace, MTV, Business Structures, Social Networking, Channel Management, Corporate Communications, Finance, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- Will security become Facebook's Achilles' heel?
- Will security become Facebook's Achilles' heel?Facebook is just another crappy service ...... geared towards the socially challenged person. People who need the acknowledgment and attention of others to feel better about their crappy life.Sorry, but I see nothing useful or positive about junk like Facebook and MySpace. Both...
- Tags: security, Privacy Concerns, Web 2.0, Facebook, MySpace, social networking
- Discussion threads 2008-02-22
- Did Google get hosed on its MySpace search deal?
- Fox Interactive gets 27 percent of its revenue from an ad deal between Google and MySpace forged in August 2006. Meanwhile, Google executives complain about how hard it is to monetize social networking traffic. Funny how deals that looked like pure genius a few months ago can backfire. ...
- Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., MySpace, Fox Interactive Media, Social Networking, Operational Accounting, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- MySpace Developer Platform launches
- As promised, MySpace has launched its developer platform, meaning that third-party developers can start building applications for the social networking site. Although users were previously allowed to run third-party mini-apps or widgets on their profiles -- with a full developer platform, applications will now have direct access to users' public...
- Tags: Developer, MySpace, Developer Platform, MySpace Developer Platform, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- MySpace U-turn: YouTube contributed to our success
- Long time readers of this blog will remember the MySpace vs YouTube war of words and actions that dominated much of 2006. It began when MySpace, albeit temporarily, blocked access to YouTube videos on the social networking site, reached its peak following the Google-acquisition of YouTube, and concluded with the...
- Tags: YouTube Inc., MySpace, Social Networking, Corporate Communications, Web 2.0, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-02-04
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