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Turns out, MySpace was only *mostly dead

Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Remember MySpace? Not all that long ago, it was out on the bleeding edge of social media. And then...crickets.
Posted In: MySpace, Tech, Justin Timberlake, Facebook

Zappos gets hacked, plus a new constitution for social networks

Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Two different stories about oversharing.
Posted In: social networks, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, security, zappos

Myspace hack turns out to be nothing

Friday, August 12, 2011
There was some buzz last night that Myspace, the still extant social networking site recently sold for four empty Coke bottles and a bit of string,...
Posted In: hacking, MySpace

MySpace goes to Specific Media, may get SexyBack.

Thursday, June 30, 2011
Specific Media did indeed agree to buy MySpace yesterday. They'll pay $35 million in cash and stock for the site (NewsCorp paid $580 million in 20...
Posted In: fedora, Justin Timberlake, MySpace

Myspace update

Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Looks like Specific Media is the front runner in the bid to acquire Myspace. Specific Media made a fortune, get this, as creators of the pop under...
Posted In: business, MySpace, social networking

Myspace to lay off 150 people

Tuesday, June 28, 2011
If that was Microsoft or Google, you wouldn't think twice about it. But Myspace only has about 400 employees as of today and by end of day tomorrow...
Posted In: Facebook, Google, Microsoft, MySpace, sorrow

Is Facebook shrinking?

Monday, June 13, 2011
Kind of. The dominant social networking site in the world is seeing growth leveling off and even dipping. It added 11.8 million new users in May...
Posted In: Facebook, MySpace, Norway

MySpace about to be sold?

Friday, June 10, 2011
The once mighty social networking site is about ready to be sold off once again, this time to the chief executive of video game maker Activision...
Posted In: Facebook, MySpace

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