The Hammer Goes Down on MySpace, Sells for $35 Million

30 Jun, 2011, 10:55 am IST Anuradha Shetty Social Networking 2 Comments

This is one news, everyone knew was coming. News Corporation has finally cut the umbilical cord with its non-performing web site, MySpace. More

MySpace To Launch iTunes Music Store Rival

04 Sep, 2006, 4:30 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan Windows

MySpace, the hugely popular social networking site has announced that it will soon make its foray into the digital music world by selling songs from more than 3 million bands. More

MySpace Opens Up to Developers

18 Oct, 2007, 3:48 pm IST Reuters Services

Leading online social network MySpace will allow outside developers access to its service to counter the growth of rival Facebook. More

MySpace to Share Sex Offender Data

22 May, 2007, 5:10 pm IST AP Services

MySpace.com said it will immediately begin sharing data on the registered sex offenders it has identified and removed from the popular social networking Web site. More

'Adult' Web company Apes MySpace.com

27 Jul, 2006, 1:30 pm IST Sharon Khare Services

The operators of an X-rated online video game on Wednesday debuted Utherverse.com, an adults-only site that aims to duplicate the success of wildly po... More

MySpace Offers 'Artist-On-Artist' Community

20 Jan, 2007, 3:05 pm IST Sharon Khare Services

MySpace.com has announced the launch of a new profile community for the site's "Artist-On-Artist" series. More

Activision Blizzard's Bobby Kotick to Invest in Myspace

13 Jun, 2011, 2:08 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Services

Kotick approached News Corporation as an individual investor, and not on the behalf of Activision Blizzard. More

On MySpace, Girls Seek Friends, Boys Flirt

08 Jan, 2007, 10:00 am IST Reuters Services

More than half of U.S. teenagers use social networking sites, but girls go online to reaffirm existing friendships, boys, to flirt. More

MySpace, HarperCollins Collaborate on Book

25 Oct, 2007, 6:16 pm IST AP Services

MySpace is getting into the book business. More

Social Networking Site For Gamers Debuts

01 Nov, 2006, 2:37 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan

Myspace founder has unveiled a new social networking site, SaySwap, exclusively for online gamers. More

IBM Renews Microsoft Rivalry

22 Jan, 2007, 11:00 am IST Reuters

IBM's Lotus unit will introduce on Monday a set of social networking services that functions like a MySpace for office workers. More

Social Network Sites Top Google Search in '06

20 Dec, 2006, 1:00 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan

Social networking sites top Google search terms for 2006, followed by hezbollah, Paris Hilton and Borat. More

Record Labels Sign MySpace Deal

22 Jan, 2007, 1:46 pm IST Reuters

Merlin has agreed a deal with digital music company Snocap which will allow its labels' music to be sold from Web sites such as MySpace. More

MySpace Readies Site Overhaul to Rekindle Growth

10 Mar, 2010, 3:56 pm IST Reuters

With shrinking audiences, deep layoffs and two management shake-ups, News Corp's MySpace, the one-time leader in Internet social networking, has had a rocky year. More

White House Leaps Onto Facebook, MySpace, Twitter

04 May, 2009, 10:39 am IST IANS

Barack Obama's tech-savvy administration has taken another leap into cyberspace with the roll-out of White House 2.0. More

MySpace Sues Colorado Man for Spamming

23 Jan, 2007, 11:30 am IST AP

The popular online hangout MySpace.com has sued a Colorado man once accused of being one of the world's top three spammers. More

MySpace to Distribute Amber Alerts

23 Jan, 2007, 2:00 pm IST AP

The social-networking Web site MySpace.com will now distribute Amber alerts to members notifying them of missing children in their communities. More

US Seeks To Block Social Networking Sites

01 Aug, 2006, 1:30 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan

In the wake of the recent controversies surrounding social networking sites like MySpace, the US parliament has proposed a law seeking to ban these si... More

MySpace Lays off Nearly Half of Staff

12 Jan, 2011, 10:56 am IST Roshan DSilva

Job cuts a part of "organizational restructuring". More

Social Networking Leaves You Open to Crime

05 Oct, 2006, 12:00 pm IST Sharon Khare

The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) has announced results of the first social networking study examining the link between specific online behaviors and the potential for becoming a victim of cyber-crime. More