Myspace News & Articles

Preference for social networks varies across regions and countries. In the Asia Pacific region, it's a mixed bag, with some countries preferring local networks, but some going with the worldwide trends. In Australia, a recent study indicates that folks down under prefer using Facebook to other social networks, and businesses are recognizing this as a signal to increase their presence and level of engagement.

Zynga (news, site), the company behind FarmVille, is getting ready to go public, according to breaking reports.

Remember when MySpace was the number one social site? Soon we might be asking if we remember it at all. The cut of 47% of employees (or 500 people) earlier this week, sends the signal that MySpace is in trouble.

It's official: Facebook and MySpace are in a relationship. That is, the two social teams jointly announced an expansion of their partnership today, planting a Facebook Connect button directly on the MySpace homepage. 

Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:

• Yammer Debuts Dramatic Re-Design
• Twitter Now Third Most Trafficked Social Network
• LinkedIn Revamps Company Pages
• Rainmaker Adds Social Data To Your Google Contacts

Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:

• Twitter's Numbers Indicate Huge Mobile Growth
• Might Apple's Ping Take Out MySpace?
• Is Social Networking Hindering Your Job Search?
• Small Brands Increasingly Turning to Social Media

Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:

• Study: Social Networking Most Popular Online Activity
• Twitter Fields It's 20 Billionth Tweet
• Grab A London Cab Via Twitter
• Facebook Launches Questions Features

Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:

• Facebook Cited For Bad Customer Service
• Foursquare Hits 100 Million Check-ins
• New MySpace Profiles Coming Up
• Facebook's 'Like' Button Goes Mobile

Looks like Facebook put their cavalier attitude to bed. After getting flamed left and right for the last change to their privacy policy, the social network's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, used the Washington Post  to announce an upcoming, simpler approach. 

Thanks to another revision of their privacy policy, Facebook has been in the headlines this week for all the wrong reasons. Whether or not the thousands leaving the platform will increase to a significant number on the 31st of this month (a.k.a Quit Facebook Day) remains to be seen, but MySpace is taking advantage of this tiny window of oppotunity regardless. In a move that aims to attract Facebook's sloppy seconds, the ex-king of social networking has announced the simplification of their own policy.  

To tweet or not to tweet? Is that STILL the question? For many CEOs it is.

According to Forrester Research Chief Executive Officer, George Colony, “within 15 years CEOs will need to know the ins and outs of new media, social network technologies and social communities before they get the job.” As you can imagine his prediction caused a few rumbles from the audience at Thursday’s Forrester Marketing Forum 2010 conference in Los Angeles.

Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:

• Social Networks Continue To Draw More Visitors
• Yahoo Signs Partnership to Integrate with Twitter
• Betty White Has a Shot at SNL, Because of Facebook Fans
• Twitter Passes MySpace For Number of Status Updates

This week there’s been a couple of wild claims doing the circuit, not least of which is the demise of SharePoint at the hands of Salesforce.com’s Chatter, while Microsoft gets social with Outlook.

Rather than creating an in-house social networking tool like the thus-far-catastrophic e-disaster more commonly known as Google Buzz, Microsoft (news, site) has decided to integrate the elite right into their own platform.

Introducing LinkedIn, Facebook and Myspace for Outlook 2010:

Once upon a time Myspace was the king of social networking and everyone in the land worshipped it for its profile customizability and infamous Top 8 function.

Facebook has long since usurped the throne when it comes to growth and overall number of users, but rather than be bitter it appears Myspace is adopting a familiar adage: If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.

What we’re talking about of course is Myspace’s recent decision to implement Facebook Connect on its Fan Video service. The service (if it’s not blocked in your region) allows a user to mashup eight music videos. Once a mashup is complete they can utilize the implementation for sharing their Myspace creations directly with Facebook friends.

The idea is that by bringing media from Myspace--now primarily known for music and video--back to Facebook, which continuously lacks in both areas, Myspace will be able to leverage their content and expose it to millions that may not have seen it otherwise. It’s a pretty anticlimactic development if you’re blocked from using Fan Video, but it speaks volumes about who’s who in social networking.

Finally, now partners rather than enemies, it will be interesting to see how Myspace's commitment to using Facebook's technology will continue to play out in 2010.