WASHINGTON, DC – Earlier this month, most media observers dismissed a lawsuit filed by a New York man claiming ownership of 84 percent of Facebook. On its face, the suit, filed by Paul Ceglia, appeared rather suspect. His lawyers argue that Ceglia signed a contract with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in April 2003 entitling him [...]
MySpace is showing off today its new, polished look, which is a far cry from the hodge-podge of textboxes featuring strippers and porn star “friends.” The “clean new profile” was announced by CEO Sean Percival who revealed his profile page in stark black and white (although won’t we kind of miss that passionate purple?)
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Facebook is shuttering its virtual gifting service, which among many other items for a time included music. The Facebook Gift Shop closes Aug. 1, according to a company blog post, saying the move is to help “focus our product development [...]
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bySteve O’Hear on July 6, 2010
The number of visitors to MySpace UK has halved in the last six months, TechCrunch Europe has learned, leading to a fresh round of layoffs at the London office of the social networking site.
According to internal figures that we’ve seen, monthly visits to MySpace UK are down from a [...]
Facebook?
Any geek worth his or her salt knows the answer: Mark Zuckerberg, the 26-year-old Harvard dropout whose net worth is said to be north of $3 billion.
But behind Zuckerberg is a rogues’ gallery of executives, advisors, and investors. Every one has an agenda, and a hand in the operation.
Or do they? How much control [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – News Corp is in talks with Google Inc, Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc about advertising on MySpace, as an existing contract with Google ends, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Under a 2006 deal, Google had guaranteed $900 million to News Corp for the right to sell advertisements related to user [...]
June 30, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO, USA (AFP) – Facebook on Wednesday began making outside applications or websites detail what private information they want from people’s online profiles.
Websites or [...]
June 29, 2010
“This is not a rumor.”
One always loves a rumor that begins with such a declaration. And that’s exactly how the buzz begins surrounding Google Me [...]
PC World — Responding to yet another user uproar, Facebook recently made efforts to simplify its privacy controls and introduce some other welcome changes. They’re good steps to take–but considering that Facebook had to be forced to respect users’ basic wishes regarding their own information, it suggests a serious disconnect in how the company and [...]
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