Introducing MySpace Toolbar

Available today for MySpace users in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India and Ireland, is MySpace Toolbar. This is MySpace’s latest move to ensure that members would have instant access to their MySpace as they do their daily web surfing habits. MySpace Toolbar runs on IE 6 or higher and Firefox 2.0 or higher.

If you install MySpace toolbar on your PC’s browser, it will provide your activity notifications, new friend requests, new messages, comments and Friend updates as well. Hence, the new toolbar is another way for MySpace users to connect constantly as well as to stay in touch with their Myspace friends.

Key features of the MySpace Toolbar includes the ff:

• Automatic connectivity to MySpace without entering your email and password
• No need to refresh the browser for updates
• Real-time New Messages, New Comments, New Friend Requests alerts
• Real-time Friend Activity Updates
• Update My Mood and Status
• See Friends’ Mood and Status
• Search the Web, People, and MySpace using Google-powered search engine

Unfortunately, MySpace Toolbar doesn’t support uploading of photos directly from the toolbar your MySpace Profile page. But MySpace promises to roll out this feature sometime in the near future.

To get MySpace Toolbar on your PC’s browser, you may download it here.

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