Posts Tagged ‘MySpace’

“This is not only to protect minors from unwanted contacts but also to protect their online reputation. Youngsters do not fully understand the consequences of disclosing too much of their personal lives online. Education and parental guidance are necessary, but we need to back these up with protection until youngsters can make decisions based on full awareness of the consequences.”

The key to the overall report is that 92 percent of the users are on Facebook. So, let’s leave Facebook on its pedestal and take a look at the other social networks.

Myspace continued to forge ahead with its renewed focus on music, announcing the launch of the Myspace Artist Web App, along with a redesign of its Artist Home Page.

The integration of former fierce rivals Myspace and Facebook continued with Wednesday’s release of the Myspace Music Artist App, which allows artists to publish all of the content on their Myspace Music profiles to Music tabs on their Facebook fan pages, without having to manage profiles on two separate social networks.

WBC Super Welterweight World Champion and WBO Welterweight World Champion Manny Pacquiao will get in the ring with Myspace Saturday, as the consensus pound-for-pound No. 1 boxer will “Hijack” the social network to promote his bout against Shane Mosley in Las Vegas Saturday night.

In the present, it appears Friendster is changing its format and foregoing the idea of sharing with friends. In a message to registered members, the company is asking all users to install a custom application to export all their profile data, as most of it will be definitely deleted on May 31, 2011. So, mark your calendars with a big red circle, so you don’t lose your profile data.

Welcome to this week’s edition of “Top 5 Headlines of the Week,” a weekly roundup of knowledge that every social media guru should have!

News Corp paid $580 million for MySpace back in 2005. While the purchase appeared to be a solid investment at the time, Facebook grew to become the chosen social networking destination. MySpace users left and joined Facebook.

Think all social networks and Web companies will fight equally for your privacy when the government comes calling? Think again, especially if you are a user of Apple, Comcast, MySpace, Skype and Verizon.

Talk about knocking something while it is down. MySpace, the once pioneering social network site turned faltering ‘social entertainment’ destination, now finds itself embroiled in a lawsuit, accused of releasing members’ information without their consent.