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On their ongoing world arena tour in support of 2009's The Resistance , Muse singer-guitarist Matt Bellamy, drummer Dominic Howard, and bassist Chris Wolstenholme perform while positioned in the middle of giant columns tricked out with mega-sized video screens, while green lasers scan the crowd and multi-colored strobes light the stage. At Friday night's secret MySpace show at Stubb's, the band ...
At the end of the first quarter of last year, the news for Myspace spelled what seemed to be sure disaster. The company came in a whopped $400,000 behind their estimated target in 2008 and couldn't seem to budge from the plateau of 75 million users, whereas competitors- namelyFacebook- grew exponentially. Then, in March 2009, as Facebook was receiving a great deal of positive attention for the ...
Social networking just became a little riskier to your privacy. MySpace has begun to sell user data to third parties ranging from academics and analysts to marketers.
In an age where online privacy is not a "social norm," MySpace user data is now for sale, including blog posts, playlists, pictures, application usage, and more.
Oh boy: The Feds are on Facebook. And MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter, too. U.S. law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social-networking services, going undercover with false online profiles to communicate with suspects and gather private information, according to an internal Justice Department document that offers a tantalizing glimpse of issues [...]
The reality that free services aren’t actually free is currently being demonstrated through the latest money-grab by MySpace. User account information is being made available to anyone who wants it for a surprisingly cheap price. One look at the Infochimps website shows that you can purchase 24 hours of MySpace’s real-time data stream for just $30. [...]
Photo by Flickr user Dominick Brady Ever heard of the musical genre "punk&b" before? "Cyber soul," perhaps? Yeah, us neither, but apparently we've got the punk&b princess and cyber soul diva rocking the upstairs stage at Johnny Brenda's tonight and tomorrow. Her name is Janelle Monáe ( MySpace ). She is twelve shades of crazy, but delightfully and groundbreaking-ly so. Her inspirations include ...
LOS ANGELES — YouTube is expected to announce on Wednesday a new program — dubbed "Musicians Wanted" — to lure independent musicians to its social networking site.
Confidential document acquired by the EFF examines the benefits of agents posing as subscribers on Facebook, MySpace and other sites
Information being sold to third parties includes blog posts, photos, status updates, and more.
vikingpower writes "Internet research firm Hitwise just broke the news: last week, Facebook attracted 7.07 percent of the internet traffic in the USA, compared to 7.03 percent for Google. This is the first time google.com has been out of the top spot since it surpassed MySpace in 2007, and reflects a change in the way people use internet. They tend to privilege social interaction sites above ...
Like others, without inquiring, BoomTown got an email from someone who would know regarding inexplicably whirling rumors of the sale or spin-off of MySpace. Read the "pre-emptive" note: "There is no truth, zero, zip to myspace sales report."
In this undated photo provided by the Seattle U.S. Attorney's office, Maxi Sopo, who is accused of being part of a bank-fraud ring in Seattle, is shown. The Feds are on Facebook. And MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter, too.
The Feds are on Facebook. And MySpace and Twitter, too. U.S. law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social-networking services, going undercover with false online profiles to communicate with suspects and gather... Facebook - MySpace - Social network service - Social Networking - Law of the United States
Federal agents are friending on Facebook, making profiles on MySpace, linking into LinkedIn, and tweeting on Twitter these days.
The video website is expected to announce plans to entice musicians by offering to share ad revenues. YouTube wants to rock MySpace.
