Accessing social networks like Facebook or MySpace while at work may not be possible as research from Barracuda Networks indicates that 50 percent of businesses using Barracuda Web Filters are blocking the sites.
MySpace Joins OpenSocial
MySpace is adding some serious clout to Google’s freshly launched OpenSocial. The popular social networking site has signed on to be a part of Google’s APIs for creating social applications on the Web.
MySpace Domination in the U.S.
Datamonitor predicts that social networking sites will level off around the world in the year 2012. They also predict that the plateau will hit even sooner in the US. In the meantime, global active memberships in social networking sites are growing.
MySpace Plans Extraordinary Expansion
Chris DeWolfe, MySpace’s CEO, has said that the company intends to hire 1,600 people and expand to seven new countries within the next year. It means to defeat Facebook, Google, and everything else you can imagine, too.
MySpace Platform Coming
It looks like they were both right: TechCrunch was right in saying that MySpace was planning a platform to rival Facebook’s; Valleywag was right in saying it won’t premier this week.
MySpace Founders Stick With Murdoch
The term “ridiculously wealthy” may still apply, but MySpace founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson have renewed their contracts with News Corp., and reports indicate that the pair won’t become quite as rich as they might have wanted.
MySpace, Sony BMG (Finally) Make Deal
Thanks to a new deal between MySpace and Sony BMG, users of the social network should gain special access to streaming music videos, and other odds and ends, including limited audio content, may also become available.
Strangers A ‘Cost of Doing Business’ On MySpace
The latest report from Pew Internet and American Life Project confirms what might be common sense about teens and social networking, but also has a couple of surprises. The not-a-shocker news: photos and social networking profiles increase the likelihood your son or daughter is approached by a creep.
Platform Possibilities: Bebo, Not MySpace
More platform rumors are flying this week. After the success of Facebook’s platform, it seems like everyone and their social network is scrambling to get their own version out. We’ve already seen rumors about Google’s and MySpace’s intentions. Today, the MySpace rumors are called into question and Bebo rumors start.
MySpace’s Impact On Politics
Back in March MySpace launched the Impact Channel, a political community dedicated to the 2008 presidential election. Murdok spoke to MySpace about its role in the 2008 presidential election.