The new, new Myspace leaves beta — launches a revised design, new features, & a mobile app

Myspace is unveiling its latest version today with some new features and an iOS app designed to pull in users despite the multitude of other music-focused services already vying for their attention.

Bye-bye, Google Buzz (again)

Shockingly, most people didn't want a social network in their email inbox, so the experiment that consisted of Google taking your inbox and insta-poofing a social network into sudden awkward existence never had a prayer of upsetting Facebook, Twitter, or even MySpace.

Facebook’s coming video ads run the risk of ‘MySpacing’ the world’s most popular social network

Facebook's coming video ads will be disruptive, interrupt people, and run the risk of Facebook becoming the very social network it supplanted, according to at least one online advertising executive.

Survey: Facebook is the most stress-inducing social media site (and, paradoxically, the most positive)

Facebook causes Americans more stress than any other social network. But it's also the network with the most positive effect on our moods.

So, you missed these 5 awesome stories this week

Don't worry, just because you didn't get to watch a VentureBeat reporter on a blind date, or hear our interview with a legendary game developer doesn't mean you're not cool. You just can't sit at our table.

Music-minded Myspace accused of using songs without permission

Recently revamped social network Myspace is facing accusations that its using music from a handful of small independent labels without permission.

New Myspace rolls out to the public, with help from Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z

Formerly huge social network Myspace has opened up a completely revamped version of its site to the public today.

The top 10 social-media stories that shaped 2012

With outlandish lawsuits, a botched IPO, and a detailed social record of historic world events, 2012 will be remembered as a year of extreme highs and lows in social media. Here are the top 10 social stories that defined the year.

Myspace seeking $50M to take on Spotify & Pandora

The once great all-purpose social network Myspace is apparently seeking to raise a $50 million round of funding that will be used to further revamp the site into a streaming music competitor on par with Spotify and Pandora.

With beauty and brains, new MySpace seems too good to be true (review)

This is no redesign. It's a new product with a new purpose and a design meant to evoke emotion. And, if you have the patience to get used to a whole new experience, it's addictive.

Remaking MySpace: How Tim and Chris Vanderhook are turning around the web’s biggest joke

MySpace might be a joke to many. But it is no laughing matter for Tim and Chris Vanderhook, brothers not grim about the social network's chances at a full-fledged comeback.

ComScore top 50 sites July 2012: Instagram rocks, Tumblr passes MySpace, Sun Microsystems rises from the dead

ComScore released its July 2012 Top 50 web properties in the U.S. report yesterday, and it has a few surprises.

Facebook, please don’t become MySpace (and put too many ads on each page)

Remember when Facebook only showed three ads on each page? And when the company moved to four in 2010? More recently, the company has been at six, and I’m currently seeing seven, but Facebook is now testing up to 10 …

RocketFrog wants to revolutionize online gambling with real-world prizes

Online game company RocketFrog wants to revitalize virtual gambling by offering real-world prizes to players.

Myspace sentenced to 20 years of federal scrutiny over privacy, ads, and lies

For the next two decades, Myspace will be undergoing regular privacy assessments from the Federal Trade Commission.

The social-media company was accused by the FTC of sharing its users’ personal information with advertisers, all without disclosing that fact to the …