Your mom is leaving MySpace for Facebook (but you aren’t)
MySpace has been maligned for what appears to be stagnant if not declining traffic in its core U.S. userbase. But the story is more nuanced, and not so dire. Sure, MySpace’s overall traffic has taken a big hit over the last year — a 28… Continue Reading
Roundup: VC departure complications, Facebook ToS issues not stopping growth, and more
Here’s the latest action:
Pierre Lamond’s departure from Sequoia: It’s complicated — The famed venture capitalist left top investing firm Sequoia Capital earlier this week to join fellow investor Vinod Khosla — but his defection doesn’t appear to have been as amicable as it first… Continue Reading
MySpaceID: More social content for the web and a way forward for MySpace
MySpace is trying to make it easier for other sites to access its user data — and eventually features like streaming music playlists. The service, called MySpaceID, is partway through being rolled out, and we got a sneak peak at some new features yesterday at… Continue Reading
DEMO: Watch and comment on companies with Facebook and Twitter
Trying to keep track of what’s happening at the DEMO startup conference beginning today? Tune in, with the help of Facebook Connect or Twitter — or both. Just go to the DEMO web site, at Demo.com and click on the large button front and center… Continue Reading
The ugly truth about your favorite social networks
When it comes to social web sites and services, sometimes I think we like to talk about them more than actually use them. A recent post we did about Twitter getting half the press coverage of Facebook despite a fraction of the traffic, seems a… Continue Reading
Some reasons for DeWolfe and Anderson to stay at MySpace
There’s a one-source rumor going around that MySpace co-founders Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe may leave the social network and parent company News Corp. when their contracts expire next October. The rumor could be true, it could be just a negotiating tactic to help them… Continue Reading
Chinese social network Qzone: The worldwide market leader?
Neither Facebook nor MySpace nor other international social networks can claim to be the single largest one in the world, if a recent press release by leading Chinese social network Qzone is to be believed. The site, part of the larger Tencent internet portal, claims… Continue Reading
MySpace’s John Faith on mobile revenue and mobile data opportunities
MySpace has seen some impressive traffic growth for its mobile web site and its mobile applications over the last year. And the social network is capitalizing on it by developing new revenue streams and new ways to get its users’ data on more devices.
This… Continue Reading
MySpace’s John Faith sees half of all its users going mobile
MySpace has seen impressive growth in its mobile services over the last six months, especially outside the U.S. At the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona, I recently caught up with John Faith, the vice president and general manager for the social network’s mobile services, to… Continue Reading
GamesBeat 09 preview: an interview with Facebook’s top gaming dude
Our GamesBeat 2009 games conference on March 24 will explore the frontiers of gaming such as emerging gaming platforms. Facebook certainly qualifies as one of the hottest game platforms, now that it has 5,000 games. When the social network opened its platform up in 2007,… Continue Reading
Facebook’s redesign continues to be a hit with U.S. users
The average U.S. social network user apparently wants to read feeds of photos, links, status updates, videos and comments on Facebook, according to the latest statistics from Compete. The firm’s newly-released study of U.S. web traffic to social networks in January is the latest vindication… Continue Reading
Roundup: Google sees results in Washington, sex offenders out of MySpace, Motorola’s big loss and more
Here’s the latest action:
Google is making friends in Washington — After Microsoft and AT&T’s lobbying power killed its Yahoo search deal, Google has proven to be the quick study in politics and now seems to have friends in high places…the highest places, the White… Continue Reading
Fuego Nation launches its private beta for rich media social network
Fuego Nation is launching a private beta of a new kind of social network today.
That may not seem like a very downturn kind of thing to do, and Brogan Keane, founder and chief executive, acknowledges it’s going to be tough. But Keane also believes… Continue Reading
MySpace and Wall Street Journal contest to make World Economic Forum in Davos “a place for friends”?
MySpace has joined forces with the Wall Street Journal for “MySpace Journal,” a competition to send one lucky MySpace user to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The winner will be a “special correspondent” on behalf of the entire MySpace community and get to… Continue Reading
CES: MySpace wants to friend your television, but do you?
Today, at the CES consumer electronics conference in Las Vegas, Toshiba introduced its plans for offering “connected” television — and social network MySpace is going along for this ride. In partnership with a variety of web sites, including Yahoo, the electronics manufacturer is introducing “TV… Continue Reading
Facebook’s traffic growth leaving rivals in the dust
Facebook has grown to 150 million users this month, more than half of whom use the site every day, according to company chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. Other social networks, like MySpace, Friendster, hi5, Bebo and Orkut, have also become popular around the world over the… Continue Reading
Facebook: The new battleground for popstars? Lily Allen takes on Katy Perry
British singer/songwriter Lily Allen has revived a feud with U.S. pop star Katy Perry (of “I Kissed a Girl” song fame), threatening to post Perry’s phone number on Facebook should Perry make any more disparaging comments about her. Isn’t that the sort of drama that… Continue Reading
Warner, EMI, Universal force MySpace (and Facebook?) to remove Project Playlist
Major music labels, including Warner, EMI and Universal Music Group, have been in litigation against online music company Project Playlist since this spring. They accuse the startup of not honoring its pledge to keep copyright-infringing music off its service. The latest twist: Today, MySpace has… Continue Reading
AOL using AIM chat to boost Bebo, challenge Meebo
AOL is working on a new initiative to make its instant message service, AIM, a central social feature to any web site, well-placed sources tell me. Starting next year, a user on a social network might use AIM to create an IM chat list from… Continue Reading
Meebo: IM friends with your MySpace, Facebook friends
Ever wanted to instant-message with all of your friends, across social networks? Starting today, you can chat with your friends on MySpace and Facebook, through online IM aggregator Meebo. The way it works is that you sign in to Meebo’s home site using your identity… Continue Reading