Myspace to open developer platform — good for web startups
It’s official: MySpace, seeking to defend its status as the leading social network, will open up its platform to third-party developers over the next couple of months.
The news was confirmed tonight at Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, where News Corporation’s Rupert Murdoch and MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe were featured guests.
Like rival Facebook’s move six months ago, MySpace’s move will let developers build applications within MySpace and make money from them.
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MySpace to follow Facebook, will “probably” open platform
MySpace will likely move to open its platform to outside developers of applications, much like Facebook has done, according to MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe in an interview with the FT.
Facebook’s open approach to outsiders — letting them freely plug in their services, and allowing them to make money — has sparked significant activity at the site — so much that it has raised questions about whether Facebook may eventually catch up with MySpace.
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MySpace unveils YouTube equivalent, founders demand more $
MySpace is unveiling an independent Web site, MySpace TV tomorrow that people can visit to share and watch video, even if they have not signed up for MySpace — the company’s latest effort to go after YouTube’s top-dog status in video.
The site will offer new ways for members of MySpace to more easily integrate the videos they create and watch into their personal profiles, according to the NYT.
It will emphasize professional video — five… Continue Reading
MySpace founders shortchanged, Yahoo’s binge over, Timebridge, Mashery, FON, Workday
The round-up of crucial stuff in Silicon Valley:
Did MySpace’s Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson get shortchanged? — VentureBeat has heard that MySpace, the biggest success of the Web 2.0 wave so far, in terms of users, wasn’t such a great a hit for the co-founders. Word is, Chris DeWolfe ended up with a mere $5 million, even though the company was sold as part of Intermix for $580 million. We haven’t been able to confirm this… Continue Reading