MySpace makeover aims to stall user exodus
Posted in: Internet Use/New Technologies at 11/03/2010 00:17
[AP] Long ago lapped by Facebook in popularity and with fast-growing Twitter on its tail, MySpace is planning a series of updates over the next months that will link its users' posts to the other social networking sites more easily and carve out its niche as an entertainment hub more clearly.
Those changes, among others, were unveiled by co-presidents Jason Hirschhorn, 38, and Mike Jones, 34, this week following the abrupt departure of CEO Owen Van Natta in February after just 10 months on the job.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/myspace-makeover-aims-to-stall-user-exodus-20100311-pzxj.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/3432757/MySpace-overhaul-to-rekindle-growth
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/myspace-makeover-aims-to-stall-user-exodus-20100311-pzxj.html
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MySpace upping ante in online social games [AFP]
MySpace on Wednesday began courting videogame developers as it moved to capitalize on the booming popularity of playing games online at social networks.
"We initially embraced games a few years back with a gaming platform but at the end of the day it was fairly isolated in certain parts of MySpace," MySpace co-president Mike Jones told AFP at a Game Developers Conference here.
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/myspace-upping-ante-in-online-social-games-20100311-q05c.html
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/myspace-upping-ante-in-online-social-games-20100311-q05c.html