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MySpace May Join Google Social Project

Posted Nov 1, 07 3:04 CDT in Technology,  Business 

(Newser) – Tech bloggers are buzzing about a rumored partnership between MySpace and Google’s about-to-be-launched OpenSocial project; a big reveal may come as soon as today. Though it still leads Facebook in membership and traffic, the social networker has lost much of its spotlight recently—and CNet’s Caroline McCarthy says the deal is likely a good move for MySpace owner News Corp.

The merger would mean a big change of pace for Google, which has avoided teaming with major conglomerates. The other social networks participating in the forthcoming open-platform program, including Friendster, are independently run. Google already powers MySpace’s search and ad functions, but the rumored affiliation would be huge online socializing news.

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An employee steers his scooter along a corridor of the new Google office in Munich, southern Germany on Oct. 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Uwe Lein)   (Associated Press)
Exhibitors of the Google company work on laptop computers in front of an illuminated sign of the Google logo at the industrial fair Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany, in this April 17, 2007 file photo....   (Associated Press)
MySpace.com co-creators Tom Anderson (C) poses with producer Efren Ramirez (L) and Director/Producer Chris Barrett (R) from the film 'After School' poses for a portrait during the 2007 Sundance Film Festival...   (Getty Images)
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