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  • November 2007

    • Online Suicide Brings Fury of Neighbors

      Los Angeles Times  |  Nov 22, 07 10:33 PM CST

      Online Suicide Brings Fury of Neighbors

      (Newser) - The two parents who used MySpace to harass a teenage girl so relentlessly that she committed suicide are now the target of internet vigilantes, the Los Angeles Times reports. When prosecutors could not mount a case, angry neighbors posted the family's address, photos, and phone numbers on blogs. Their workplaces have been flooded with calls, protesters gather outside their house, and people shout "Murderer" as they drive by. More »

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      MySpace  • suicide  • harassment  • vigilante justice

    • NBC picks up 'quarterlife'

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 19, 07 12:42 AM CST

      NBC picks up 'quarterlife'

      (Newser) - The made-for-Internet show "quarterlife," created and largely financed by the brains behind "My So-Called Life" and "thirtysomething," will be appearing on TV thanks to a deal with NBC signed this week. The show will most likely hit old-media screens early next year, after all 36 scheduled webisodes have aired. New episodes will continue to debut online before their TV air dates. More »

    • Anger Brews Over Cyber Suicide

      Chicago Tribune  |  Nov 17, 07 4:00 PM CST

      Anger Brews Over Cyber Suicide

      (Newser) - Police fear a "mob mentality" is brewing in a St. Louis suburb after a 13-year-old girl killed herself, and the hoaxers who allegedly prodded her have gone free. Two adults—parents of the girl's friend—badgered Megan Meier online until she hanged herself in her closet last October. Cops say they've been getting angry calls since the story broke last week, but insist that no law can corral the cyber-bullies. More »

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      MySpace  • suicide  • Missouri  • St. Louis  • cyberbullying  • Internet hoax

    • Techno Savvy Teens Turn Backs on Email

      Slate  |  Nov 15, 07 4:01 PM CST

      Techno Savvy Teens Turn Backs on Email

      (Newser) - If snail mail is going the way of the dodo, then it looks like, among teenagers, email is going the way of, well, the snail: half of all teens prefer instant messaging to old-fashioned emails; and while overall use increased six percent last year, e-missives among the "Facebook generation" dropped by eight percent, Slate reports. More »

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      Facebook  • MySpace  • teenagers  • email  • Instant Messenger

    • Imagining a Facebook Search Engine to Rival Google

      VentureBeat  |  Nov 12, 07 10:19 AM CST

      Imagining a Facebook Search Engine to Rival Google

      (Newser) - With a new option allowing users to search for advertising pages, Facebook has crept another step closer to a search engine. Will the social networking site take the ultimate plunge in its battle against Google and roll out a full-fledged search engine? VentureBeat 's Doug Sherret explores how this engine would look and how it could succeed. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Yahoo  • Facebook  • MySpace  • search engine

    • New Web TV Show May Benefit From Writers' Strike

      Reuters  |  Nov 6, 07 12:52 AM CST

      New Web TV Show May Benefit From Writers' Strike

      (Newser) - Just as Hollywood writers go on strike, the Emmy-winning creators of "thirtysomething" and "My So-Called Life" are launching their new show, which will air not on TV but online, in eight-minute weekly webisodes. "Quarterlife" will focus on six twentysomething artist friends living in a big city, and characters and fans will be able to interact on quarterlife.com to form a social networking community. More »

    • MySpace Aiming Ads at You and Only You

      CNET  |  Nov 5, 07 4:43 PM CST

      MySpace Aiming Ads at You and Only You

      (Newser) - MySpace is entering the second phase of its "HyperTargeting" advertising program, meant to use data from member profiles to match up users with the perfect online ads. But CNET blogger Caroline McCarthy became skeptical of how dead-on the targeting is when her profile offered her "a Christian dating service, acne medication, and diet pills." More »

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      social networking  • MySpace  • News Corp  • online advertising

    • 'Old Farts' Invade Facebook

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 3, 07 1:00 PM CDT

      'Old Farts' Invade Facebook

      (Newser) - Facebook has matured from an e-frat house where co-eds post pics of their hedonistic exploits to a cyber-cocktail party where the well-heeled gather to display baby pictures and taunt each other like, well, school kids. “I am so telling Rupert,” a columnist teases the Journal’s Matthew Rose, after discovering Mr. Murdoch’s future employee playing Scrabble on the site. More »

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      Google  • Facebook  • social networking  • Rupert Murdoch  • MySpace  • Martha Stewart  • OpenSocial  • Gawker

    • Facebook to Join Google's 'OpenSocial' Alliance?

      Fortune Magazine  |  Nov 2, 07 4:49 PM CDT

      Facebook to Join Google's 'OpenSocial' Alliance?

      (Newser) - The day after MySpace announced it was joining a Google-led alliance meant to let applications written for one social networking site be used on others, it looks like lone outsider Facebook could join up, too. That's according to Fortune Magazine , which reported that Facebook and Google representatives met yesterday and that a board member said Facebook is open to the OpenSocial standard. More »

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      Internet  • Google  • Facebook  • social networking  • MySpace  • World Wide Web  • OpenSocial  • open standards

    • MySpace May Join Google Social Project

      CNET  |  Nov 1, 07 3:04 PM CDT

      MySpace May Join Google Social Project

      (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. More »

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      Google  • social networking  • MySpace  • open source  • OpenSocial  • partnership

  • October 2007

    • Your First Friend Lied About His Age

      Newsweek  |  Oct 30, 07 9:00 AM CDT

      Your First Friend Lied About His Age

      (Newser) - He was your first friend. And now Tom Anderson, MySpace’s co-founder, is a liar, Newsweek reports. Tom's profile says he's 32, and he claims to have been 27 when he launched the social networking site. But public records reveal he'll be 37 next month. Could Tom have made the same fortune sans the kiddie cred? More »

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      MySpace  • News Corp  • age  • Tom Anderson

    • Don't Let Facebook De-Face You

      MarketWatch  |  Oct 29, 07 1:35 PM CDT

      Don't Let Facebook De-Face You

      (Newser) - Social-networking sites make it easier to connect with friends and make new ones, but they also let casual acquaintances  like co-workers—or your boss—look you up on a whim.  Protect your privacy with these six steps from MarketWatch : Look for tools that allow you to restrict access to your profile, like the "private" setting on MySpace or the "limited profile" function on Facebook. More »

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      list  • Facebook  • social networking  • MySpace  • online privacy  • privacy settings

    • MySpace Jumps Into Games Fray

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 23, 07 2:42 PM CDT

      MySpace Jumps Into Games Fray

      (Newser) - There are tens of thousands of people in your extended network, and they might be playing Gem Quest come January. MySpace plans to host hundreds of easy-to-learn online games to, as one company VP put it, “enhance the fun factor”—and grab a slice of the game industry’s fastest-growing segment, the Journal reports. More »

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      Yahoo  • Rupert Murdoch  • MySpace  • video game  • News Corp  • free online games  • flash games

    • Google Ads Backfire on Social Site in Brazil

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 19, 07 2:13 PM CDT

      Google Ads Backfire on Social Site in Brazil

      (Newser) - Google's attempts to capitalize on its Orkut social networking site in Brazil blew up when ads began appearing next to child pornography and racist screeds, causing a round of controversy and a lawsuit for the online giant. Google immediately yanked the ads, reports the Wall Street Journal,  but now wrestles with how to control content that can be posted by anyone. More »

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      Google  • Facebook  • social networking  • MySpace  • Brazil  • Internet advertising  • Orkut

    • Media, Tech Firms Team Up on Copyright

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 19, 07 10:16 AM CDT

      Media, Tech Firms Team Up on Copyright

      (Newser) - In an unusual truce, eight media and Internet companies are banding together to combat the explosion of copyrighted material posted on the web, the Wall Street Journal reports. The group, led by Disney and Microsoft, has framed a set of guidelines; copyright holders in the group agree not to pursue Internet companies for infringement if they're followed. There’s one wrinkle: Google, YouTube’s parent, is conspicuously absent. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • YouTube  • MySpace  • CBS  • Disney  • NBC Universal  • Fox Entertainment Group

    • MySpace to Partner With Skype

      New York Times  |  Oct 17, 07 7:30 AM CDT

      MySpace to Partner With Skype

      (Newser) - Online juggernauts MySpace and Skype will team to connect users of the social networking website to the free online phone call service starting in November. Skype's CEO called the move "an obvious fit," while the New York Times notes the potential crossover—MySpace claims 110 million mostly US-based users, while Skype has 220 million users mostly abroad. More »

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      Yahoo  • Facebook  • MySpace  • AOL  • Skype

    • MySpace to Welcome Outside Widgets

      TechCrunch  |  Oct 10, 07 4:07 PM CDT

      MySpace to Welcome Outside Widgets

      (Newser) - MySpace will announce next week that it's making space for third-party developers, TechCrunch reports. Whispering began in June about the development of MySpace Platform, which will allow outside companies to create applications for the popular social-networking site. In a huge change, developers will also have a chance to include advertising with their wares—and keep the revenue. More »

      Tags

      Google  • Facebook  • MySpace

  • September 2007

    • Steroid Peddlers Want to Friend You

      New York Times  |  Sep 27, 07 5:33 PM CDT

      Steroid Peddlers Want to Friend You

      (Newser) - There were 120 alleged criminals pinched this week in a Connecticut steroids crackdown, but only five are accused of selling drugs on MySpace. Four are accused of purchasing raw Chinese steroid power, manufacturing the drugs in their homes and selling them through the social-networking site, the New York Times reports. MySpace reps had no comment on so-called Operation Phony Pharm. More »

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      steroids  • MySpace  • News Corp  • profile

    • GeoCities' Fate Offers Lesson for Facebook

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 25, 07 11:56 AM CDT

      GeoCities' Fate Offers Lesson for Facebook

      (Newser) - As Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg contemplates a big Microsoft deal, the Wall Street Journal ’s Dennis K. Berman has a cautionary tale for him: GeoCities. The web community, once the third-most-visited site on the internet, fell into obscurity after Yahoo's huge buyout stymied its innovation. That’s relevant for Zuckerberg, who has already spurned one major, though smaller, buyout offer. More »

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      Microsoft  • Yahoo  • Facebook  • MySpace

    • Boomers Get TheirSpace

      New York Times  |  Sep 12, 07 6:45 PM CDT

      Boomers Get TheirSpace

      (Newser) - Entrepreneurs are rolling out social networking websites aimed at those old enough to have spawned the devotees of Facebook and  MySpace, the NY Times reports. Investors say it's good business—older surfers are more likely to stick with a site they like, and there are a lot of tech-savvy boomers. “I’ve discussed my divorce … and when do I dare go dating again," says one 52-year-old. More »

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      Internet  • Facebook  • social networking  • MySpace  • elderly  • baby boomer

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