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From Facebook to MySpace to LinkedIn to Twitter to dozens of others, social networks are either the Net's next phase or the Net's next fad (maybe both?), as we spend more and more of our lives online

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February 2008
- MySpace Makes Music Overtures
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Feb 20, 08 2:54 PM CST
  
  MySpace has spent the past few weeks approaching major record labels, trying to hammer out a deal for a new online music service, the Wall Street Journal reports. The deal—tentatively MySpace Music—would likely let users stream unlimited music for free, and buy downloads that could be played on mp3 players, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »
- Facebook Fixes Problems With Its 'Delete' Button
  
  newser | New York Times | Feb 18, 08 11:05 AM CST
  
  Making a profile on Facebook is easy, but before this weekend, deleting one wasn't: Not even Facebook could do it, the New York Times reports. Frustrated users filled out a form intended to delete their profiles but found bits of info still accessible on the site. Facebook says it has solved the problem, and profiles can be completely erased. More »
- Web Connects Mourning NIU Students
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Feb 15, 08 1:21 PM CST
  
  With cellphone lines on much of the campus jammed, Northern Illinois University students turned to the Internet to let friends and loved ones know they had survived yesterday’s shooting and to console each other, the Chicago Tribune reports. Most logged on to Facebook, where 10,000 joined a prayer group, while others updated status messages to proclaim themselves unharmed. More »
- News Corp. Talks Deal With Yahoo
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Feb 13, 08 2:36 PM CST
  
  News Corp. and Yahoo are in talks over combining MySpace and other News Corp. entities with Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reports today. The deal, which could fend off Microsoft's $44.6 billion hostile takeover bid, would allow Yahoo to remain independent while giving the Murdoch-run company a stake of roughly 20%. An acquisition by Microsoft still seems the most likely outcome, but Yahoo is scrambling for other options. More »
- Wii Points to Gaming's Future
  
  newser | Forbes | Feb 11, 08 3:56 PM CST
  
  The upset Nintendo has secured against Microsoft and Sony as its simple-but-innovative Wii continues to dominate their processor-heavy rival consoles portends much for the future of gaming, writes Michael Noer for Forbes . Expect much more casual gaming and gamers, Noer writes, as low-time-commitment experiences and Wii-like intuitive controls snag demographics beyond the young male diehard. More »
- This Way Out? Not Really
  
  newser | New York Times | Feb 11, 08 11:35 AM CST
  
  Just when you think you're out, Facebook pulls you back in, say wannabe ex-users who have tried in vain to delete their profiles. The site keeps archives of all profiles, unless they're manually deleted piece by piece, fanning privacy concerns already stoked by the Beacon fiasco. “It’s like the Hotel California,” one unwilling member told the New York Times . “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.” More »
- Advertisers Lukewarm on Social Sites
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Feb 5, 08 3:15 PM CST
  
  Facebook and YouTube are runaway success stories when it comes to attracting Internet users, but they lag in attracting ad dollars, the Wall Street Journal reports. Advertising on social networking and video-sharing sites is relatively new, and therefore most vulnerable if economic worries lead to advertising cutbacks. Firms also worry about their ads appearing next to unsuitable content. More »
- MySpace Opens Doors to Developers
  
  newser | New York Times | Feb 5, 08 9:58 AM CST
  
  MySpace members already customize personal profile pages, but they’ll soon be able to add applications like photo albums, email, and calendars. The News Corp. property plans to open its platform and release developer tools, reports the New York Times. Third-party developers will be allowed to create and make money from programs that can sit on personal home pages. More »
January 2008
- MySpace to Open Platform to Developers
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jan 30, 08 1:00 PM CST
  
  Following the lead of rival Facebook, social networking giant MySpace will launch the MySpace Developer Platform next week, giving programmers deeper access to its site--possibly including the ability to tap into MySpace user data, AP reports. MySpace already informally allows programmers to develop widgets for it, and hopes the new platform will help developers make more money through the site. More »
- Sex Convicts May Face Internet Ban
  
  newser | CNET | Jan 29, 08 6:45 PM CST
  
  New York's 25,000 convicted sex criminals will be banned from Facebook and MySpace if a bill unveiled today becomes law, CNET reports. Dubbed E-Stop, the legislation requires sex convicts to submit online identities and screen names so participating sites can block them. Those who committed a sex crime over the Internet would have usage controlled by the state's parole board. More »
- Tonight May Be Game Over for Scrabulous
  
  newser | TechCrunch | Jan 22, 08 2:44 PM CST
  
  Scrabulous—the wildly popular Facebook app based (without permission) on Scrabble—may have to fold up its board tonight. Hasbro and Mattel, which jointly own the rights to the board game, have set the deadline for the online game to either shut itself down or sell itself to Electronic Arts, which owns the online rights. More »
- UK Social Network Badoo Gets $30M to Enter Russia
  
  newser | Techcrunch | Jan 21, 08 3:57 PM CST
  
  UK social networking site Badoo has received $30 million to build its service in Russia from Russian investor Finam, giving Finam a 10% stake in the company. The network will face competition from several Russian sites and from the local version of MySpace, which launched last week, reports TechCrunch. Badoo has one attribute that sets it apart from competitors in the crowd of social networking sites, though: It’s ad-free. More »
- Is MySpace Murdoch's Top Investment?
  
  newser | New York Times | Jan 21, 08 3:21 PM CST
  
  Two years after Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. bought MySpace, and shortly after its two founders signed up for another couple of fabulously well-paid years at the helm, the site is expanding and evolving. Despite challenges (read: Facebook), MySpace represents an impressive return for Murdoch. “He may find that this is the single best investment he has ever made,” Google’s CEO told the New York Times . More »
- Voyeurs Sneak Past MySpace Privacy Blocks
  
  newser | Wired | Jan 18, 08 11:06 AM CST
  
  Voyeurs have been exploiting a MySpace bug for months to see supposedly private teen photos, reports Wired . The bug first cropped up in the fall and has gained traction on ad-based websites that make it easier to take advantage of it. The revelation comes just days after MySpace struck a deal with the attorney generals of 49 states to beef up its online security. More »
- Humanitarian Relief is a Text Message Away
  
  newser | CNET | Jan 17, 08 6:33 PM CST
  
  A Google-funded website that uses technology to spread the word about emergencies launches today, CNET reports. The company's charitable arm has put $5 million into InSTEDD, which will use social software like Twitter and Facebook to alert humanitarian groups to crises and organize rescue operations. “Social networking in the humanitarian space, that's something you're going to see,” InSTEDD’s CEO said. More »
- Gawker Draws Facebook's Ire
  
  newser | Portfolio | Jan 16, 08 8:51 PM CST
  
  Gawker.com and managing editor Nick Denton are well-known for poking fun at media types, but managers of Facebook say he went too far yesterday, Portfolio.com writes. Gawker posted an item lampooning the daughter of American Law Media founder Steven Brill, poking fun at the 25-year-old’s weight alongside screenshots and other content lifted from her Facebook profile. More »
- Jamba Founders Buy Stake In Facebook
  
  newser | TechCrunch | Jan 16, 08 12:29 AM CST
  
  Brothers Alexander, Marc and Oliver Samwer, founders of ring tone company Jamba, have just joined Microsoft and Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka Shing as major investors in US based social networking company Facebook. Though the Samwers' haven't disclosed the exact size of their investment, they told Der Spiegel it was "significant," but smaller than Microsoft's $240 million. More »
- MySpace Adds Anti-Predator Measures
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jan 14, 08 7:18 PM CST
  
  MySpace will add protections to prevent abuse by sexual predators, officials of several states said today. The social networking company reached an agreement with 49 states over concerns about predators contacting children through its popular site. MySpace will also join a working group aimed at developing new technologies, such as age verification, and that other sites will be invited as well, the AP reports. More »
- Uneasy Lies the Yahoo That Wears Crown
  
  newser | New York Times | Jan 14, 08 2:52 PM CST
  
  With Google, Facebook, and MySpace gnawing at its top-dog status, Yahoo is reinventing some foundation applications to make them appeal to a new generation of users, reports the New York Times . First step? Turbocharging Yahoo Mail to make it more a communications hub and less a post office, a prototype Yahoo demo'd at the Consumer Electronics Show last week. More »
- MySpace Launches Celeb Portal
  
  newser | CNET | Jan 10, 08 9:57 AM CST
  
  MySpace is rolling out a new section today dedicated to celebrity news and personalities, CNET reports. “MySpace Celebrity” will provide entertainment news, celebrity profiles, and gossip from People magazine, as well as video content. It will also index official celebrity MySpace profiles—which numbered more than 300 at launch. More »

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