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Rupert Murdoch Admits He Screwed Up MySpace

7:29AM January 14, 2012 | Sam Biddle

Media baron, professional evil white guy archetype, and technologist Rupert Murdoch recently took to Twitter regarding his company’s historically awful purchase of MySpace. So, what they do wrong? Literally everything. More »

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These Should Be The Real Logos Of Nokia, Starbucks, Playboy And More

8:45AM January 13, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

I love the alternate-reality logo work by svenska designern Viktor Hertz. After his first series, he’s back with a new batch of Honest Logos, even better than the first. My favorites: Nokia, Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts. More »

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MySpace Wants To Become The Quintessential Online Music Hub

6:00PM October 4, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

At at a Tuesday event, MySpace and new owner Specific Media will detail plans to revive the dying social network. According to a document leaked to AllThingsD, the key to a successful resurrection will be music, music and more music. More »

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Opinion: Facebook Invaded My Privacy, And All I Got Was This Lousy Timeline

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6:00PM September 27, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Facebook’s made changes recently to just about everything it does, and even more changes are imminent. As if by clockwork, users of Facebook are up in arms unhappy about the privacy implications and the new interface look. This isn’t news; it’s just the latest in a long, long pattern of Facebook abuse. More »

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Judge Rules Students Can Legally Slut It Up On MySpace

11:40PM August 12, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

If a student chooses to represent his/herself as a whorebag, that’s no business of their school, a federal judge has decided. This follows two teenage girls who posted slutty photos on MySpace and were dealt with aggressively by their school. More »

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NYPD Hacks Together Social Media Taskforce

9:05AM August 11, 2011 | Kwame Opam

In the midst of the ongoing violence in London and after what must be boatloads of crimes stemming from online activity, the NYPD has formed a unit dedicated to sifting through Twitter, Facebook and MySpace for information on dangerous activity. More »

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The Many Faces Of MySpace, The Internet’s Greatest Tragedy

3:30AM July 1, 2011 | Sam Biddle

MySpace was just sold like a GameCube on eBay, snatched up by a no-name advertising firm (and Justin Timberlake?) for less than a tenth of what NewsCorp bought it for in ’05. But it wasn’t always a disaster. Let’s reminisce. More »

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Justin Timberlake Soon To Be Crying A River As Partial MySpace Owner

9:09AM June 30, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Let’s cut to the obvious irony of this news: in The Social Network, Justin Timberlake played a web-savvy entrepreneur who kickstarted a unfathomably successful… social network. But in real life, Justin Timberlake just bought part of MySpace! Ha ha ha. More »

Mobile

iOS 5 Plays Nice With All Major Social Networks, Not Just Twitter

11:56AM June 10, 2011 | Michael Zhao

Twitter may have the exclusive status of being built into iOS for sharing purposes, but that doesn’t mean Apple’s ignoring Facebook. In addition to Twitter handles, Contacts in iOS 5 has spots for Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, and totally inexplicably, MySpace. [AllThingsD]

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Who Invited MySpace To The Facebook Roast?

10:40AM May 26, 2011 | Brian Barrett

When all the brightest stars of the internet universe come together to roast Facebook the old-fashioned way, it’s poor ol’ MySpace that takes the brunt of the insults. I mean, as it should be, right? More »