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Artists poke fun at virtual lives

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Mar 2012

Web 2.0 companies and social networks have become fodder for the work of Dutch artists writes Natalie Dixon.

Twitter, Facebook take on Google with ‘Don’t be evil’ riposte

Article Charles Arthur - 24 Jan 2012

Twitter and Facebook have teamed up, creating 'Don't be evil' software to counter the tweaking of search results in favour of Google's social network.

MySpace sold for $35m in fall from $12bn heyday

Article Staff Reporter - 1 Jul 2011

MySpace has been sold to an online ad company for $35-million, a fraction of the $100-million its parent company was seeking for the social network.

Why Facebook won’t be MySpace in 2015

Article Staff Reporter - 29 Jun 2011

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. For months the tech press has swirled with persistent rumours that News Corporation is selling MySpace.

News Corporation net profit down 21%

Article Staff Reporter - 5 May 2011

The lack of a new blockbuster hit like 2009's Avatar helped push third-quarter profits down 21%. News Corporation said on Wednesday.

MySpace ‘set to cut up to 50% of staff’

Article Jemima Kiss - 5 Jan 2011

Struggling social network seeks to cut costs as parent News Corp explores sell-off, according to reports.

‘Enter the Ninja’ chosen as top video

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Dec 2010

Die Antwoord's music video for Enter the Ninja has been chosen as the 2010 Video of the Year on social networking site Myspace.

Five things: FB illnesses and outer-space cleaning

Article Staff Reporter - 25 Nov 2010

The M&G's Faranaaz Parker rounds up five quirky things you may have missed over the last week.

Myspace goes cool, crisp and clean

Article Staff Reporter - 31 Oct 2010

There was a time, long ago, when Rupert Murdoch's MySpace was biggest beast in the online jungle of social networking.

Why did it all go wrong for the once fashionable social network?

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Apr 2010

Buying a fledgling social networking site is the quickest way for a giant corporation to gain credibility with a youthful audience.

Turmoil at MySpace blamed on News Corporation

Article Staff Reporter - 15 Feb 2010

Departure of Owen Van Natta, the social networking site's chief executive, calls into question Rupert Murdoch's digital strategy.

No point in advertising to Facebook’s 350m users

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Dec 2009

The software-engineering and server-farm infrastructure needed to support 350-million users burns money, and so does the bandwidth they use.

MySpace slashes workforce as users flock to Facebook

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Jun 2009

MySpace, the networking site that helped launch the careers of Lily Allen and Arctic Monkeys, said today it would cut two-thirds of its workforce.

White House takes leap into Web 2.0

Article Staff Reporter - 2 May 2009

The White House took a major leap into Web 2.0 on Friday, launching pages on social networks MySpace and Facebook and sending its first "tweets".

MySpace shrinks as Facebook and Twitter grab users

Article Staff Reporter - 29 Mar 2009

The "Place for Friends" is starting to feel lonely. MySpace, the Rupert Murdoch-owned website, is losing popularity and key staff.

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