Hmm…Facebook and MySpace look set for an alliance of some kind. We told you yesterday that MySpace could be set to add Facebook Connect and it’s starting to look likely. Mike Jones, CEO of MySpace and Dan Rose, VP of Partnerships and Platform Marketing (how do you fit that on a business card Dan?) are set to make a joint announcement via webcast later today. There’s no clue about what the two are planning but the lack of Mark Zuckerberg on the invite suggests it won’t be anything as big as an acquisition or merger. But who knows… Hit the headline then bounce into the comments to let us know what you think the Facebook/MySpace deal might be.
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After effectively admitting surrender to Facebook last week, weight has been added to the rumours that MySpace will integrate Facebook services into its site, through Facebook Connect. Is this curtains for MySpace?
Three months ago, Rupert Murdoch said he wasn’t giving up on MySpace, and would “see it out for some time yet”. But now, News Corp’s president Chase Carey has come out saying that the MySpace cash haemorrhage is “neither acceptable or sustainable”. He also said that MySpace is a “problem”, and announced that the MySpace cash hole had grown by $30m to $156m, and that traffic had not picked up. All this is pretty darned negative, and leaves us wondering how bad the prognosis is: how long has MySpace got left? A year? Two years? Less?
[via Guardian]
Microsoft Outlook is set to get social, adding LinkedIn integration with Facebook and Myspace set to join the party soon. Is Microsoft Outlook going a bit Google Buzz? And why?
It’s been quite a morning in tech, with a stack of breaking headlines splashing down. Want to know what they are and what you’ve missed? Read on for the lunchtime lowdown!
