Tagged ‘Social-Networking’

Myspace sold for $35m Myspace sold for $35m

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The former vanguard of social networking has been sold for just $35m, a fraction of its once valued $12bn, and low even compared to when News Corporation bought it out for $580m six years ago.

So who’s bought it? Where does Justin Timberlake fit into all this? And what can you expect for its future? Read on for more.

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Twitter has angered developers with a post to it’s development mailing list which warns them off creating apps that duplicate the official Twitter client? Why have Twitter bosses said no more clones? Find out after the jump.

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Microsoft’s Kin phones were axed before we could get a look in the UK, now a source within Microsoft has revealed just how poor the sales of the social mobiles really were.

A ‘well placed source’ told Daring Fireball‘s John Gruber – better known for insider tips on Apple products – that the highly anticipated phones sold only 503 units in North America. Needless to say, this was some way short of Microsoft’s projections.

Google’s mooted social feature filled addition to Gmail has arrived. It’s called Google Buzz and puts the search giant on a collision course with Facebook, Myspace and Twitter

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Google is set to battle Facebook and Twitter with a new Gmail feature that will allow them to share media and see status updates shared by their friends. The new social features could arrive this week.

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imaciTunes 9 isn’t just going to come packing Blu–ray, if the latest tittle–tattle is to be believed. New rumours suggest Cupertino is busying itself with its very own social networking app, which will tie into the music software, as well as acting as a home for all your feeds and friends. How will it work? Keep reading and we’ll tell you.

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Google Wave launch date set

Google WaveGoogle Wave, the big G’s wondrous widget social network mixing IM program that made a splash at its IO conference in May, has had a release date set so Joe Public can get in on the realtime action. Want to know when the invites will be washing up on these fair shores? Keep reading, son.

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lastfm-xbox-liveMicrosoft has confirmed more details about its slew of social networking tools that are due to launch this autumn in the next Xbox 360 firmware update. It’s not all good news if you’re not already ponying up for the pleasure of Xbox LIVE Gold status. If you’re a Silver account holder and want to listen to the new Last.fm service, you’ll be limited to a three hour ‘trial’ per month. With adverts.

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