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There’s more space on MySpace after ‘accidental’ wipe of 50 million songs

The '00s social network darling, MySpace, may have lost every song your old band made. During a server migration last year, it lost upwards of 50 million songs and untold images and videos that were uploaded to the site between 2003 and 2015. The site blamed a corruption issue occured during the move.
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The numbers don’t lie: Facebook is faltering. So what will eventually replace it?

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5 social media networks that are still alive and kicking, but we don’t know why

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Remember GeoCities? 9 tech titans that fell from grace

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Security researcher dumps 427 million hacked Myspace passwords online

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That password reset email you got from Netflix is probably the real deal

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Time Inc. purchases Myspace, may use it for content distribution

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Myspace founder Tom Anderson’s two-year-old selfie is just now getting attention

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Kim Kardashian’s pink MySpace page uncovered: Proof that nothing on the Internet ever dies

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Former MySpace CEO explains why MySpace lost out to Facebook so badly

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Myspace now boasts 36M users and a 340 percent increase in artists using the network

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Is Spotify Discover the music-social mashup we’ve been waiting for?

MySpace and Jimmy Kimmel partner up to stream live concerts

The rebirth of MySpace still needs a bit of hand-holding, so the social network's teamed up with Jimmy Kimmel Live to stream exclusive live concert series.
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Hands on: The Myspace app is a beautiful, confusing work in progress

Prefer to listen to music on the go? Here's a quick look at what the Myspace iOS app has to offer.

The new Myspace leaves beta, with a mobile app to boot

Aside from sporting a brand-new look, MySpace also has a slew of new functions that hope to steal some of your Spotify account's thunder.
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‘Following’ just got funkier thanks to Spotify’s music-ification of social media

Spotify’s new follow function has created one of the best music discovery engines yet, not to mention a bonafide social network built around music, musicians, and fans.
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How social media created (and destroyed) Tila Tequila

Tila Tequila was a reality star for the digital age. Now she's a fear-mongering conspiracy theorist. What happened?
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Word on the street is Kid Cudi, Sleigh Bells, Diplo to head up Myspace’s secret SXSW concerts

Word on the street is Myspace plans to quietly invade SXSW this year with secret concerts - and we've got inside information on who and when.
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Myspace accused of ripping off indie labels

Myspace wants to be the new place to stream music. But licensing group Merlin says the revamped social network already has a copyright infringement problem.
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Myspace has crawled back to relevancy; now here’s what it needs to stay

There are a few things the platform needs to get right to win back our patronage and define itself as a different kind of Myspace.
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The new Myspace opens up its doors – and throws in a new single from Justin Timberlake

The new Myspace is out of invite-only beta and now anyone can sign up and start sharing content or discovering new music.
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[Exclusive] Visual curation platform Pearltrees now lets you customize your pages

Pearltrees announced an update to its platform today that will allow users the limited personalization of icons and backgrounds for their pearls.
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Hands on: Have you heard about this new Myspace thing? It just might work …

We go hands on with the new Myspace, a bold reinterpretation of the social network we all once loved ... and then hated. Can this overhaul win us back?
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Survey: Facebook plays a destructive role in a third of U.K. divorces

While millions of people join Facebook every month to connect with friends and family, the social network seems to be wreaking havoc on marriages in the United Kingdom according to a new study.
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Rebecca Black crowned top search term in Google Zeitgeist 2011

With countless numbers of search terms flowing through Google's search engine all the time, the company likes to compile the most popular search terms each year and publish the Google Zeitgeist.
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Owen Van Natta resigns as Zynga’s chief business officer

After serving as Facebook's chief operating officer and MySpace's CEO, Owen Van Natta has now departed from game maker Zynga...missing out on the company's public offering.
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Surprise! Americans use social media to connect with friends, family, Pew study shows

Image used with permission by copyright holder Are you sitting down? Ok, good — because you mind is about to be blown. According to a newly-released study from Pew Internet Research, two-thirds of all Americans who use social networks do so to stay in touch with current friends and/or family. And half say re-connecting with […]
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New social network Unthink says ‘FU’ to Facebook and Google+

Dubbed the "anti-Facebook," newly launched social network Unthink aims to free users from the bonds of corporate money-making by giving them complete control over their personal data.
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Apple, Dropbox to lobby for greater digital privacy rights

Apple and Dropbox are the latest technology companies to back the Electronic Frontier Foundation's efforts to strengthen laws that protect our digital-centric activities.
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StumbleUpon accounts for half of all U.S. social media traffic on the Web

Are Web users in the United States more likely to use StumbleUpon over Facebook for sharing the latest YouTube video of a giant cat attempting to fit inside a tiny cardboard box?
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News Corp. lost a quarter of a billion dollars on MySpace sale

While Justin Timberlake is hoping that people will return to MySpace in droves, Rupert Murdoch is likely happy to get rid of the social network. However, News Corp. paid a hefty price for mismanaging the social website.
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NYPD creates unit to track criminals on social networks

New York based criminals stupid enough to brag about their crimes on Facebook and other social networks are in for a surprise. The NYPD is branching out into the social space to gather evidence and track down criminals.
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With 25 million users, Google+ becomes fastest-growing social network

Since its launch in late June, Google+ has amassed more than 25 million users, according to comScore, making it the fastest growing social network of all-time.
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Firefox and Chrome tools block Murdoch-owned websites

Hacking attacks aren't the only headaches for the digital side of Rupert Murdoch's empire. New Firefox and Chrome additions allow people to avoid Murdoch properties on the Web.
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LinkedIn CEO says Google+ can’t coexist with other social networks

Jeff Weiner argues that, in an already saturated social media market, users don't have the time for Google+.

Why Google+ kicked out William Shatner

Google+ showed Shatner the door and is demonstrating a sensitivity uncommon for social sites, just one example of how Google is scrutinizing what's let into the infant platform.
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MySpace’s Tom warns Google+ about excessive feed filtering

Tom Anderson writes that Google should avoid algorithmic filtering of user feeds in Google+ in favor of more dedicated user controls.
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LinkedIn now No. 2 social network in the US

LinkedIn now receives more US traffic than MySpace, but still lags behind in terms of total active visitors worldwide.