CNET News.com - MediaTech News FirstMySpace releases API for Data Availability- June 26, 2008 News Corp.'s social network has said the code for its data portability project, which lets external Web sites' users import their MySpace credentials, will go live later on Thursday.http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9978107-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023... Microsoft to acquire mobile-data company- June 26, 2008 MobiComp, a Portuguese firm, will become part of Microsoft's Mobile Communications Business division.http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9978036-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023... Court enforces Facebook-ConnectU settlement- June 26, 2008 Despite ConnectU's allegations of fraud on Facebook's part, a U.S. District Court judge has upheld the two social-networking sites' February settlement. The court documents remain under seal.http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9977996-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023... MySpace partners with NBC, MSNBC for political convention contest- June 26, 2008 Two winners will be joint MySpace-MSNBC "journalists" at the major parties' conventions.http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9977840-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023... Buzzd: 1.2 million venues in directory, strategic investment on the way- June 25, 2008 Mobile social start-up combines "geo" networking with Yelp-like reviews, and says partnerships and new investments will help it climb above the fray.http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9977370-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023... Facebook adds to the chatter with Mini-Feed comments- June 25, 2008 Members of social-networking site will be able to add comments on profile activity feeds, adding quips to status messages and profile updates, among other things.http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9977119-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023... SodaHead.com slurps up $8.4 million- June 25, 2008 Polling start-up, founded by a former MySpace veteran, says great ad revenues are on the horizon because it can easily target users' preferences.http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9977078-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023... Social network Multiply goes premium- June 25, 2008 High-resolution photo storage and ad-free browsing are part of the new paid account system at Multiply, which targets grown-ups who don't want their photos all over the Web.http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9976871-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023... Digital politics: The future is broadband, not Facebook- June 24, 2008 The Personal Democracy Forum showed that industry-speak is finally moving away from blogs and YouTube and toward the tech policy issues that matter.http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9976424-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023... Lessig: Don't fall into the four-year trap- June 24, 2008 At Personal Democracy Forum, Stanford law professor says we can only work to reform government if we work at it constantly--not just every election cycle.http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9975958-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023... |