Category: MySpace

In a mix that goes together like sushi and sake, social networking giant MySpace is finally bringing its interactive karaoke feature to Japan. Way back in the halcyon days of April 2008, MySpace rolled out MySpace Karaoke, which let users upload audio (and later, in October, video) of themselves singing to a large catalog of tunes. We hailed it as a new dawn for self-obsessed lunatics, now ...

Married on MySpace Trailer We know what you're thinking... "It's my wedding day and it should be perfect." So, why not let millions of MySpace members decide on every detail? It seems that the Web 2.0 has finally hit weddings, although this one comes tethered to enough corporate sponsorships to field a PGA Tour event. 'Married on MySpace' is a new online reality show where voters can select ...

We've covered teens being fired, firemen being reprimanded, people being arrested, and politicians getting in hot water all for comments or photos displayed on social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. Vaughan Ettienne, a New York policeman, recently discovered yet another repercussion of unadulterated comments on his profile pages: a suspect's acquittal in court. After pursuing a ...

Some of the most popular musicians in the UK have decided to collectively protest what they see as poor treatment both from online music streaming sites (YouTube, MySpace, etc) and from the record companies that do business with them, according to CNET. Essentially, the artists have joined to create the most creatively inspired group of lobbyists, ever. The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) is ...

We've already seen predictions of social networks like Facebook or MySpace killing our television networks, but now we have some numbers that indicate the things might just kill our e-mail addresses too. According to a Nielsen Online study following Internet usage patterns in 2008, 66.8-percent of Internet users accessed some social network or another, while 65.1-percent used e-mail. So, for the ...

We have seen no greater example of exactly why we are in our current dire financial straights than the new MySpace-branded credit card. In what we can only assume is a conspiracy by News Corp (owner of MySpace, Fox News and the Wall Street Journal) to ensure that the younger generation will be subject to the same crippling debt that we are, the social networking service has lent its brand name ...

Remember the days before MySpace, Facebook, and the like, when online social networking was considered kind of odd? Now that everyone from kindergartners to grandmas have online profiles, these Web sites are officially part of our reality. Obviously, MySpace and Facebook aren't for everyone, so where can you go for your online mingling? As it turns out, there are Web communities that cater ...

Human contact is becoming more and more obsolete as technology improves, so it's no surprise that flirting is becoming just as impersonal. Whether you think that's good or bad, we recommend you check out The Frisky's take on Flirting 2.0. The guide shows how you can start with a Facebook poke to let that special person know you're interested and progress through steps of technological ...

Alright Christians and Catholics, you know what time it is. It's Lent time! Next Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten season, which, for the uninitiated out there, is a period of fasting and sacrifice meant to remind the faithful of the 40 days and nights Jesus spent wandering in the desert. Usually, practitioners choose one vice or habit to give up for the 40 days, such as ...

Here's a pretty staggering statistic: the number of Internet-connected adults in the US who updated their status online using Twitter, Facebook, or any other social networking site nearly doubled during the second half of 2008. The number rose to 11-percent in December, up from 6-percent in May. Pew Internet and American Life Project conducted the survey and found that the median age for ...

These days, more and more people are willing to throw up all the sordid details of their lives online, which makes us doubt if privacy even exists anymore. That said, most folks share their details with good intentions; reconnecting with lost friends or telling people what they're up to in the hopes that someone else will join in. Sadly, some scammers are taking advantage of all this candor by ...

At year-end (2008), Internet traffic figures file into newsrooms, social networking site Facebook stands victorious over its peers, according to BizJournals.com. Undergoing a growth spurt of 127-percent over the course of 2008, Facebook finally overtook social networking giant MySpace by drawing 222 million users to Facebook.com in December. Facebook's first month to beat out MySpace was last ...

Grammy-winning rapper and producer Kanye West is the latest celebrity victim of hackers, according to the Register. The MC announced last Thursday, via his blog, that hackers had gained access to his Gmail and MySpace accounts, spreading rumors of -- among other things -- his apparent willingness to participate in bisexual pornography. "I had the two greatest days of my life and when I get ...

Good ol' Ratzinger is doing his best to make sure that the Catholic Church doesn't get left in the technological dust. After embracing YouTube, the Pope has issued a statement giving his blessing (however cautiously) to Facebook, MySpace, and social networking sites in general. Pope Benedict issued a statement on Friday, for the World Day of Communications, welcoming the "gift" of technology and ...

Some good news and some bad news: According to a recent survey, television now accounts for less than half of children's viewing time (its major competition coming in the form of computer gaming and Internet-ing on the computer). The bad news? The total time that kids spend in front of screens is still nearly six hours a day. A survey of 1800 kids in Britain, ages five to 16 years old, was ...