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MySpace Is Not For Sale
July 15th, 2010 | 
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NewsCorp has revealed that MySpace does not put up for sale and will continue to develop new services in an effort to win back users. Niche social networking site with a music specialist has fallen from the site when most active, while Facebook reveals himself as the second most visited site in the western world although new figure shows the slowdown, MySpace itself has consistently lost members along with its identity.
Speaking to Reuters, Jonathan Miller of NewsCorp said there was a “fabrication” on the rumor and the company was clearly not in talks for the sale of MySpace. Instead there will be a re-launch of this site due to funding approximately $ 350 million incurred by NewsCorp to buy this social network back in 2005. Now the number is displayed to show there is a gap between MySpace and Facebook. In June, MySpace users are 5 million (according TechCruch) while Facebook reportedly has 26 million users. If the statistics were not enough, Facebook is also now the third largest referrer to MySpace.
Google Buzz, Facebook and Twitter Adoption
Google tried to combine the number of Gmail users with features adopted from social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Combined is then called by the name of Google’s Buzz. Largest internet service provider in the world is trying to attract the users of social networking through Buzz. In this feature, they are allowed to share messages, Internet links, to photos instantly to friends of their networks under the auspices of Gmail.
Buzz goal of uniting directly with Gmail is Google’s effort to increase the number of Gmail user interest through the use of social networking fast enough today. Todd Jackson as a Google Product Manager stated that, there’s always a chance to make big social networking under the care of Gmail, meanwhile, according to Com-Score, Gmail itself is now a web email service providers in the world’s third largest by number of unique visitors reached 176.5 million until December. 1 and 2 positions occupied by the Windows Live Microsoft’s Hotmail and Yahoo Mail, with the number of unique visitor each approximately 369.2 million and 303.7 million.
Google’s own new Buzz will officially launch in the next few days, in the near future. Later, the message status will be posted in Buzz can be seen automatically in Google’s search index results. But there are also privacy settings to view these postings. Read the rest of this entry »
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