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Daily Tech: CEO of MySpace Announces His Departure

GeekSugar — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:10:26 -0700

Chris DeWolfe, MySpace cofounder and CEO, will not be renewing his contract and will be stepping down from his position in the very near future. - TechCrunch
Check out the full review of Peek's latest Pronto device, which can check up to five email accounts and is compatible with Microsoft Exchange. - Boing Boing Gadgets
Lifehacker scored an interview with one of our favorite geeks - Steve Wozniak - and even got him to admit that he has a hacking fetish. - Lifehacker
The free mobile browser Skyfire could be coming to the BlackBerry very soon. Here are some initial impressions. - CrackBerry
I can hardly believe this, and honestly, I don't really believe it, but Angelina Jolie is rumored to prefer the Palm Pre over the iPhone. - Switched

geeksugar Chats With MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe

GeekSugar — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:30:32 -0800

Just two months shy of geeking out with Samantha Ronson at the TechCrunch50/MySpace Party, I found myself at another fabulous MySpace party last night at the beautiful Old Mint building in San Francisco - hello?! Lionel Richie performed! This time, it was a MySpace 2.0 party celebrating MySpace Music and the latest partnership between Ashton Kutcher's production company, Katalyst Media, and MySpace. The second season of Kutcher's web series Blah Girls is expected to debut on MySpace early next year - in addition to all previous episodes from season one.

Last night PopSugar caught up with Ashton to chat about how his step-daughters played a role in creating his new web animation series Blah Girls, and I got the chance to talk with MySpace CEO about MySpace Music and what else we can expect from MySpace in the next year. Here's what he had to say:

On MySpace Music: "We've gotten a lot done in the last year. Obviously MySpace music is one of the biggest ventures that we've done. We have a new profile type that we're rolling out really soon where you can customize your profile and have any kind of background you want and that will be really cool. Complete redesign - and in addition to that we'll be adding nearly every mobile feature - a lot of exciting stuff."
On what the redesign will entail: "More music and then tons of videos and then more functionality around the music where you'll be able to take it with you."

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Daily Tech: Bill Gates Sr. Talks About Raising a Tech Mogul

GeekSugar — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:01:43 -0700

Bill Gates Sr., who acts as cochair of the the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, sat down to chat with the Wall Street Journal about his life and discusses the trials and tribulations of raising Microsoft's cofounder Bill Gates Jr.. - The Wall Street Journal
Firefox 3.5 beta is now available for download and offers better performance and stability as well as improved private data tools like Private Browsing Mode. - Gizmodo
These simple yet effective keyboard shortcuts are guaranteed to save you so much time. - Switched
Get to know MySpace's new CEO Owen van Natta, who will replace former CEO, Chris DeWolfe. - The Silicon Alley Insider
Belkin's new CushDesk for your laptop may not be worth the $30. - Engadget

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The Week in Geek!

GeekSugar — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:01:33 -0800

What a way to start the month of November! Not only did we elect a new president, but Oprah showed off her first cell phone, and I interviewed MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe. I can't help but say it - Yes we can! If you happened to miss any of the action on geeksugar this week, check out my slideshow for all the biggest news stories!

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