In one fell swoop, Myspace decides to cut 47 percent of its staff to try to save the struggling company. Five-hundred people are being cut from a workforce of more than 1,000 people. Although the number is definitely huge, I must say that the news isn't shocking as Myspace has been on a gradual decline and unable to keep up with the competitive Facebook. I used to have a Myspace account but kind Read more

Obviously, competition breeds innovation; without some healthy competition, companies wouldn't be pushed as hard to create the best possible products and experiences for consumers. And with so many smart companies and products on the market, it's nice to see that instead of constant head-to-head combat, companies took advantage of the progress made by their competitors, often embracing unlikely Read more

MySpace recently rolled out a refresh on its website, including a brand-new (minimalist) logo. But apparently the changes won't stop there. As of today, you can now sign into MySpace using Facebook Connect. Say what? MySpace membership has been on the decline over the past few years, with a large majority of its users heading to greener pastures. But today, it seems that MySpace is putting the Read more

A few months ago, MySpace rolled out some changes to its site, aiming for a more streamlined experience while keeping the user's attention. Now, MySpace is introducing a completely new version of its website. According to its chief executive, MySpace is no longer trying to directly compete with Facebook; instead, it aims to keep the 35-and-under crowd engaged in the latest music and videos. The Read more

We pretty much live out our lives online these days — with Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and other social networking sites holding our photos and personal info — so it only makes sense to have a plan of what you're going to do with all that data once you're gone. If you can't bear to put your social networking accounts on death row now, you can use Entrustet to create a sort of living Read more

Chances are, probably not. But the US Department of Justice released several slides from a presentation detailing how federal agents use social networking sites. Reading through the bullet-pointed list is entertaining; for example, "As social networks go, LinkedIn's use for criminal communications appears limited." Excellent analysis, federal government. Laughing aside, the list does provide a Read more

If you've had it up to here with your social networks taking up all of your precious time, then kill them off with the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine. Like an online Dr. Kevorkian, the Suicide Machine will delete and scrub all of your Facebook friends, Twitter followers, LinkedIn connections, and deactivate all your profiles so you can live in peace without worrying about if you have any new friend Read more

You know you've seen it. You might even be guilty of perpetrating it. I'm talking about what the site Anti-duckface.com calls the "duck face," which they describe as something between a kissy face and a pout. Anti-duckface seems to blame MySpace for hosting duckfaces, admonishing its pouters to, "Stop doing it. It isn't sexy." All this prompted me to ask: why duckface? My theory is that it's a Read more