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Court rejects appeal over student-teacher drunk MySpace pics

Via Ars Technica By Julian Sanchez | Published: December 05, 2008 – 10:01AM CT Stacy Snyder, a federal court has ruled, won’t be teaching kids the three Arrrrs any time soon: They’ve rejected Snyder’s claim that her First Amendment rights … Continue reading

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Just How Stupid And Poor Are MySpace Users, Exactly?

Via Tech Crunch by Michael Arrington on December 1, 2008 If you thought Randall Stross’ attack on Tesla yesterday was in poor taste, wait until you read what Michael Wolff has to say about MySpace. In a dinner interview with … Continue reading

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MySpace Canada Gets Served First With New Profile Editor (Americans Welcome!)

Via Mashable October 26, 2008 – 1:18 pm PDT – by Paul Glazowski 3 Comments Perhaps the stereotype holds no ground anymore, but I’ll venture to guess it’s still not often that you’ll see something big roll out for Canada … Continue reading

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Teacher Fired for Inappropriate Behavior on MySpace Page

Via Media Shift by Jeffrey D. Neuburger, October 15, 2008 It’s not just students who can get into difficulty for school-related blogging. In a recent case, a federal court rejected a challenge brought by a non-tenured teacher when the public school at … Continue reading

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MySpace Officially Unveils MyAds

Via Mashable October 12, 2008 – 8:36 pm PDT – by Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins Adam Ostrow and SocialTimes’ Nick O’Neill were ahead of the curve on this one. About a month ago, they spotted what looked to be an advertising … Continue reading

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MySpace, Facebook holding mobile social networking back

Via ARS Technica By David Chartier | Published: October 07, 2008 – 10:25PM CT Social networking made the leap from desktops to mobile phones a long time ago, and a new report suggests that MySpace and Facebook still dominate even on the … Continue reading

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CIA, FBI push ‘Facebook for spies’

Via CNN.com By Larry Shaughnessy CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) — When you see people at the office using such Internet sites as Facebook and MySpace, you might suspect those workers are slacking off. A social-networking site for the world of spying … Continue reading

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CIA, FBI push ‘Facebook for spies’

Via CNN.com By Larry Shaughnessy CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) — When you see people at the office using such Internet sites as Facebook and MySpace, you might suspect those workers are slacking off. A social-networking site for the world of spying … Continue reading

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MySpace Launches a Self-Service Ad Solution; MySpace Music Can’t Be Far Behind

Via Mashable MySpace appears to have soft launched their self-service advertising platform this evening. First spotted by Nick O’Neill over at SocialTimes, the platform would appear to be targeted at MySpace’s large musician community, offering them options for targeting users … Continue reading

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Judge: School can suspend students over fake MySpace profile

Via ARS Technica By Jacqui Cheng | Published: September 22, 2008 – 07:55AM CT A federal judge has ruled that a Pennsylvania school can suspend two eighth-graders who created a fake MySpace profile of their principal depicting him as a … Continue reading

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