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Who'll be the casualties of Google Music?

Not content with crashing down hard on the satnav industry yesterday, today Google put the willies up the music industry too with the launch of a Google music search feature. Just before you go diving off to try it, it's only available in the US at the moment, but so...

Google adds music search; foretells the death of another industry

Google has added music search to its growing search offering as it attempts to help people find what they are looking for quicker.

"Every day we get millions of search queries about music. You want to know more about your favorite artists, find that new album...

MySpace hits next phase of music offering

MySpace has announced what it says is "the next phase" of its music offering with a wave of new products and tools now available to artists and fans.

As well as allowing users to buy music on iTunes in addition to Amazon MP3, the global rollout of a new "MySpace...

MySpace announces Twitter syncing

Rather than fight 'em, MySpace is joining 'em with the news that the social networking service now syncs with Twitter.

The global beta roll-out of a new functionality on MySpace that lets users sync their MySpace status updates with their Twitter feed has begun...

MySpace confirms iLike acquisition

MySpace has confirmed rumours that it's acquiring social music discovery service iLike. No financial terms have been revealed, but figures like $20 million are being thrown around.

"The iLike acquisition advances our relentless pursuit of innovation and the...

What's the outcome of a newspaper paywall? Ask ITV

Want to know what happens to a site that puts up a paywall in an attempt to gain extra revenue? Ask ITV.

ITV has finally off-loaded struggling website Friends Reunited for a rather low £25m and in the process losing £150m.

Travel back 5 years...

US Army looks to ban Twitter, Facebook and MySpace

The US military is considering banning social networking sites in an attempt to bring soldiers in line with Army rules.

According to reports online, "Officials said they needed to craft rules that would allow the military to take advantage of the speedy communications...

Archbishop warns of Facebook suicides

The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, Archbishop Vincent Nichols, has warned against children using social networking sites because he says they make teenagers view friendship as a "commodity".

He said that the Internet and mobile phones were...

MySpace plans gaming push

News Corp's latest plan to make MySpace into a go-to destination for web surfers is to turn it into a gaming platform, according to News Corp digital head Jonathan Miller.

Miller told the Fortune Brainstorm: TECH conference in Pasadena, California that he wanted...

MySpace launching email service

Despite research, reported on Pocket-lint, that claims that young people are abandoning email in favour of social network messaging functionality, MySpace is launching a webmail service.

The launch is planned to be slow, with a full rollout taking place towards...

MySpace is no longer a place for friends

MySpace is dropping its "A place for friends" tagline in a rebranding exercise that commenters suggest could see the company move further towards its music strengths.

It's also losing 100 jobs from its UK office, as part of global cutbacks - previously reported...

Motorola Karma sets sights on social networking fans

Motorola has announced a new smartphone in the US with AT&T as it hopes to claw back ground lost over the last couple of years.

Priced at just $20 dollars cheaper than the Apple iPhone, Motorola believes the Karma, as it will be known, has the muscle to take...

Myspace axes two thirds of international staff

MySpace has confirmed that it's closing four of its international offices and cutting international staff from 450 to 150. The news comes just days after the company announced it was cutting US staff by 30%.

MySpace will subsequently run three "regional hubs"...

Vodafone and MySpace launch "The Music Studio"

Vodafone and MySpace have teamed up to create "The Music Studio" on the social networking site - an 8-month project aimed at "bands, artists and music enthusiasts".

Available in the UK, Spain and Germany, the Music Studio will include remixes and DJ techniques,...

MySpace cuts 30% US workforce

Following reports it would be the case, MySpace has announced it has cut its head count by just under 30%, an improvement on the feared 50%.

The company has described the lay offs as a "return to start-up culture", although the number of staff left in the US...

Social networking sites keep photos once they're deleted

A group of security researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered that some social networking sites keep all the photos you upload and then delete.

16 websites, including Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Orkut, Blogger and Flickr had pictures uploaded to...

Microsoft announces new Windows Phone applications

Microsoft has announced new Windows Phone applications, partners for future launches and new designer wallpaper themes for its mobile platform at the CTIA Wireless event in the States.

Headlining the news, the company has revealed that EA Mobile and MySpace...

Social networking overtakes email use

A survey by Nielsen has found that social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are now proving more popular with web users than personal email.

In the UK alone, Nielsen found that 1 in every 6 minutes a web user is online, is spent on a social networking...

MySpace enhances BlackBerry application

MySpace has announced new enhancements for its BlackBerry app, which launched in November to 400,000 downloads in the first week.

Firstly the app is now available in four more languages, namely French, Italian, German and Spanish.

Users will also...

Hexic and Chess launch for Facebook and MySpace

"Hexic" and "Chess" are available to play on social networking sites Facebook and MySpace.

Microsoft's MSN Games has announced the launch of the two games for casual gamers to play online and share with friends.

"Hexic" is a "classic" puzzle game,...

Facebook the place to find love

New research shows that one in four Brits are, or have, dated someone they met through social networking sites.

The data, from internet market research company OnePoll.com, also reveals that over a third have got back in touch with an old flame through such...

Euro agreement to protect social networking under-18s signed

17 web firms have signed a European agreement to improve the safety of under 18s who use social networking sites.

The companies include Bebo, Facebook, MySpace, Google/YouTube, Microsoft and Yahoo as well as Arto, Dailymotion, Giovani.it, Hyves, Nasza-klaza.pl,...

MySpace reveals 90,000 sex offenders removed

MySpace has revealed that it has identified and removed about 90,000 registered sex offenders from its site in the last 2 years.

Almost double the number the company had estimated it had removed, the information was only unveiled as a result of a subpoena filed...

Orange reveals social networking mobile stats

Orange users access a staggering 166 million pages of social networking websites on their mobiles every month.

The info is from Orange's Digital Media Index that reveals a "marked increase" in mobile data usage, which has almost doubled in the last quarter....

MySpace delivering vids to mobile phones

MySpace fans can now watch the latest clips on their mobile phones.

News Corp, which owns the site, has announced the new service, allowing phone owners to watch movies from their friends on the go.

The service will work on devices including the...