Monica Keller, a MySpace Group Architect who has played a key role in advancing MySpace’s initiatives in activity streams and openness, is leaving the company to join Facebook. Keller announced the news in a blog post this evening. She will be joining Facebook as an Open Source and Web Standards Program Manager, where [...]
Tags: Activity Streams, Architect, Co President, Creative Freedom, Facebook, Fellow Engineers, Interoperable Standards, Key Role, Monica, Myspace, Nice Things, Norm, Open Initiatives, Openness, Parting Advice, Technical Aspects, Technical Leadership, Time Stream, Twitter, Web Standards
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Sat, February 13 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
In November 2009, when Microsoft announced the release of the public beta of Microsoft Office 2010, the company also introduced an entirely new add-on for its Outlook product that we haven’t heard a peep about since.
That’s about to change soon.
The product, dubbed Outlook Social Connector, essentially aims to make Outlook more social by integrating [...]
Tags: Channel 9, Facebook, Functionality, Initial Announcement, Launch, Linkedin, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Products, Microsoft Sharepoint, Myspace, Networking Services, Outlook Application, Outlook Microsoft, Outlook Product, Peep, Public Beta Version, Social Networking, Status Updates, Streams, Third Party
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Fri, February 12 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
MySpace Chief Product Officer Jason Hirschhorn will soon be leaving the company, we’ve heard from multiple sources. Hirschhorn joined MySpace in April 2009 as part of the major executive shakeup that replaced the old guard, including long-time CEO Chris DeWolfe. After current CEO Owen Van Natta was chosen, Hirschhorn and COO Mike Jones [...]
Tags: 9 Months, Ceo Chris, Chief Product, Chris Dewolfe, Coo, Core Product, Core Strategy, Email, Entertainment Group, Jason Hirschhorn, Jon Miller, Media Entertainment, Mike Jones, Mtv, Murdoch, Myspace, Officer Jason, Owen Van Natta, Shakeup, Sling Media
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Fri, February 5 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
I sat down with MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland earlier this week to talk about his first eight months on the job. This is one of Owen’s first video interviews since taking the job last April.
We talk about Van Natta’s vision for the once-mighty MySpace. The site [...]
Tags: Acquisitions, Davos Switzerland, Differentiators, Eight Months, Google, Ilike, Music Space, Music Videos, Myspace, Owen Van Natta, Page Views, Place Where People, S Vision, Social Experience, Social Web, Stunning Growth, Tag Line, Unique Value Proposition, Video Interviews, World Economic Forum
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Sun, January 31 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments