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TEEN REPORTER: 'What The Heck Happened To MySpace?'

This is an opinion piece by Khalil Beckwith, a high school reporter for The Mash, a weekly teen publication distributed to Chicagoland high schools. ...

Struggling Social Network To Wipe Out User-Created Content

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 06.26.2011

On May 31, struggling social network Friendster will delete all user profiles, photos, blogs, comments and other user-created content as the site prep...

Dear Entrepreneur: Stop Dreaming And Launch That Business

Naveen Jain | Posted 05.25.2011

Naveen Jain

You don't need to have breakthrough vision to launch your company -- you need to have breakthrough execution.

Mayor of Galapagos: A Conversation With Foursquare

Michael Boland | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Boland

In this environment of techno-Darwinism on crack, Foursquare has been the biggest proponent of evolution. That translates to going beyond badges to extend offers of monetary significance.

16 Tech Titans on Twitter

2morrowknight | Posted 05.25.2011

2morrowknight

The 16 Tech Titans below are amazing global citizens. Yes, we call them titans. Not just because of the greatness of their achievements, but because they believe in moving humanity forward.

Internet Archaeologists Find Ruins Of 'Friendster' Civilization: The Onion (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Before Facebook, there was Friendster. Although still going strong in Asia, the site thrived, then lost ground in the US, where it was edged out by M...

Friendster Sale: Vincent Tan, Malaysian Tycoon, Buys Networking Site

Yahoo! Finance | Eileen Ng, Associated Press Writer | Posted 05.25.2011

Malaysian tycoon Vincent Tan announced a deal to buy Friendster, a social networking site that still retains a strong following in Southeast Asia afte...

WhoseSpace?

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

In Stealing MySpace, Julia Angwin combines juicy pulp with biz-dev context to turn this story of somewhat shaky and shady entrepreneur-businessman-techie-marketers into a page-turner.

Classmates.com User Sues; Schoolmates Weren't Really Looking for Him

Wired | Ryan Singel | Posted 05.25.2011

When Classmates.com told user Anthony Michaels last Christmas Eve that his former school chums were trying to contact him, he pulled out his wallet an...

Online Social Networking and the Quarterlife Crisis

Beth Appel | Posted 11.17.2011

Beth Appel

After celebrating my 25th birthday with a full day of crying for no apparent reason, things have changed. I blame Facebook.

On Facebook, The High School Reunion Never Ends

Pauline Millard | Posted 05.25.2011

Pauline Millard

These aren't people I see everyday but it's nice to hear from them every now and again.