Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?" Top officers of some of the leading social media websites and tools (including Facebook, MySpace and Yammer) will be Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities.

Los Angeles-based MySpace said Wednesday evening that it has rolled out a new phase of the firm's music site, adding new music videos to the site, as well as tools targeted at artists. According to MySpace, its MySpace Music Videos feature provides an online collection of music videos, recommendation, and sharing tools for music fans. Additionally, the site said READ MORE>> ...Tags: Tags: myspace music video artists conten

Los Angeles-based MySpace said Wednesday that it has officially launched its new MySpace Toolbar, an add-on for Internet Explorer 6.0 which directly connects MySpace users to their accounts. According to MySpace, the new tool--which it developed internally--allows users to receive real-time alerts and notifications from the site. and Firefox 2.0 Alerts include new friend requests, messages, comments, and updates.

Los Angeles-based MySpace said today that it has launched a new, revamped version of the firm's game homepage, as a new MySpace Games site, to provide a more social gaming environment. According to the social networking site, it has made it easier for users to discover and share games, added analytics tool and an application programming interface (API) for developers, linked the games site into high score service Scoreloop, as well as wired the site to better track how users are finding and choosing specific games. The site also said it has rolled out a new iPhone application which allows users to play any of the games on the MySpace site on their iPhone.

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace has launched a beta of a new social playlist service, My Music 2.0 , the firm said Tuesday. According to MySpace, the music playlist hub will allow users to build and manage their own social playlists from its music catalog. is the ability to include playlists on MySpace profiles, plus social discovery tools which allows users to see what recent music their friends and favorite Among features of My Music 2.0 READ MORE>> ...Tags:

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace has rolled out new tools for its MyDebates.org website, the joint effort of the firm with the Commission on Presidential Debates. According to MySpace, it has added interactive tools, including a personalized issue scorecard, polling, national statistics, and live streaming to complement the upcoming presidential and vice presidential debates. Among the features of the site are a way for visitors to compare their position on issues against the candidates, widgets that can be embedded on web pages to show their positions, and live streaming and archives of the election debates.

Some of the big announcements from day one came from Twitter and MySpace. Mike Jones, COO of MySpace, took the stage and had some news to share as well. MySpace is opening up their massive data feed, something they have never done in the past. MySpace Announcements: It’s cold and wet in Paris, France, but the participants at Le Web could care less. Over 2,500 people were in attendance for day one of the conference and all were nice and dry, and well fed.

Aliso Viejo-based Evolver , the online avatar software site developed by Darwin Dimensions, said Thursday that it has launched a new web site that allows end users to create avatars for social media sites like Facebook and MySpace. According to Darwin Dimensions, the new site, Avatara.com , allows social media enthusiasts to easily create and upload customized, animated avatars for their social media accounts. Evolver has been targeting its technology for incorporation into virtual worlds, online games, and other sites, as well as for professional animation projects.

The most successful marketers for YouTube are the people who embed videos in their MySpace pages. 8221; We like to impress upon our teachers to think to themselves not just as “I come to eduFire and students find me,” but also, “I come to eduFire and I have tools and resources to go out and reach an audience” via the platform that we have set up. Have you noticed that the fastest growing web sites are masters at getting their users to promote them? How do you build that kind of promotion machine?

So you can kind of think of it as a book discovery tool, a book communication tool, and really our mission is really just to get people excited about reading. And this is kind of like what MySpace does for bands. MySpace everyday and he's just posting little stuff, little snippets, things he's thinking about. Here's an easy way to vote for this interview on Hacker News. --Andrew Andrew