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googleblog.blogspot.com - 29 days ago

Official Google Blog: Making search more musical

— googleblog.blogspot.com — Every day we get millions of search queries about music. You want to know more about your... favorite artists, find that new album or iconic song or figure out the name of that tune stuck in your head. In fact, according to Insights for Search, two of ... (more) Official Google Blog: Making search more musical

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techcrunch.com - 24 days ago

Scamville: The Social Gaming Ecosystem Of Hell

— techcrunch.com — Last weekend I wrote about how the big social gaming companies are making hundreds of millions of... dollars in revenue on Facebook and MySpace through games like Farmville and Mobsters. Major media can’t stop applauding the companies long enough ... (more) Scamville: The Social Gaming Ecosystem Of Hell

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ft.com - 17 days ago

Empty MySpace office blow for News Corp

— ft.com — Published: November 8 2009 23:28 | Last updated: November 8 2009 23:28 News Corporation is paying more... than $1m a month to rent an empty office complex in Los Angeles that it has been unable to sub-lease since scrapping an ambitious plan to move ... (more) Empty MySpace office blow for News Corp

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MySpace changes terms of use to combat app scams
Webware.com — ... "We're adding a fifth principle (to our developer terms of use) that clarifies a specific use case that we feel is particularly damaging to the user experience: promotions that include hidden renewals without specific opt-in will not be permitted," a company blog post by CEO Owen Van Natta read. "Because it's our belief opt-out offers are misleading and do not have the best interests of the users in mind, we will be updating our Terms of Use this week to better clarify this for users and developers." ...

Amid 'Scam' Accusations, Social Ad Firm Offerpal Installs A New CEO
paidContent — ... in the blogosphere led to official policies banning “app scams” from MySpace and gaming companies like Zynga and RockYou. ...

Facebook Cracks Down on Deceptive Ads
Mashable! — ... MySpace CEO Own Van Natta earlier characterized these “opt-out” type of offers as misleading, and announced a change to the Terms of Use to clarify what’s acceptable to both developers and users. Popular social gaming company Zynga also ...

After Facebook Bans FishVille, Zynga Pulls Plug On All Performance-Based Ads
paidContent — ... that FishVille’s ads were deceptive because they don’t clearly explain that to “complete” the offer (and get virtual coins in the game), users need to subscribe to a $10-$20 monthly mobile service; the ads also don’t ask users to opt-in to supplying their personal information. While MySpace formally updated its ad policies with regards to these kinds of in-game ads, Facebook kept mum. The FishVille ban seems to be a more definitive response to all the negative press. ...