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Former MySpace Director Ulf Waschbusch Becomes Chief Product Officer at Gaming Startup ‘Garena’
February 24, 2010 – | Comments
Former MySpace Director Ulf Waschbusch Becomes Chief Product Officer at Gaming Startup ‘Garena’

Ulf Waschbusch will become the new Chief Product Officer at Garena, a Singapore-based gaming software company with over 25 million users worldwide.

MySpace Leverages Facebook Connect for Fan Video (Coolest Campaign Ever)
January 13, 2010 – | Comments
MySpace Leverages Facebook Connect for Fan Video (Coolest Campaign Ever)

MySpace recently launched a new campaign that brings fans closer to their favorite artists. The campaign, dubbed “Fan Video”, inserts you into a scene with one of eight top music artists, including 50 Cent and Alicia Keys.

MySpace’s Developer Challenge: The Blue Ocean of Social Media
January 3, 2010 – | Comments
MySpace’s Developer Challenge:  The Blue Ocean of Social Media

With more users, more revenue potential, and less competition, MySpace’s Open Platform may very well be the best business opportunity this year.

Did Groovy & MySpace Just Launch The World’s First Realtime Social Screen Saver?
December 31, 2009 – | Comments
Did Groovy & MySpace Just Launch The World’s First Realtime Social Screen Saver?

Fresh off the heels of their release of the “World’s First Live Broadcast Data Application”, Groovy has now produced a screen saver version for both Windows and Mac.

Former MySpace Exec Allen Hurff to Launch SoCal-based Incubator
September 3, 2009 – | Comments
Former MySpace Exec Allen Hurff to Launch SoCal-based Incubator

The former SVP of Engineering & Chairman of OpenSocial will now be grooming startups for success.

Blue Rover Labs – Insight into the Well Funded Startup
August 26, 2009 – | Comments
Blue Rover Labs – Insight into the Well Funded Startup

In June, three MySpace executives left to start Blue Rover Labs. We’ve since done some some sleuthing and think we may know what they are up to.

Altrinsic Buys Los-Angeles Based Social-Commerce Website ShopIt.com
August 8, 2009 – | Comments
Altrinsic Buys Los-Angeles Based Social-Commerce Website ShopIt.com

In buying Los-Angeles based ShopIt.com, Altrinsic shows that there are emerging opportunities in the social-commerce space. Entrepreneurs and investors should take notice of both the opportunities and the risks.