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<title>EFF report slams Apple, Verizon, MySpace for not protecting users</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/01/report.scores.tech.companies.on.protecting.user.data.from.the.government/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1365711465_house-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[An annual report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has declared that Twitter and Sonic.net are the best tech companies for protecting its users from government snooping and requests from courts and law enforcement. Out of the 18 companies examined in the report, MySpace and Verizon were judged the worst, failing to score a single star in any category, while Apple, AT&amp;T, and Yahoo managed...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 16:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MySpace opens redesigned music service to new users</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/15/relaunch.puts.investor.justin.timberlake.on.front.page/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1358268087_myspacelogo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Social network MySpace has revealed another redesigned version of its site, with the main frontpage of the site devoted to prominent investor Justin Timberlake. The new design of the social network became available to normal users earlier this week, after an internal beta test from July onwards that later opened up to others through invitations....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple loses Music icon trademark due to MySpace/iLike logo</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/26/rare.defeat.for.apple.legal/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1348695538_musicios.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has been denied a trademark on the orange Music icon used in iOS and elsewhere, reports say.  The US Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board is this week said to have upheld an examiner's decision on the matter, arguing that Apple's logo is too similar to a trademark owned by MySpace.  In 2008 a mark for an orange logo with a musical note was awarded to music tracki...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Myspace launches Music Player, adds Facebook features</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/12/19/site.moving.away.from.social.networking/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1112/myspace.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Myspace has finally launched its redesigned site, which focuses on music discovery and playback. The improved media integration marks a dramatic strategy shift that was first announced several months ago by the site's new owner, Specific Media, in an attempt to rebrand the service as the "Hulu of music" rather than maintaining direct competition with Facebook as an alternative social network....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Myspace to pitch itself as the ëHulu of musicí </title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1109/myspace_specific_gallery.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Specific Media, the new owners of Myspace, have used a special event to outline their growth strategy moving forward. The company is calling itself the ëHulu of music.í It says that it has unique content rights with the Big Four labels and over 20,000 independent labels that ëallows for ad-supported music video and audio streaming.í...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Specific Media to outline plans for MySpace today</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1106/myspace2010.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Ad producer Specific Media, the new owners of MySpace, are set to outline their strategy to help rebuild the ailing social web service. ìFuture of MySpace Talkî will be hosted by Specific Media CEO Tim Vanderhook and is open only to ìCMOs and senior marketers." Justin Timberlake, an investor in the Specific Media/MySpace deal, is expected to be on hand at the special event today....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Facebook hiring exec to boost media deals</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/09/20/facebook.looking.to.hire.exec.for.media.deals/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1109/facebookin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Social network Facebook wants to shore up its media offerings by hiring a high-profile executive, sources...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Verizon to begin shipping LG Cosmos 2 on July 14</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/07/12/lg.cosmos.2.due.at.verizon.this.week.for.30/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1107/lgcosmos2in.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Verizon and LG on Tuesday revealed they will begin shipping the successor to the Cosmos horizontal slider phone with the Cosmos 2. It retains the same layout, including the four-row hardware QWERTY keyboard once the face is slid open, but has a sleeker look and more modern software. It carries a web web browser and shortcuts for Facebook, MySpace and Twitter....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Facebook Vibes code hints at Spotify tie-in coming soon</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/07/07/facebook.vibes.may.point.to.spotify.downloads/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1107/facebookvibes-leak.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[An expedition into the plugin code for Facebook's video chat by Jeff Rose has found possible clues as to Spotify integration coming soon.  Along with calling on the actual Facebook app, Peep, it also goes to an unknown Vibes app.  The component doesn't appear to be connected to the Skype-based video and is supposed to link to a "MusicDownloadDialog" box that serves as the giveaway of the plans....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MySpace to sell to Specific Media for $35 million [U]</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/06/29/myspace.now.settling.on.35m.sale.to.specific/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1106/myspace-2weeksnotice.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[(Update: Justin Timberlake is involved) MySpace's imminent sale has now been finalized as a new leak confirmed a deal has been struck.  Ad producer Specific Media has agreed to buy the social network for $35 million.  Under the terms seen by AllThingsD, current owner News Corp would have a "less than five percent" stake but cut the 400-person staff count in half....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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