International Business News - Myspace http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The U.S. Marine Corps banned use of social web sites such as Twitter, MySpace and Facebook on its networks, citing security risks, while the Pentagon also said it will consider implementing similar bans. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/218045-facebook.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090805/marine-corps-bans-troops-from-facebook-twitter-and-myspace.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090805/marine-corps-bans-troops-from-facebook-twitter-and-myspace.htm Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:59:22 EDT Social network MySpace Inc. announced Tuesday it will close at least four overseas offices and slash its overseas workforce by 300 employees. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090623/more-job-cuts-myspace-on-way.htm Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:47:49 EDT Facebook has passed News Corp.'s MySpace domestically in traffic, according to online metrics firm comScore. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/215258-facebook-myspace.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090616/myspace-facebook-traffice-comscore-americans-twitter.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090616/myspace-facebook-traffice-comscore-americans-twitter.htm Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:09:36 EDT Facebook is letting their 200-plus million users customize their profile URLs starting this weekend, according to a post on Facebook's official blog. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/214944-facebook.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090610/facebook-rolls-out-personal-url-039misses-rsquo-revenue-opportunity.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090610/facebook-rolls-out-personal-url-039misses-rsquo-revenue-opportunity.htm Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:19:18 EDT The White House administration said today that it will be joining three social networking sites in a bid to expand how the administration communicates with the public. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090501/039-whitehouse0-rsquo-embraces-social-networking.htm Fri, 01 May 2009 19:34:27 EDT As more and more spend time on social sites like Facebook and Twitter, a new study shows that 63 percent of system administrators are concerned that employees will put their company's IT infrastructure at risk by sharing too much personal data. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/212789-facebook.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090428/study-63-companies-fear-facebook-twitter-affects-corporate-security.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090428/study-63-companies-fear-facebook-twitter-affects-corporate-security.htm Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:53:49 EDT Owen Van Natta, the former operations and revenue boss at Facebook, is now chief executive at his former social-networking rival, MySpace. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/212680-owen-van-natta.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090426/former-facebook-exec-becomes-ceo-myspace.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090426/former-facebook-exec-becomes-ceo-myspace.htm Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:16:00 EDT Under new proposals, the UK government could monitor the contacts people make on social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and Bebo. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211209-social-networking.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090325/social-networking-sites-be-monitored-thek.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090325/social-networking-sites-be-monitored-thek.htm Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:59:32 EDT The European Union is clamping down on "cyber bullying" by signing a pact with 17 social networking providers including Facebook, MySpace and Google in a move to safeguard children online. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090210/social-websites-seal-eu-deal-protect-children-online.htm Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:02:05 EST