I don't think it will be to sticky of a situation. The companies involved must be able to link up with certain companies and overlook any connection with their rivals if it will benefit the companies and it's users.
John Moore
· 8 months ago
The move by MySpace to support the Windows Mobile platform is overdue and is simply a way for MySpace to have a chance at relevancy on as many platforms as is possible.
I wouldn't view these partnerships as anything other than partnerships of convenience that will not last long. Microsoft and Google are both sitting back to watch how these two social giants move forward. In two years MySpace will be but a fraction of it's current self and irrelevant to these conversations.
This is very interesting. I think MSoft are seeing just how important Social media could be in the future, and wants to cover all the bases. They also seem to "get" just how important accessibility is for social media to reach even greater heights. I would not be surprised to see MSoft doing something similar with Facebook, which really could see MSoft moving to the heart of Social media.....
The Silverlight technology link is also very interesting, especially with Open source elements. MSoft have always been excellent at helping out developers in the hope they will develop great apps that show off their technologies. This is just another example....
I think MySpace will move its videos over to using the Silverlight player. It will save them in hosting costs as there is no need for a streaming server, and for sites as big as MySpace and Facebook, that saving could be massive...
Marco Hansell
· 8 months ago
Hmmmm...will this help them become relevant again? I don't think so. Distribution and accessibility isn't really what's making them lose the social media game right now.
ADMAVEN
· 8 months ago
What's a "Microsoft"?
ADMAVEN
· 8 months ago
Is MySpace a new startup Facebook rival or something? I keep hearing about it in the news; I think it has almost as many users as Facebook now!
And what's this "Microsoft" thing anyway, it sounds like their mobile platform may be a challenger to iPhone!
deepikaur
· 8 months ago
I find this to be interesting. More integration between social networks and search engines. It'll be interesting to see what this leads to.
And will Facebook push towards putting forth a true competitor to MySpace Music?
Alan Edgett
· 8 months ago
Each time I talk to the two companies (FB and Myspace) they rarely seem concerned wih the other and don't view each other as the *only* competition. I don't see this changes much...
Chris Clayton
· 8 months ago
i dont use windows mobile or silverlight, so im not interested in any of these, however i am very curious to see how it plays out.
microsoft owns part of facebook myspace rivals with facebook
google owns part of myspace google rivals with microsoft
microsoft deals with myspace
it all sounds abit like somthing from the OC (not that i watched it much)
Brandi
· 8 months ago
It's about time! Hooray! MSoft is FINALLY seeing the importance of social networks.
Ryan Sauers
· 8 months ago
This is a nice post. It seems social networks are changing faster than we can blog. FB just went thru a major "overhaul" to how it worked. I agree with an earlier post that FB and MySpace have never seemed to see each other as the competition. I think the whole fast paced world of information that I call "noise" is their competition.
lenman360
· 8 months ago
i think Wan Kim summarized it best - the combination of those who won't use the tools, and those who always seem to arrive late to the party.
to me it's another "so what?" news story from Microsoft.
*yawn* ... next!
homepage
· 8 months ago
Definitely confusing... Microsoft and Google each just need to buy one or the other, sorry NewsCorp, and then battle it out. Try the best home page
Mark Edmondson
· 8 months ago
Two over the hill companies (MicroSpace) teaming up to take on the new pack (GoogleBook), and Microsoft going further and further from its hardware routes to take on Google in its home patch - on line. A bit of consolidation going on?
Facebook User
· 8 months ago
oh this could be very different - I will be watching (:-)
Jon Woods
· 8 months ago
Whew boy, I would not upset the Google Gods. You know Google is going to rule the world one day! Maybe even the whole universe!
Once again, awesome writeup and you show up in the home page of http://www.boilingpage.com that tracks the popular web pages in Twitter. Hats off to you!
Very relevant live online debate today on whether a monopoly a good thing in most things digital between PayPal co-founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel and Harvard Law School professor Jonathan Zittrain, who leads a seminar at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society this semester called “The Internet: Ideas at the Frontiers.”
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I wouldn't view these partnerships as anything other than partnerships of convenience that will not last long. Microsoft and Google are both sitting back to watch how these two social giants move forward. In two years MySpace will be but a fraction of it's current self and irrelevant to these conversations.
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John
http://johnfmoore.wordpress.com
The Silverlight technology link is also very interesting, especially with Open source elements. MSoft have always been excellent at helping out developers in the hope they will develop great apps that show off their technologies. This is just another example....
I think MySpace will move its videos over to using the Silverlight player. It will save them in hosting costs as there is no need for a streaming server, and for sites as big as MySpace and Facebook, that saving could be massive...
And what's this "Microsoft" thing anyway, it sounds like their mobile platform may be a challenger to iPhone!
And will Facebook push towards putting forth a true competitor to MySpace Music?
microsoft owns part of facebook
myspace rivals with facebook
google owns part of myspace
google rivals with microsoft
microsoft deals with myspace
it all sounds abit like somthing from the OC (not that i watched it much)
to me it's another "so what?" news story from Microsoft.
*yawn* ... next!
RT
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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Adobe-and-Faceboo...
http://bigthink.com/ideas/peter-thiel-debates-j...