MySpace MySpace's Last Gasp: We're All New! (We're Still a Social Network) Today, MySpace is launching what may be its last-ditch effort to save itself before owner News Corp makes other plans, or even sells off the ailing company. With the launch of the "new MySpace," a social entertainment hub that allows for the discovery of music, celebrities, television, movies, games, videos, photos and offline events is revealed… Social Sarah Perez View comments
News Yahoo Mail Gets a Speed Boost with Redesign While we've seen Yahoo Mail grow increasingly more social over the past couple years, today the site unveiled its first major redesign in five years. The new Yahoo Mail promises to be faster, spam-free and full of new features that bring apps, social connections and communications beyond the simple email to its users. Mike Melanson View comments
Features Which Programming Languages Are on the Rise? Peter Wayner from InfoWorld wrote a story yesterday about the "7 Programming Languages on the Rise". Noting that the "mainstream is broad and deep," he says that most enterprise developers need to know one of the predominant programming languages, which he identifies as Java, C#, or PHP. But he argues that a number of "niche languages" are… Hack Audrey Watters View comments
E-Commerce The Story of Groupon & its Daily Deals Social shopping has been a big trend over the past year and there have been few more successful startups in this domain than Groupon. It's a relatively simple concept: offer daily shopping deals to groups of consumers. The details are a little more complicated, in that a deal only eventuates if a pre-set number of people take it. But that's what… Richard MacManus View comments
NYT Is This Twitter's New Custom Data Center? Utah-based C7 Data Center announced today that it has opened a new 65,000 square foot facility in south Salt Lake County. The new data center, boasting 40,000 square foot of available space, is open and ready for immediate occupancy. According to C7, "several large companies" have signed multi-year agreements to move in, including an… Social Audrey Watters View comments