Remains of the Day: Social-ism

30.06.2011
It's a social kind of day: News Corp. bids adieu to Myspace, Google launches its answer to Facebook, and don't miss the first Holy Tweet. The remainders for Wednesday, June 29, 2011 are making friends all over the place.

(All Things D)

Remember Myspace? It was a bit like Facebook, back in the day, but nobody made a movie about it. The company, which was bought by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in 2005 for the hefty price tag of $580 million, has now been sold off to advertising network Specific Media for just about 16 percent of its previous value. The deal did not include .

(TechCrunch)

By now you've probably heard of Google's new social networking push, Google+. If it looks a little bit more user-friendly than previous Google ventures, you can thank none other than , the former Apple employee who helped develop the original Macintosh OS. Hertzfeld has been a Google employee since 2005, but this is apparently his first opportunity to really cut loose. I guess that would explain why my first Google+ friend is .

(Cult of Mac)