Data Availability

MySpace Supports OpenID, Data Availability for Flixter, Eventful

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 22, 2008 - 12:59pm.

Los Angeles - News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) MySpace on Tuesday announced its support for OpenID, an initiative that lets users of supported websites login to all of them using a single username and password. In addition, the company announced two new implementations of its Data Availability initiative, designed to allow MySpace users to automatically port content and data from their profiles to other social media sites. MySpace users will now be able to share profile content with their accounts on movie reviews community Flixter and local event listings service Eventful.

MySpace Lets Users Share Profile Data on Yahoo, Twitter, eBay

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 9, 2008 - 8:45am.

Los Angeles - News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) MySpace has announced the launch of a new "Data Availability" initiative, which will allow users to share their public profile data on third-party websites of their choosing, including Yahoo (NASD: YHOO), eBay, Photobucket and Twitter. The idea is to eliminate the need to update personal information across many websites, and instead use MySpace for updating, to include basic profile information, friend networks, photos, blog posts and videos.