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MySpace Set to Let Widgets Reign

The world's largest online social network opens its doors to third-party developers.

BioMedExperts Searches for Researchers

BioMedExperts, a niche social networking site, aims to help promote collaborative medical research and development among health care and life science researchers around the world.
Internet, Finance

hakia Searches and Scores $5M

Natural language search engine hakia claims to provide more accurate results than Google. But analysts say the startup has a ways to go.
Computers, General news, Internet

Facebook: Zango Adware Violates Terms

Social-networking site acknowledges Secret Crush widget adware violates application developer terms of use.
Internet, Finance

PlayFirst Scores $16.5M

PlayFirst's ability to separate young female gamers from their pocket cash makes the casual-gaming startup attractive to investors.
General news, Media, Internet

Social Networks to Connect With $4B in Ads

Worldwide social network ad spending is expected to top $4 billion in 2011, according to a report from eMarketer.
Media, Internet

Bebo Joins Facebook Widget Party

Social-networking site Bebo announces the launch of its Open Application Platform, opening its Facebook-compatible API to third-party developers.
General news, Media, Internet

Friendster Seeks Widget Friends

Friendster follows Facebook's lead and opens its network to third-party developers, announcing the launch of the social site's own developer program and directory of more than 180 applications.
Internet, Finance

Scrapblog Scraps Together Funding

Scrapblog, the scrapbooking web site, announced Monday that it has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Steamboat Ventures as part of its first round of funding.

Barbara Walters Discovers MySpace

MySpace founders, Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson, make Walters' list of The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2007.