Recent Blog
- December 07 2010 - MySpace Developer Blog
Open sourcing the Myspace gadget renderer
Myspace has always been committed to open standards and the open Internet. The Myspace Developer Platform team is now taking it a step further and will be open sourcing our internally developed Myspace OpenSocial Gadget container. Now the (...) - November 29 2010 - MySpace Developer Blog
Like Us on Facebook
We now have a Facebook page dedicated to the Myspace developer community. In addition to our blog, twitter, and newsletter, this is another great place to find news, updates, and events about our platform. Aligned with our continued efforts of commu (...) - November 10 2010 - MySpace Developer Blog
User Homepage App Module Testing
For the next 1-2 days we'll be conducting some tests on the user homepage app modules on the new Myspace, so don't be alarmed if traffic patterns to your games from that source are irregular during this test. For users who a) have the (...) - November 05 2010 - MySpace Developer Blog
Watch Today’s Games Webcast
Thanks to everyone who attended our first ever live webcast for developers. There were a lot of really great questions. For those of you that weren't able to make it, don't worry, you can watch it at your leisure here. The first few seconds g (...) - November 04 2010 - MySpace Developer Blog
Don't Forget! Live Webcast at 3pm PT Today
Join the event here: http://vivu.tv/portal/Join?flow=395-535-6814 Our live webcast will feature a personal introduction of the new Myspace from Mike Macadaan, our VP of User Experience & Design. Manu Rekhi, GM of Games, will then walk thr (...) - November 02 2010 - MySpace Developer Blog
Erlang Factory Lite conference hosted at Myspace LA on Nov 7th
Myspace and The BitSource are hosting the Erlang Factory Lite conference on Nov 7th at the Myspace Beverly Hills headquarters. The event will be free to attend and will run from 11am - 4pm. The Erlang Lite meeting aims to brin (...) - October 27 2010 - MySpace Developer Blog
Webcast on Nov 4, 2010
The new Myspace is here, and we couldn't be more excited. We're placing the focus on showcasing games more. Users have more ways than ever to discover popular and relevant games and see what their friends are playing. Check out Manu' (...) - October 27 2010 - MySpace Developer Blog
The new Myspace
We've just launched the new Myspace, designed to satisfy and showcase what we're all into. Games are more of a focus now - our new site makes it easier for users to discover games and for you to grow and engage with your audience. With the ne (...) - October 01 2010 - MySpace Developer Blog
Updating Permissions on REST API endpoints
At MySpace we take the privacy of our users seriously. As we continue to improve the privacy controls and permissions being presented to our users we will be applying these upgraded permission controls to both the newer OpenSocial 1.0 REST APIs (...) - September 15 2010 - MySpace Developer Blog
New App Viral Features
We've recently introduced three new viral features that we feel will make it easier for games to grow on myspace. Here's a rundown of the new goodies for developers...Enabled Share on myspace for onsite apps. This is an improved way for apps (...) - August 30 2010 - MySpace Developer Blog
MySpace Introduces Sync with Facebook
Today we're introducing Sync with Facebook, www.myspace.com/guide/sync, which allows MySpace users, musicians, and celebrities around the world to sync their status updates with their Facebook profile or Page, while also offering them the ability (...) - August 19 2010 - MySpace Developer Blog
Searching for Games Just Got Easier
We've recently made some changes to our global search product to allow users to discover games more easily. Our current search product is tabbed by content vertical, so users can search for something within Music or Video. We have now added a Gam (...) - August 12 2010 - MySpace Developer Blog
App Testing on the User Homepage and Profile Surfaces
Over the past few days we have been testing different options for the amount of apps a user can display on their homepage (UHP) and profile. Due to this testing, some of your apps may be affected and may not show on the UHP or profile for som (...) - August 11 2010 - MySpace Developer Blog
MySpace Previews New User Homepage With Two Column Stream
Starting this week, users have the option to preview our new user homepage. The new user homepage prominently displays the activity stream and makes sharing and discovering new content easier than ever. As users log-in to MySpace, there is a prompt (...) - August 05 2010 - MySpace Developer Blog
Updates on Daily Limits for App Invites
Hello pirates, ninjas, and developers... just a quick update on our efforts to limit (throttle) the number of invites a user can send via an app per day. In the original blog post, we communicated the plan was to initially limit invites that can be s (...) - August 04 2010 - MySpace Developer Blog
New Canvas Ad Unit
Today we began testing the location of two new ad units on the App Canvas page (the game play surface). Since the units appear in the gutters of App Canvas pages (the game play surface area), they will not affect the current size of the Canvas page. (...) - July 23 2010 - MySpace Developer Blog
Showing 1.0 Apps on Profile
We've been getting occassional reports of apps written in 1.0 not showing when they correctly specify a content block for the profile surface.ex: <Content type="html" view="profile"> ... </Content> While we' (...) - June 23 2010 - MySpace Developer Blog
Apps Shortcut Added to the WebIM Bar
We are continuing to add new ways for users to engage with their Apps and Games on MySpace. Today we have added a shortcut to users’ Apps from the WebIM bar. All users by default have access to the WebIM bar, and it persistent at the bo (...) - June 22 2010 - MySpace Developer Blog
New Games filter in the Stream
We wanted to make you aware of some Game and App testing we’re doing in the Stream starting today. We’ve added Games filters so users can sort through the Stream based on the content they want to see. So, users that just want to see posts relate (...) - June 14 2010 - MySpace Developer Blog
Planned Maintenance Affecting Apps on 6.15.2010
A quick heads up that we have some planned network maintenance scheduled for tomorrow morning, June 15th. The maintenance window is from 7:00AM - 10:00AM (PST). We have scheduled it in the morning to minimize disruption. The impact during (...)
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Announcements
The new Myspace is here, and it's fantastic. Check out our latest blog to better understand the changes to games and how they’ll affect developers.
WEBCAST
If you were unable to attend our live webcast on November 4th, you can watch the event here.