Did MySpace actually get its redesign right?

Whether or not the redesign turns the social network around, analysts and design experts seem to agree it's a step in the right direction.

The MySpace homepage.

When MySpace unveiled its radically different logo at the Warm Gun Design conference in San Francisco two weeks ago, the media -- Fortune, included -- scratched their heads. Was the struggling social network off its rocker?

As it would turn out, yes, but in a very good way. More

Posted in: Augie Ray, Facebook, Jon Miller, MySpace, News Corporation, San Francisco, social network, Windows Phone 7

• What is MySpace now: an empty space?

  The new logo could be a way for users to see their best selves in the soon to be rebooted social network. Or it could lead them to see nothing at all.

  Late last week, the new MySpace logo was unveiled at the Warm Gun Design conference in San Francisco: the word "my" in a sans serif font (presumably Helvetica) followed by a bracketed underscore representing a space. Get it?

  "MySpace is MORE

  JP Mangalindan, Writer - Oct 11, 2010 12:28 PM ET
  Posted in: Facebook, Jason Hirschhorn, Jon Miller, Logo, Mike Macadaan, MySpace, News Corp., social network, TechCrunch, Twitter, User experience

• Top 10 quotes from Brainstorm Tech

  From Pattie Sellers' Postcards column: Our 10 favorites from the mouths of media moguls, tech titans, Tweeters and more.

  Tom Ziegler, Senior Editor - Jul 28, 2009 12:51 PM ET
  Posted in: Ashton Kutcher, Barry Diller, Ben Silverman, biz stone, Bob Iger, Howard Dean, Jeffrey Katzenberg, john, John Donahoe, Jon Miller, Randall Stephenson, Twitter

• News Corp.'s digital future

  Less than six months into his new role as head of News Corp. (NWSA), digital chief Jon Miller has no acquisitions planned. Instead, he said Thursday, he's going to seed innovation from inside the company and spoke of "putting the house in order" first.

  While he didn't comment on News Corp.'s rumored plans to release a kindle-like digital device (News Corp. has denied that it will) he also talked at length MORE

  Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Jul 24, 2009 2:54 PM ET
  Posted in: Jon Miller, MySpace, News Corp.

• Kosmix searches for a new way around Google

  By Yi-Wyn Yen

  These days, getting a large handout from venture capitalists is rare. It's even tougher when your startup needs a lot of cash to compete with Google.

  Kosmix, however, has defied the odds. In late October, the plucky startup raised $20 million, led by Fortune's parent company Time Warner (TWX), by assuring investors that Google is not the only way to search on the Web. Kosmix says it takes a MORE

  yiwyn - Dec 9, 2008 2:12 PM ET
  Posted in: anand rajaraman, Google, Internet, Jon Miller, kosmix, Search, startups