(9 May 2008 8:00 pm)

MUMBAI: Social networking site MySpace, a unit of Fox Interactive Media Inc, has partnered with Yahoo!, Twitter, eBay and Photobucket as a part of its new MySpace "Data Availability" initiative.

The initiative aims to offer the global MySpace community an opportunity to share their public profile data with websites of their choice throughout the Internet.

MySpace, and its launch partners, will allow users to share the content and data of their choice that include publicly available basic profile information, MySpace photos, MySpaceTV videos, and friend networks.

Integration of the "Data Availability" project will roll to MySpace users and participating websites in the coming weeks.

"The walls around the garden are coming down - the implementation of data availability injects a new layer of social activity and creates a more dynamic Internet," said MySpace CEO and co-founder Chris DeWolfe.

"We, alongside our "Data Availability" launch partners, are pioneering a new way for the global community to integrate their social experiences web-wide," he added.

"The launch of 'Data Availability' is an unprecedented move to further socialise the web and empower users to control their online content and data. We are thrilled to begin this initiative with a world class suite of landmark partners and invite websites around the world to participate," said MySpace chief operating officer Amit Kapur.