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Facebook Unfriends MySpace's iLike

Facebook is restricting MySpace's social music discover site iLike from showing people's music data in their profiles -- the songs and artists they like -- or alerting them to upcoming concerts through Facebook notifications. According to TechCrunch, the ban on notifications is likely part of Facebook's recent moves to fight "app spam." It's not clear what music data will be pulled from profiles, but it could cover all the data iLike collects about users -- their music preferences and recommendations.

Even though iLike is the top music app on Facebook, with 12 million active monthly users, the two companies have been at odds since iLike was acquired by MySpace. The recent deal with Google Music to show iLike/MySpace Music results only made matters worse, according to TechCrunch.

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