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| 01.11.2024 | Бывший вице-президент Meta* Джей Парих присоединяется к Microsoft | Бывший вице-президент Meta* и генеральный директор Lacework Джей Парих присоединился к Microsoft, сообщила корпорация из Редмонда. В Meta команда Париха отвечала за создание облачной инфраструктуры, которая поддерживала платформы корпорации... |
| 29.11.2019 | Website Builder vs. Custom Design Website | Staff Reporter, Tech Times 29 November 2019, 08:11 pm
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Are you thinking about becoming a professional blogger? Then you'll need to know how to create your own blog with either a website builder or a custom-designed site. In t... |
| 05.11.2019 | Trying To Get Venture Capital Funding For Your Startup? Here’s How To Do It | Launching and running a startup is hard work. Along with creating a website for your business and developing a great product, you also need to think about funding. One type of funding you may want to pursue is venture capital, or “VC.”
It’s... |
| 27.12.2018 | 3 Cost-Effective Ways to Finance the Merger and Acquisition Deal | Facebook acquired Instagram for $1B, Adidas merged with Reebok for $3.8B. That’s how much money is needed to finance the M&A among Fortune 500 companies, while SMBs usually spend somewhere in-between $1M and $10M to acquire the enterpri... |
| 04.09.2018 | Your Brand Is Different, So Why Would You Use the Same Social Media? | In an age when content has been devalued to the point of free—and consumers expect just that—creators can buck the trend by growing a social media audience that is ready and willing to pay. rawpixel/Unsplash
Social media isn’t just about ca... |
| 15.09.2017 | The unforeseen consequences of an AI-built social network | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Artificial intelligence is one of the most powerf... |
| 05.07.2017 | Here’s How to Nab Your Own Corner of the Future Internet Ecosystem | Platforms and niche communities are the future of the internet, and Ning is the world’s largest SaaS platform for creating social networking websites. Not familiar with it? That's what they're hoping to remedy with a new 4th of July-themed ... |
| 29.09.2016 | Higher Logic raises $55 million to help organizations create online communities | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Cloud-based community platform provider Higher Logic has raised $55 million from JMI Equity.
Founded in 2007, Virginia-based Higher Log... |
| 29.09.2016 | Higher Logic raises $55 million to help organizations create online communities | Cloud-based community platform provider Higher Logic has raised $55 million from JMI Equity.
Founded in 2007, Virginia-based Higher Logic is essentially a white-label CRM platform that lets any online organization build private communities ... |
| 30.08.2015 | Why You Should Create a Community Site for Your Business | Today’s Internet is all about connecting with other people. People are social beings- they naturally gravitate towards other people when they are in the same place. It is not a surprise that social networks have exploded in such a big way.
... |
| 06.03.2015 | Lady Gaga’s Backplane Crashes, Burns Money, Tries To Rise Again | You know what no one wants to do? Join a brand’s standalone social network. The problem is that it took Lady Gaga’s startup Backplane four years, multiple founders, and over $14 million to figure that out. According to four sources with int... |
| 28.06.2014 | The Rise Of The “Social Professional” Networks | Jon Bischke Contributor
Editor’s note: Jon Bischke is a founder of Entelo and is an advisor to several startups.
Back in the mid-2000s, many espoused a theory that there would emerge social networks for different types of people. It sounds ... |
| 28.05.2013 | BandPage & Ning team up to help musicians create 'fan communities' | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
SAN FRANCISCO — BandPage and Ning have teamed up ... |
| 18.10.2012 | Why Brands Should Build Their Own Social Communities | When it comes to social media, lead generation is one of the trickiest yet most important metrics. Truth be told, it’s not that easy for companies to turn fans and followers into dollars. And limited data supplied by the big social networks... |
| 10.07.2012 | Glam Upgrades Social Network Builder Ning With Premium Ads, Mobile Web, And A VIP Version | Glam Media is announcing a flurry of new features today centering around Ning, the social network building service that it acquired last year. Collectively, they give some sense of what Ning looks like once it has been integrated into Glam’... |
| 02.06.2012 | How To Cash In On Government As A Platform | Editor’s note: Abhi Nemani is Strategy Director at Code for America, which is a nonprofit helping develop public service opportunities for developers, designers, and entrepreneurs. The Code for America Accelerator is providing seed funding,... |
| 07.05.2012 | Is Now the Time to Launch Your Social Startup? | Fourth in a five-part series.
Right now you can use a service like Ning or GROU.PS to create your own social network. You can develop and launch a customized platform for little money. In short, you can be the next Mark Zuckerberg.
Or maybe... |
| 04.04.2012 | Keen On… Gina Bianchini: How Mightybell Is Reinventing Online Groups [TCTV] | Gina Bianchini is best known, of course, as the co-founder and former CEO of Ning, the social community aggregator which Glam Media bought for $150 million last year. And now (ding dong), Bianchini is back with a new start-up, a social soft... |
| 09.03.2012 | 30 brilliant African tech startups | The methodology behind this list of startups had two simple directives. First, the startup had to have African roots and secondly it had to be brilliant.
More specifically, we were looking for that type of brilliance that exudes intelligenc... |
| 09.03.2012 | 30 brilliant African tech startups | The methodology behind this list of startups had two simple directives. First, the startup had to have African roots and secondly it had to be brilliant.
More specifically, we were looking for that type of brilliance that exudes intelligen... |
| 24.09.2011 | Glam Media Acquires Ning | Glam Media, Inc., a social content platform company with a large online global reach for women, has acquired Ning, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based online platform for building social websites.
Launched in 2005, Glam Media currently has more than ... |
| 21.09.2011 | Ning, Rearden, Adchemy, ArcSoft & More: The Bay Area Deals Roundup, By the Numbers | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The venture funding and merger & acquisition news flies so fast in Silicon Valley that we have a bit of trouble keeping up, to be frank. We’re experimenting with different... |
| 20.09.2011 | Ning Acquired: Here’s How it Evolved Over 6 Years | Today Ning chairman and co-founder Marc Andreessen announced the “merger” of his company with a larger company, Glam Media. In other words, Glam acquired Ning. It’s interesting to look back at the history of Ning, a DIY social networking se... |
| 20.09.2011 | Glam acquires Ning, boasts that it’s now No. 2 in reach behind Facebook | Glam Media, a content and media company focused on women but with increasing ambition, has acquired Ning, a web service that lets people build their own social networks. The purchase price was undisclosed, but the deal is well below Ning’s ... |
| 20.09.2011 | Glam Buys Ning For $150 Million, Andreessen Joins Board | After many twists and turns, DIY social network Ning has finally found a home. Glam Media is buying the network of social networks. A final price is not being disclosed. It is likely more than the $35 million News Corp fetched for MySpace f... |
| 20.09.2011 | Glam acquires Ning, boasts that it’s now No. 2 in reach behind Facebook | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Glam Media, a content and media company focused o... |
| 12.07.2011 | Ning adds in-browser photo editing to social networks (exclusive) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Build-your-own-social-network company Ning announ... |
| 15.06.2011 | Ning lets you charge for your social network | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Build-your-own social networking startup Ning say... |
| 15.06.2011 | Ning Now Allows Network Creators To Charge For Premium Access And Subscriptions | Ning is rolling out a new feature to network creators today—the ability to charge for premium access and subscriptions. The company says it is one of the most requested features and Ning will be making paid access available to all network c... |
| 15.06.2011 | Ning lets you charge for your social network | Build-your-own social networking startup Ning says it has finally found a business model that works by requiring all of its customers to pay for the service. Now it’s expanding that initiative, by allowing those social networks to charge th... |
| 07.06.2011 | Ning Now Lets You Broadcast Live Video with Ustream Integration | Ning announced a new feature today that will enable its users to broadcast video directly from their sites. The capabilities are a result of a partnership with Ustream, bringing the live streaming video capabilities to the social networking... |
| 07.06.2011 | Ning And Ustream Launch In-Depth Integration To Allow Creators To Stream Live Video | Ning and live stream video company Ustream are announcing an integrated partnership today that allows Ning network creators to broadcast live video and audio on their website at anytime, complete with live chat capabilities and more.
With t... |
| 16.03.2011 | HeyZap Goes After Social Discovery, Launches Check-in For Mobile Games | Heyzap, a monetization and distribution platform for online casual games, announced today that it’s going mobile. Launching a social discovery application for mobile games on Android, the startup will be bringing the 1.6 million users it ha... |
| 28.02.2011 | Ning Launches Slick New Mobile Social Tool Called Mogwee | Mogwee launches this evening, an ambitious new product from Ning unrelated to its core social networking service. It’s a new social/communications tool that’s built from the ground up for mobile platforms, beginning with iOS for iPhones, iP... |
| 10.02.2011 | SocialGO raise $2.2m on public markets, new valuation of $24m ahead of re-launch | SocialGO, the community building platform which in the past positioned itself against the likes of Ning, has secured $2.2m in funding from nine institutions in its largest fund raising to date. Since the startup is already floated on the AI... |
| 10.02.2011 | A Listed SocialGO Raises $2.2m On $24m Valuation Ahead Of Needed Re-launch | SocialGO, the community building platform which in the past positioned itself against the likes of Ning, has secured $2.2m in funding from nine institutions in its largest fund raising to date. Since the startup is already floated on the AI... |
| 02.02.2011 | Ning adds lots of knobs and dials to prettify its custom social networks | Ning, the social networking startup that made some big, painful changes last year, just announced two new features that sound like the first in a wave of improvements coming in early 2011.
The Palo Alto, Calif. company allows customers to c... |
| 29.11.2010 | Evly.com first look: Will this new crowdsourcing social network work? | Sometimes it just so happens that a new technology service really speaks to you. The first time I saw Groupon, I thought that it was one of the most compelling services seen in quite some time. Clearly I was not the only one. Google is rumo... |
| 29.11.2010 | Evly.com first look: Will this new crowdsourcing social network work? | Sometimes it just so happens that a new technology service really speaks to you. The first time I saw Groupon, I thought that it was one of the most compelling services seen in quite some time. Clearly I was not the only one. Google is rumo... |
| 21.10.2010 | Ning Gets Its Groupon On | Here come the Groupon partnerships. In what may be the first of several big distribution deals aimed at cementing its lead in social commerce, Groupon and Ning are launching an affiliate beta program today. Anyone who runs a Ning social net... |
| 15.10.2010 | Twitterfeed Adds Easy Money Option for Publishers | Publishing service Twitterfeed announced this week that it has partnered with UK startup SkimLinks to offer publishers an option to automatically turn product links and references on blogs into affiliate sales links. Twitterfeed automates t... |
| 12.10.2010 | Ning brings custom social networks to your smartphone | Build-your-own social network startup Ning had some very visible difficulties earlier this year as it refocused on paying customers, killed its free product, and laid off 40 percent of its staff. But chief executive Jason Rosenthal says Nin... |
| 12.10.2010 | Ning Everywhere Debuts With Third-Party Extensions, Mobile Apps And More | Tonight, social network platform Ning is giving users a new, more customizable way to interact with their social networks with the launch of Ning Everywhere.
Ning CEO Jason Rosenthal says that network creators were asking for three major im... |
| 02.08.2010 | It's a WinWin, Grou.ps launches referral program for Ning exiles | Hoping to cash in further on Ning’s shuttering of its free version, competitor Grou.ps is upping the ante with the launch of “WinWin”, a referral program directly targeting so-called Ning exiles.
The service claims to have already migrated ... |
| 13.07.2010 | As Campaign Ends, Was Calling Out “Dying Platforms” Good for Posterous? | San Francisco-based micro-blogging service Posterous launched a marketing campaign back in June that raised a few eyebrows across the Web for its apparently brazen approach. The company has been rolling out new tools since the beginning of ... |
| 24.06.2010 | Ning Partners With Pearson To Sponsor Free Network Access For Educators | When Ning shuttered its free service for creating social networks back in April, educators and schools who were using the platform expresses their concern at the company’s decision to include educations networks created by schools and colle... |
| 24.06.2010 | Posterous and Ambition: A Lesson for Startups? | The tech industry is full of battles – epic and otherwise – between companies that position themselves (or are positioned by others, perhaps) as enemies: Apple versus Microsoft. Google versus Microsoft.
Having a target like this isn’t a bad... |
| 16.06.2010 | After Going Premium, Ning Adds E-Commerce And Gaming Revenue Channels For Networks | It’s been no secret that social network platform Ning has been going through a significant transition in both its leadership and business model in 2010. In March, longtime CEO Gina Bianchini was replaced by COO Jason Rosenthal. And in April... |
| 11.06.2010 | Will the cloud have its own Deepwater Horizon disaster? | reader comments 46 with 40 posters participating
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| 04.05.2010 | Ning Announces New Pricing Model, Free Nings for Teachers | Social networking site Ning announced its new pricing scheme today, following its announcement last month that it will abandon the freemium model and eliminate free subscriptions.
In July, the company will roll out three tiers of service – ... |
| 04.05.2010 | Ning ka-ching | Article content
The social networking site Ning is putting an end to its free service as of July.
The company told Ning users today starting in July, Ning Networks will come at a price – starting at $3 a month for Ning Mini up to $50 a mont... |
| 04.05.2010 | Ning Goes Premium | The past two months have been tumultuous for social network platform Ning. In March, longtime CEO Gina Bianchini was replaced by COO Jason Rosenthal. And less than three weeks ago, Ning’s bubble burst — the company laid off 40% of its staff... |
| 03.05.2010 | Is Ning About To Launch Its Own AdSense? (Update: Nope) | In the last two months, Ning has been making some drastic changes. In March, longtime CEO Gina Bianchini was replaced by COO Jason Rosenthal. Then, less than three weeks ago, Ning’s bubble burst — the company laid off 40% of its staff and k... |
| 27.04.2010 | Google acquires Web gadget and game developer LabPixies for up to $25M | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Google announced today that it has acquired LabPixies, an Israeli company that develops web-based gadgets and games for its iGoogle per... |
| 27.04.2010 | Google acquires Web gadget and game developer LabPixies for up to $25M | Google announced today that it has acquired LabPixies, an Israeli company that develops web-based gadgets and games for its iGoogle personalized homepage, Facebook, and other social sites. The company also develops mobile apps and games for... |
| 16.04.2010 | Is the Freemium Model (Still) Viable for Startups? | In an email to staff yesterday, new Ning CEO Jason Rosenthal wrote that “When I became CEO 30 days ago, I told you I would take a hard look at our business. This process has brought real clarity to what’s working, what’s not, and what we ne... |
| 30.03.2010 | Webs brings Facebook Connect to DIY sites | Veteran site-building tool erases registration process, beats Yola, Weebly, Ning to the punch
The younger your startup, the more innovative, usually. But sometimes the veterans surprise you. Webste builder Webs (formerly FreeWebs, founded w... |
| 16.03.2010 | Andreessen doesn’t need to worry about Ning | Co-founder can’t help but make a killing, regardless of executive shuffle.
By now you probably know that Gina Bianchini, the very visible CEO of white-label social network platform Ning has left the company and been replaced by COO Jason Ro... |
| 16.03.2010 | How does Ning plan on making money? | Former CEO Gina Bianchini sits down for an interview before she steps down from the helm
I recently got a chance to interview Gina Bianchini, co-founder of Ning, a social networking publishing platform. When I asked her what her dream exit ... |
| 15.03.2010 | Gina Bianchini Replaced As Ning CEO By COO Jason Rosenthal | Ning CEO Gina Bianchini is being replaced as the CEO of Ning by COO Jason Rosenthal. Bianchini founded the DIY network of social networks with Marc Andreessen. But after five and half years at the helm, she is ready to try something new. Sh... |
| 15.03.2010 | Ning CEO Bianchini steps down to become EIR at Andreessen Horowitz | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Ning CEO and co-founder Gina Bianchini is leaving... |
| 15.03.2010 | Ning CEO Bianchini steps down to become EIR at Andreessen Horowitz | Ning CEO and co-founder Gina Bianchini is leaving the build-your-own-social-network startup to become an executive-in-residence at Andreessen Horowitz, the new venture firm from her co-founder and Netscape creator Marc Andreessen.
Chief ope... |
| 05.03.2010 | 2 Services for DIY Mobile Social Networks | Forget building your own iPhone app, you can now build your own mobile social network! Two companies – Shoutem and Socialight – are offering platforms that allow anyone to design, develop and launch their very own social networks for mobile... |
| 03.03.2010 | ShoutEm brings mobile social networking to screaming fans and more | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Social networking, on a scale as large as Twitter and Facebook, is great for connecting with people and finding information. It’s not v... |
| 03.03.2010 | ShoutEm brings mobile social networking to screaming fans and more | Social networking, on a scale as large as Twitter and Facebook, is great for connecting with people and finding information. It’s not very good for finding people with common interests, and talking about those interests.
That’s why, even wi... |
| 03.02.2010 | Davos Interviews: Ning CEO Gina Bianchini Insists Facebook Isn't A Competitor | Up next in our series of tech interviews at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last week: Gina Bianchini, the CEO of social networking service Ning.
Ning has never had the press attention of Facebook and Twitter. But there are 4... |
| 27.01.2010 | Drupal Goes Hosted With Private Beta Launch of "Gardens" (Invites) | Open source content management system Drupal is increasingly being used by organizations, corporations and governments to power their websites and communities.
To name but a few entities who rely on Drupal for their websites: The White Hous... |
| 19.01.2010 | Ning now supports 2 million social networks, touches up branding | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Ning, the company that lets you build your own so... |
| 19.01.2010 | Ning now supports 2 million social networks, touches up branding | Ning, the company that lets you build your own social network, crossed the two-million network mark this month. Co-founded by Marc Andreessen, Ning helps people create niche social networks around special interests from social justice to la... |
| 08.01.2010 | Ning SVP Engineering Lands At Facebook In Mystery Role | Former Ning exec Jay Parikh left that company in October 2009 after two years as SVP Engineering and Operations. By November he was working at Facebook.
Facebook confirms his employment, saying “We’re pleased that Jay Parikh has joined Face... |
| 15.12.2009 | Grouply Rolls Out A More Social And Customizable Version Of Online Groups Platform | Grouply, a startup that’s built around creating an managing online groups from Google and Yahoo Groups, is launching a more customizable and social version of its service. Launched in 2006, Grouply was one the pioneers of the socialization ... |
| 02.11.2009 | Webs.com Launches Its Own Application Platform And App Store | Site builder Webs.com (formerly known as Freewebs) is launching a new App Store today with the hopes of helping its members customize their sites with rich, dynamic web apps without having to deal with widgets. The company is adopting a mod... |
| 21.10.2009 | 5 O’Clock Roundup: Status update fever, Ning’s gift currency, Google music service | Google to launch music service — It will be something like Google Finance for music, but with the addition of downloads. Reporter Brad Stone gathered an exceptionally insidery report for the New York Times:
“For example, if you search for G... |
| 20.10.2009 | Ning Launches Virtual Gifts, Allows Network Creators To Design Their Own | Today Ning, the platform that lets users build their own social networks, is launching a new feature called Ning Virtual Gifts, bringing a built-in virtual goods store to the site’s 1.6 million networks. Virtual gifts have become increasing... |
| 07.10.2009 | Cleveland’s Within3 evolves (out of social networking?) | “This ends the speculation about will social media take off in health care,” said Lance Hill, president and chief executive officer at Within3. “This is a broad, marquee and highly visible example.”
Within3 is named after the idea that most... |
| 10.09.2009 | Ning Launches Ning Apps With 90 New OpenSocial Apps | Ning, the popular online service that allows users to create their own custom social networking sites, launched Ning Apps today. Ning Apps gives users the ability to embed over 90 new apps and widgets on their social networks. Given that Ni... |
| 10.09.2009 | After Lengthy Delays, Ning Launches Ning Apps Platform To The Public | Ning, the social network platform that lets users build their own social networks, has launched its application platform Ning Apps to the public. The platform allows Network Creators to customize the features on their networks by adding app... |
| 10.09.2009 | Custom social networks can now add Ning Apps | Build-your-own-social-network company Ning is joining the ranks of sites like Facebook and LinkedIn with the launch of an application platform for outside developers. While most social networking apps are targeted at users, Ning Apps are bu... |
| 10.09.2009 | Custom social networks can now add Ning Apps | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Build-your-own-social-network company Ning is joi... |
| 13.08.2009 | Andreessen gets back into browsers with RockMelt? | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Netscape founder turned investor Marc Andreessen ... |
| 26.07.2009 | Investing Or Marketing? The Real Reason Lightspeed Invested In Ning At A Crazy Valuation | A lot of readers were incredulous over last week’s news that Ning raised another $15 million in venture capital from Lightspeed Venture Partners at a $750 million valuation. That comes despite the fact that Ning traffic appears to be flatli... |
| 21.07.2009 | Lofty valuations aren’t over for everyone — Ning raises $15M, valued at $750M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Ning, a startup that lets users create their own ... |
| 21.07.2009 | Lofty valuations aren’t over for everyone — Ning raises $15M, valued at $750M | Ning, a startup that lets users create their own social networks, has raised $15 million in a fifth round of venture funding. The news was first reported in BoomTown, and a Ning spokeswoman confirmed the story.
The round, which comes from L... |
| 21.07.2009 | As Ning's U.S. Audience Flattens, It Raises Another $15 Million. | Do-it-yourself social network Ning has added another $15 million to its coffers from LightSpeed Venture Partners, the company has confirmed to us. This brings the total capital raised to $119 million. Its other investors include Allen &... |
| 14.07.2009 | Blackbox Republic is creating a social network around sex (positivity) | The team behind a new social networking site called Blackbox Republic is coming out of stealth mode today. They don’t have much to show off yet, since the the social network won’t launch until this fall, but the Portland, Ore., company has ... |
| 05.07.2009 | Web pioneer Andreessen raises $300M for new venture capital firm | Marc Andreessen, the entrepreneur who co-founded the first significant Web browser Netscape at 22, is moving on to his next profession: Venture Capitalism.
Andreessen (pictured left) with his long-time business partner, Ben Horowitz (right)... |
| 25.06.2009 | Grou.ps comes together with funding, business models | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
There are a wide variety of create-your-own socia... |
| 25.06.2009 | Grou.ps comes together with funding, business models | There are a wide variety of create-your-own social networking companies out there, with the most prominent one being Ning. But a relatively young — and very scrappy — new competitor called Grou.ps is one the rise. It is seeing 25 percent gr... |
| 16.06.2009 | Twitter Event Suite Solves Planning Twubbles | Twubs – it’s not the mean-spirited nickname the kids called us in high school, nor is it the Miami Vice detective opposite Don Johnson. Similar to Hashtags.org, Twubs is a Twitter aggregator that allows users to contribute on breaking news,... |
| 16.06.2009 | Want To Pitch Marc Andreessen, Roelof Botha or Marissa Mayer? Apply For Your Shot At TechCrunch50 By June 30 | Ning’s Marc Andreessen, Sequoia Capital’s Roelof Botha and Google’s Marissa Mayer will return to our third-annual TechCrunch50 conference Panel of Experts September 14 – 15 in San Francisco. Our experts judge the fifty startups launching at... |
| 15.06.2009 | CollectiveX Gets Axed, Rebrands as Groupsite.com | As of now, the brand of custom social network service CollectiveX is no more, and the “social collaboration communities” of Groupsite.com have taken its place. Obvious names for social web platforms may not be all the rage (Ning, anyone?), ... |
| 12.06.2009 | Report: Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz raise $300M venture fund | Well-known angel investing partners Marc Andreessen (pictured) and Ben Horowitz have finished raising money for what has become a $300 million venture fund, according to an article in BoomTown that cites “numerous sources close to the situa... |
| 19.05.2009 | Clearleft Redesigns WWF’s Iconic Global Conservation Website | ... User experience enhanced through the re-launch of www.panda.org …
Tuesday 19 May 2009, Clearleft Ltd, a specialist design consultancy that helps organisations improve their online experiences, today announced that it has redesigned www.... |
| 13.05.2009 | Ning Gets A Star Studded Boost From The Collective | Over the last few months celebrities have become something of a currency on the social web as services vie to attract big-name stars (and gather the resulting media coverage and new users in the process). Twitter has garnered the most atten... |
| 06.05.2009 | Ning’s one million networks get their own applications | Create-your-own-social-network provider Ning has offered a developer platform for years — users across its one million social networks could add simple music players, slideshow applications and more. But now Ning is taking the platform conc... |
| 06.05.2009 | Ning Apps Bring A New Dimension Of Flexibility And Power To The Social Network Platform | Ning‘s social network-building platform is getting a huge boost today, with the private beta launch of Ning Apps, a new suite of applications and features that Network Creators will be able to deploy across their networks with only a few cl... |
| 23.04.2009 | GeoCities Closure Signals End of an Era – Will Others Survive on Freemium Model? | Yahoo has announced that its website creation service GeoCities, which it acquired for $4.5 billion in 1999, will close later this year. Existing customers are being encouraged to “upgrade” to Yahoo! Web Hosting, which offers a site-buildin... |
| 16.04.2009 | Ning: 1 Million Social Networks Strong | Ning is going to be reaching a big milestone this week, when it sees its one millionth social network created on its self-serve platform. Ning, which had its initial beta launch in 2005 and ‘full’ launch in 2007, makes it easy for people to... |
| 16.04.2009 | Ning’s 200,000 active social networks are starting to add up | Ning lets anyone (not in the porn business) create their own social network, and the company says that sometime today the millionth social network will be formed on the site.
Of all the networks formed, some 200,000 are currently active, ch... |
| 16.04.2009 | Ning Now Hosts 1 Million Social Networks | Just last October, we reported that Ning hosted half a million social networks, and today, the social network provider announced that it has hit 1 million networks. Ning, which hosts custom social networks, was co-founded by Marc Andreesen ... |
