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Elgg 1.1 Released

Elgg announced version 1.1 about a week ago. We looked at Elgg a while back when it was young and a bit more education-centric, but it has matured into an […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- November 8, 2008
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iPhone Interface for Ning

FYI, those of you with a Ning social network can look forward to an iPhone-optimized interface after tonight’s release. It will be an iPhone web app (not a native app), and […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- September 25, 2008
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Wiki Social Network

Wikia just released an open source social networking extension to MediaWiki, allowing anyone with a MediaWiki install to let their users create profiles, upload avatars, message each other, and do other […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- February 28, 2008
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Ning == SPAM

Well, I’ve had it. I must get at least a dozen “please join my crappy network” invite messages each week from Ning networks. I haven’t yet found a way to […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- February 25, 2008
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User Participation

I spoke with one of my social networking clients today about how to get their user participation up. My client mentioned that they saw people registering, but they just weren”t […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- November 8, 2007
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iFood.tv, a foodie social network, powered by Drupal

Read/WriteWeb had a favorable article recently about a new social network for foodies: iFood.tv. It features the standard social network elements, but also allows users to create, share, rate, and comment […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- September 12, 2007
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ModelsHotel, $1.5 million for $300

TechCrunch wrote an article today about ModelsHotel, a social network for models only. You have to be a professional model to join. The writeup was prompted by an article about […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- September 11, 2007