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KickApps — turnkey social networking

TechCrunch had a mini-review today about KickApps, a turnkey social networking service/platform casino that offers widgets, SNS hosting, and an open API.

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- June 20, 2007
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Ning for Fast Social Networks like GeekBuddy

FYI I started up a new VSN on Ning called GeekBuddy. You can find it at geekbuddy.ning.com. I built it mostly to learn more about the Ning platform, since I […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- May 18, 2007
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Free Photos & Videos for your Site Users

photobucket has a photo-sharing widget that you can plug into your site, allowing your web site visitors to upload, access, and share images from their Photobucket account. Granted, users need […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- January 25, 2007
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Amazon.com Greybox Product and Barriers to Entry

I was reading TechCrunch today and noticed an article about booBox, a lightbox product that allows Amazon affiliates to incorporate cool web-2.0 “popups” with Amazon.com products into their site. I […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- January 21, 2007
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Shuzak.com: Social Network for Geeks

Well, I may have to start up a social networking category. I ran across Shuzak, a “social network for geeks.” While the idea of niche-based social networks (or vertical social […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- January 15, 2007
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Free Social Networking Software

As I mentioned in Social Networking for Sale, I believe social networking software/sites (SNS) will become pretty commoditized in 2007. It’s already pretty cheap & easy to get your own […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- January 14, 2007
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Social Networking for Sale

I’ve been talking with different clients about building social networking sites. What I’m hearing more is the interest in specialized or vertical social networks (VSNs). Then what I hear is […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- January 4, 2007