Category Archives: Social Networks

Ning

  Created by Marc Andresseen and Gina Bianchini in Oct 2004, Palo Alto, CA (ning.com) Ning is a social network site that lets anyone create theri own social network. Ning offers the latest social networking features, all infinitely customizable to … Continue reading

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Video: Social Media Overview

Social Media = Blogs, Podcasts, Video and Photo Sharing, Wikis This video focuses on basics of social media: new technology that makes everyone a producer and tools that give everyone a chance to have a say. Courtesy of “CommonCraft.com”. How social … Continue reading

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friendfeed

founded by these former Google employees:  Bret Taylor, Jim Norris, Paul Buchheit, Sanjeev Singh in Mountainview CA Friendfeed is a one stop shop for all your social networking updates and news items. Also refered to as a social network aggregator. … Continue reading

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Facebook

   founded Feb 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg – Palo Alto, CA This is an extremely interesting article from http://www.crunchbase.com/company/facebook  On February 4th, 2004 Mark Zuckerberg launched The Facebook, a social network that was at the time exclusively for Harvard students. … Continue reading

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