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KickApps, the white label social networking platform, has partnered with Userplane to bring Userplane's chat technology to KickApps'

The iPhone App Store is here and if you have an iPhone like most of us at ReadWriteWeb,

What are the number one problems facing today's social networks? According to the young developer Vladislav Chernyshov they

According to a new report, over the past 12 months more than four-fifths of social networking site users

Rareshare is a social network for people coping with rare diseases like adrenomyeloneuropathy or erythromelalgia. Rareshare was created

As Twitter began to fail on a regular basis, many of its users turned to other micro-blogging services

Signal Patterns, makers of scientific-based social web apps, have just released a Facebook app whose goal is to

iYomu was a social network designed for adults, that launched in August 2007 with a splashy $1 million

Is LinkedIn worth $1bn? Yes. Why? Because Bain Capital says it is. The stock is not public, so

Social networking site Facebook has launched a Chinese-language version of its web site. Users logging into the site

Last week we started a new series called Mainstream Web Watch, in which we'll be exploring how the

Last month a new travel social network called Tripwolf launched into private beta. The site offers a variety

CollegeNET is a new, education-based social network where participation can lead to more tangible results than a large

UK Says Yes, EU is Considering, is US Next? A recent study in the UK showed that most

Businesses strive to find the best avenues to connect with their audience. Today, social media is one

With all the frustration, confusion, and support going towards Twitter this week, a break from Twitter might be

Recently we discussed some of the problems plaguing mobile social networks. These problems include location, marketing strategies and

Giant social networks Myspace and Facebook have plans to expand beyond their walls. Myspace announced on Thursday its

A new report from Royal Pingdom reveals that Twitter unsurprisingly led social networks in downtime for the first

A study that will appear in tomorrow's New Scientist magazine found that social media sites, blogs, and instant