Roundup: Social network Hi5 launches its developer platform, Facebook does regular old targeted advertising, and more
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Social network Hi5 publicly launches its developer platform — San Francisco-based Hi5 may be a big opportunity for developers of third-party applications that live on social networks. It is popular in places like Portugal, Thailand and select countries of Latin America. Overall, it’s one of the largest social networks worldwide, with more than 35 million monthly active users — and the company claims that only 25 percent of them also have profiles… Continue Reading
Social shopping site ThisNext draws $5M
[update 2/5: The company said it will "in the next couple weeks" close an unspecified venture debt funding, Chief Executive Gordon Gould told VentureWire. ]
Social shopping has proven to be a popular concept lately, with a number of companies offering varying ways for shoppers to network with others have similar tastes to their own.
ThisNext’s take gives shoppers a way to comment on products they like, moving them up and down in the popularity rankings. The… Continue Reading