Shares of Targanta Therapeutics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:TARG]]) got a small boost today on the news that the Cambridge, MA-based firm has submitted an application to the FDA for approval of its antibiotic oritavancin for the treatment of complicated skin infections caused by the “superbug” MRSA and other gram-positive bacteria. The stock opened at $9.08, up from … Continue reading “Targanta Files for FDA Approval of Anti-MRSA Drug”
Category: Boston
Harvard’s Opportunity to Lead
Last week, I was asked to moderate a panel of journalists (what a chance for an ex-candidate—this time it was my turn to ask them irritating, leading, and unfair questions!) in a discussion about the state of New England’s innovation economy. Lots was said that covers old ground, and Xconomy’s Bob Buderi has already posted … Continue reading “Harvard’s Opportunity to Lead”
GTC Biotherapeutics, Racing Against Time to Prove the Worth of “Pharming”
As a rule, getting a drug on the market turns a biotech startup from a buck bonfire into a cash cow—or at least a cash calf. But rules tend to get broken. Just ask GTC Biotherapeutics. In mid-2006, European drug regulators approved the Framingham, MA-based company’s first medicine, ATryn, a protein for blocking risky blood … Continue reading “GTC Biotherapeutics, Racing Against Time to Prove the Worth of “Pharming””
Dress for Success, Automatically: IDG and ATV Wrap Big Bucks Around Robotic Wound Treatment
Think R2D2 meets information kiosk meets Coke machine. That’s the way Michael Greeley, general partner at IDG Ventures Boston, describes (I’d add “photocopier” to his description myself) the roughly waist-high, customized-bandage-dispensing robot on wheels he thinks will revolutionize wound treatment. And he’s got 25 million reasons to hope the “revolutionize” part comes true. That’s because … Continue reading “Dress for Success, Automatically: IDG and ATV Wrap Big Bucks Around Robotic Wound Treatment”
Digit Wireless Secures $4,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=55b202ac-64a8-4463-9152-817ebbd46f49&Preview=1 Date 2/11/2008 Company Name Digit Wireless Mailing Address 24 New England Executive Park Burlington, MA 01830 Company Description Digit Wireless, allow direct-entry, one-touch alphanumeric input so that mobile phone users can create text and multimedia messages quickly and intuitively on mainstream voice-centric phones. Website http://www.DigitWireless.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Digit Wireless Secures $4,000,000 New Financing Round”
Avedro, Inc. Obtains $8,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1f433022-8ba7-465f-a0d0-949a8f4b6b1d&Preview=1 Date 2/11/2008 Company Name Avedro, Inc. Mailing Address 201 Jones Road Waltham, MA 02451 Company Description The company is developing vision correction technologies. Website http://www.avedro.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $8,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Prism VentureWorks Venture Investor … Continue reading “Avedro, Inc. Obtains $8,000,000 Series A Round”
Vaultus Mobile Technologies, Inc. Obtains $6,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a6c29bf0-e2bd-458e-a000-bb9f25ee92d5&Preview=1 Date 2/11/2008 Company Name Vaultus Mobile Technologies, Inc. Mailing Address 263 Summer St. Boston, MA 02210 Company Description Vaultus delivers powerful, proven mobile solutions that help companies securely mobilize business critical applications, processes and people. Website http://www.vaultus.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The funding … Continue reading “Vaultus Mobile Technologies, Inc. Obtains $6,000,000 New Funding Round”
ByAllAccounts Receives $5,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6334bc66-16ea-4019-ba9b-c1e2056c4c23&Preview=1 Date 2/11/2008 Company Name ByAllAccounts Mailing Address 10 State Street Woburn, MA 01801 Company Description ByAllAccounts delivers reconciliation-ready data to investment management and advisory firms. Using innovative expert system technology, the company provides an unparalleled access to financial account data from thousands of custodians and enables efficient and timely account reconciliation, … Continue reading “ByAllAccounts Receives $5,000,000 Series A Financing”
SDL Acquires Idiom Technologies Inc. for $21,700,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=660f10a8-3f4a-4c65-bc8b-55bbc6e8d6e6&Preview=1 Date 2/11/2008 Company Name Idiom Technologies Inc. Mailing Address 200 Fifth Avenue Waltham, MA 02451 Company Description Idiom Technologies, Inc. is the leading provider of globalization management systems. Idiom’s flagship product, WorldServer 6.0, enables global companies to become simultaneous enterprises – able to release content in multiple forms and many languages … Continue reading “SDL Acquires Idiom Technologies Inc. for $21,700,000”
Location, Location, Location: uLocate Acquires Zync, and Other Location-Based News
There are certain days in the news cycle where everything seems related. Today’s theme is location-based services. I started the day with some work on a piece about SpotScout, the Web- and mobile-based service that helps you find and reserve parking spaces. (Look for my story about their upcoming launch in Boston next week.) Then … Continue reading “Location, Location, Location: uLocate Acquires Zync, and Other Location-Based News”
Need a Job? Need a Staffer? We Might Be Able to Help.
We’ve always said that part of our mission in building Xconomy is helping diverse members of the local innovation community to forge new connections. And hey, if those connections come with stock options, 401k plans, and a cubicle-free workspace overlooking the Charles, who are we to judge? In other words, if you’re looking for a … Continue reading “Need a Job? Need a Staffer? We Might Be Able to Help.”
Harvard Launches New Biomedical Fund Round—Hires CombinatoRx Co-Founder to Help Run Effort
I was at the Power, Drugs, & Money conference in Boston yesterday (put on by the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge), as part of a panel discussing the New England innovation landscape, when the question of Harvard University’s tech transfer and spinoff performance came up. Our moderator—Xconomist, former gubernatorial candidate, and venture capitalist Chris Gabrieli—mentioned … Continue reading “Harvard Launches New Biomedical Fund Round—Hires CombinatoRx Co-Founder to Help Run Effort”
Dealmakers 2008 Outlook Conference
ACG Boston, the local chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth, presents an afternoon of talks and panel discussions on the prospects for corporate mergers and acquisitions in 2008. The keynote speaker will be Michael McIvor, managing director and head of healthcare, consumer, and retail M&A for Bank of America. Panelists include Josh Bekenstein, managing … Continue reading “Dealmakers 2008 Outlook Conference”
MobileCamp Boston
An “un-conference” organized by the people at BarCamp, MobileCamp Boston will be a day of attendee-driven discussions between developers, companies, marketers, and pundits on all things mobile, including interfaces, location-based services, mobile Web design, and integrating SMS into Web applications. Information here; registration here. Attendance is limited to 100 (and it’s looking like there are … Continue reading “MobileCamp Boston”
Web Innovators Group 17
Per the usual format—pre-funded startups will demonstrate their products and services in several “main dish” and “side dish” presentations. Always a fruitful and fun evening, organized by Venrock’s David Beisel. Free; RSVP here.
T2 Biosystems: Can a Who’s Who of Local Biotech Change the Way Disease is Diagnosed?
For a journalist I’m pretty bad with names, but I had no problem recognizing the ones on T2 Biosystems’ roster. The founders of the Cambridge, MA-based medical diagnostics startup, which sprung from research at MIT and Mass General Hospital, are pretty much local legends. Take Tyler Jacks, the director of MIT’s Center for Cancer Research … Continue reading “T2 Biosystems: Can a Who’s Who of Local Biotech Change the Way Disease is Diagnosed?”
How To Get Paid for Turning Off the Lights: The Full Interview with EnerNOC’s David Brewster
On Wednesday we published a profile of EnerNOC (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ENOC]]), the Boston-based company whose rip-roaring 2007 IPO got investors excited about the idea of using new Internet-based control capabilities to reduce electricity consumption at key commercial and industrial sites during times of peak demand. (In effect, companies that join EnerNOC’s “demand reduction” pool get paid … Continue reading “How To Get Paid for Turning Off the Lights: The Full Interview with EnerNOC’s David Brewster”
Biogen Idec: Earnings Up, Gauntlet Down, Headhunters All Around?
We at Xconomy are anxiously waiting to see what activist investor Carl Icahn has to say about the B word (Biogen Idec) when he puts bits to screen on his newly announced blog. But in the meantime, yesterday’s quarterly earnings call gave us a little taste of what Biogen CEO Jim Mullen has to say … Continue reading “Biogen Idec: Earnings Up, Gauntlet Down, Headhunters All Around?”
Boston.TV Chronicles Battle of the Tech Bands
We always knew we had it in us to look glamorous on TV. We just needed some hotshot video producers and editors to bring out our inner Ryan Seacrests. Mark Woit, son of Xconomy’s publisher Steve Woit, shot some great video at our big Battle of the Tech Bands event at the Middle East on … Continue reading “Boston.TV Chronicles Battle of the Tech Bands”
No More Lost Tools: Ford and ThingMagic Team Up on RFID Tracking System for Truck Beds
Carpenters, contractors, plumbers, and construction foremen are usually as tough as the pickups they drive to work. Until they leave one of their tools behind at home or at a job site. Then they cry like babies. Just kidding. But lost or forgotten tools are a serious nuisance for these workers. Ford knows, because it … Continue reading “No More Lost Tools: Ford and ThingMagic Team Up on RFID Tracking System for Truck Beds”
IBM Counters Suggestion in Economic Report That It’s Sending Massachusetts Jobs Offshore
We got an interesting e-mail on Tuesday from the global communications staff at IBM. The company was concerned about the message some readers might be taking away from an economic report published last Friday, the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s 2007 Index of the Massachusetts Innovation Economy. That report’s executive summary emphasized the growing challenges for Massachusetts … Continue reading “IBM Counters Suggestion in Economic Report That It’s Sending Massachusetts Jobs Offshore”
Cequent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Garners $4,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e661692a-8cc9-4a3a-bf21-11f3794d2dda&Preview=1 Date 2/7/2008 Company Name Cequent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mailing Address One Kendall Square, Building 700, First Floor Cambridge, MA 02139 Company Description Cequent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an early-stage biopharmaceutical company developing new clinically compatible therapies based on RNA interference (RNAi). Cequent is focusing its efforts on the pre-clinical development of products to … Continue reading “Cequent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Garners $4,500,000 New Financing Round”
State Awards Program Aims to Hasten Technologies’ Journey From Lab to Market
Ten researchers at seven Massachusetts universities and research institutions—working in such areas as biotechnology, medicine, nanotech, and clean energy—are the latest beneficiaries of a state-funded program to prod new technologies along the path to commercialization. These recipients of the Fall 2007 Technology Investigation Awards from the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center, announced yesterday, will receive $40,000 … Continue reading “State Awards Program Aims to Hasten Technologies’ Journey From Lab to Market”
ATV’s New $300 Million Fund to Expand Firm’s Reach to Green Building Materials and More
Advanced Technology Ventures slipped one by us. Over the holidays the Waltham, MA-based venture firm closed its eighth fund, at $303 million, and didn’t put out a notice. VentureBeat broke the news in a small item two days ago, and ATV confirmed it—and gave me a bit more detail about the fund’s investment targets and … Continue reading “ATV’s New $300 Million Fund to Expand Firm’s Reach to Green Building Materials and More”
Barbs of Wisdom: Carl Icahn to Start Blogging
Carl Icahn is already turning up the heat fast enough around here. The “activist” investor announced last week that he will put forth a slate of director nominees at the next Biogen Idec annual meeting—as a first step to possibly trying to take control of the board next year—and let’s not forget he also has … Continue reading “Barbs of Wisdom: Carl Icahn to Start Blogging”
Girding the Grid: How EnerNOC Sold Utilities and Big Electricity Users on Demand Reduction
Apparently, our economy is still so wedded to fossil fuels—and we are so firmly on a path toward turning the atmosphere into an oven—that even a small drop in the price of oil is enough to dampen investors’ enthusiasm about green technology. That’s one of the trends that seems to be hammering share prices lately … Continue reading “Girding the Grid: How EnerNOC Sold Utilities and Big Electricity Users on Demand Reduction”
Workday, Inc. Acquires Cape Clear Software for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b388d4d1-211b-4bd6-8529-578f60b58bb2&Preview=1 Date 2/6/2008 Company Name Cape Clear Software Mailing Address 880 Winter Street Waltham, MA 02451 Company Description Cape Clear offers the world’s only true Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), based completely on Web Services and open standards, and designed to leverage existing IT systems. Website http://www.capeclear.com/ Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed … Continue reading “Workday, Inc. Acquires Cape Clear Software for Undisclosed Sum”
A Trio of Transitions: Altus, Kronos, and Terra-Gen Power Announce Management Changes
Change is in the air today, and I’m not just talking about the primary. (But hey, don’t forget to vote!) Three local firms are announcing shifts in top-level personnel. Cambridge, MA-based Altus Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ALTU]]) revealed that president, CEO, and board member Sheldon Berkle has resigned all three roles as of yesterday. The chair of … Continue reading “A Trio of Transitions: Altus, Kronos, and Terra-Gen Power Announce Management Changes”
$4.6 Million Nugget for Portsmouth’s VKernel
VKernel makes virtual appliances that manage virtual servers running virtual operating systems. But today the Portsmouth, NH, company announced that it’s raised some decidedly non-virtual cash—$4.6 million of it, to be exact, in a venture funding round co-led by Waltham’s Polaris Venture Partners and San Francisco’s Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. The company’s “appliances” are actually … Continue reading “$4.6 Million Nugget for Portsmouth’s VKernel”
Innovation and Homeland Security Playing Well Together? DHS Under Secretary Jay Cohen May Convince You It’s Possible
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security isn’t exactly known for innovation—and, in the past, that has held true even for its Science & Technology Directorate, the research and development arm of DHS that’s meant to serve as its innovation engine. But The Honorable Jay Cohen, Under Secretary of Science and Technology for DHS, has made … Continue reading “Innovation and Homeland Security Playing Well Together? DHS Under Secretary Jay Cohen May Convince You It’s Possible”
GTC Biotherapeutics Drug Passes Clinical Milestone, Helping Blaze the Trail for U.S. “Pharming”
GTC Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GTCB]]), which bioengineers goats to secrete drugs in their milk, announced late yesterday that its groundbreaking medicine for a rare blood-clotting disorder cleared the main hurdle in a pivotal U.S. trial. The advance paves the way for the Framingham, MA-based company to seek FDA approval for the drug around mid-year, potentially making … Continue reading “GTC Biotherapeutics Drug Passes Clinical Milestone, Helping Blaze the Trail for U.S. “Pharming””
Cleaning Up In Cleantech
The Yale Entrepreneurial Society—YES—is hosting this event to zero in on zero emissions and other aspects of alternative energy. The focus is on entrepreneurial opportunities in alternative energy and other cleantech technologies in New England. Speakers include Jay Fiske , partner with the Massachusetts Green Energy Fund; Dan Pullman, principal with McNamee Lawrence & Co.; … Continue reading “Cleaning Up In Cleantech”
SOURCE Boston: Computer Security
New England and the East Coast are home to some of the world’s leading computer security professionals. They and others from around the world—from industry and academe—will be gathering in Cambridge for SOURCE Boston, a new educational security conference. Former senior White House Advisor Richard Clarke, internationally recognized expert on security, will be one of … Continue reading “SOURCE Boston: Computer Security”
“An Incredible Intellectual Environment”—Research VP Rick Rashid on Microsoft’s New Cambridge Lab
Microsoft announced yesterday that by July Cambridge, MA, will be home to the fifth R&D outpost outside the company’s Redmond, WA, headquarters, joining existing Microsoft Research facilities in Silicon Valley, Beijing, China, Cambridge, England, and Bangalore, India. The new lab, to be located at One Memorial Drive adjacent to the MIT campus and led by … Continue reading ““An Incredible Intellectual Environment”—Research VP Rick Rashid on Microsoft’s New Cambridge Lab”
VKernel Garners $4,600,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ed33257d-6871-4795-b6dc-8b271c919a85&Preview=1 Date 2/5/2008 Company Name VKernel Mailing Address 222 International Drive Portsmouth, NH 03801 Company Description VKernel is dedicated to developing best-of-breed virtual appliances that enhance performance, lower costs, and simplify management of virtual environments of all sizes. As a certified VMware partner, VKernel offers the industry’s only VMware certified virtual appliances … Continue reading “VKernel Garners $4,600,000 Series A Financing Round”
New Microsoft Lab in Cambridge to Combine Math and Social Science; Already Besieged By Potential Research Collaborators
There isn’t any shortage around here of potential collaborators and job seekers eager to work with Jennifer Tour Chayes, managing director of Microsoft’s newest research outpost, Microsoft Research New England. Chayes tells Xconomy that by 11:00 am Eastern time today, less than five hours after news of the lab’s creation hit the New York Times … Continue reading “New Microsoft Lab in Cambridge to Combine Math and Social Science; Already Besieged By Potential Research Collaborators”
Lovin’ Life on Both Sides of 50? Eons Removes Age Limit in Bid to Spur Social Networking; More Big Changes Coming
Eons, the web portal for aging Baby Boomers with the famous slogan “Lovin’ Life on the Flip Side of 50,” removed its age limits last week as part of a bid to remake itself—and revitalize the business—by becoming a more general social networking site. It was a dramatic and controversial action for the company “as … Continue reading “Lovin’ Life on Both Sides of 50? Eons Removes Age Limit in Bid to Spur Social Networking; More Big Changes Coming”
Lifting Enterprise Computing Into the Cloud
Time was, if you ran a medium-to-large-sized company and had software that processed lots of data—any kind of data, whether it be payroll or a product catalog for your Web storefront—you needed expensive, proprietary database software like Oracle’s to manage the data and expensive, finicky, power-hungry servers from IBM or Hewlett-Packard to run that software. … Continue reading “Lifting Enterprise Computing Into the Cloud”
Xconomy Forum: Homeland Security and the Innovation Community **REGISTRATION CLOSED: SOLD OUT**
Can the U.S. Department of Homeland Security innovate in science and technology—and, if so, what does it mean for local businesses and entrepreneurs? Join Xconomy founder and editor in chief Robert Buderi for an up-close-and-personal conversation with The Honorable Jay Cohen Under Secretary of Science and Technology for DHS. The Under Secretary will speak about … Continue reading “Xconomy Forum: Homeland Security and the Innovation Community **REGISTRATION CLOSED: SOLD OUT**”
Inverness and Athenahealth Face Market Woes, Virtualization Startups Woo Investors, GreatPoint Energy Cuts a Deal for Coal, & More
I’m too bummed about the Super Bowl to come up with a snappy lede for today’s roundup. Here are last week’s deals: —Coal gasification firm GreatPoint Energy of Cambridge, MA, forged a long-term agreement with St. Louis-based Peabody Energy (NYSE: [[ticker:BTU]]) to build plants close to the company’s mines in Montana and Wyoming. —Visible Measures … Continue reading “Inverness and Athenahealth Face Market Woes, Virtualization Startups Woo Investors, GreatPoint Energy Cuts a Deal for Coal, & More”
Top 10 Mistakes By Entrepreneurs
What are the top 10 mistakes made by entrepreneurs in starting and growing companies? On January 24, I had the pleasure of serving on a panel organized by the Brown Forum for Enterprise that took on that tantalizing topic. The eight-person panel, held at Johnson and Wales University’s Culinary Museum in Providence, included three serial … Continue reading “Top 10 Mistakes By Entrepreneurs”
Liquid Machines Inc. Secures $10,000,000 Series D Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fd76e514-448f-49dc-b148-dd34e518c4e2&Preview=1 Date 2/4/2008 Company Name Liquid Machines Inc. Mailing Address 486 Totten Pond Rd. Waltham, MA 02451 Company Description Liquid Machines is the leading provider of Enterprise Rights Management (ERM) solutions that persistently protect critical business content and audit usage while enabling collaboration. Website http://www.liquidmachines.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,000,000 … Continue reading “Liquid Machines Inc. Secures $10,000,000 Series D Funding”
EntreTech Forum: Spinning the Semantic Web
It wasn’t so long ago the World Wide Web was some arcane phrase a dude hanging out in Switzerland thought up. But now the same dude—Tim Berners-Lee—and some others, like Ken Baclawski of Northeastern University, are well along on pushing the next phase of the revolution: the Semantic Web. It’s deep stuff, but the basic … Continue reading “EntreTech Forum: Spinning the Semantic Web”
Athenahealth Pulls Secondary Public Offering; No Jets for the Weary?
Talk about timing. On the very day we post the IPO advice of Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush, Jr.—in an article that happens to mention the current tough economic climate for IPOs—Athenahealth (NASDAQ:ATHN) announces it is shelving its plans for a secondary public offering. And, you guessed it, the company is citing the current tough economic … Continue reading “Athenahealth Pulls Secondary Public Offering; No Jets for the Weary?”
IPO Advice from the President’s Cousin—Strike That—IPO Advice From a CEO to Whom the President is Related
It’s shaping up to be a bleak year for IPOs. Last Thursday, BG Medicine pulled its initial public offering, citing market conditions. The week before that, Elixir Pharmaceuticals also put its IPO plans on ice. But the idea of IPOs was alive and well last Thursday night, when I had the pleasure of moderating a … Continue reading “IPO Advice from the President’s Cousin—Strike That—IPO Advice From a CEO to Whom the President is Related”
Stocking Mock Frocks, Clocks, and Crockpots with RockBlocks
I’m glad I’m not a product marketer for Johnson & Johnson, because every time I walked into a Walgreens or a CVS or a Stop & Shop, I’d see the store-branded acetominophen on the shelf right next to the Tylenol, in a nearly identical box, for half the price, and I’d get a big Excedrin … Continue reading “Stocking Mock Frocks, Clocks, and Crockpots with RockBlocks”
The XO Laptop: It’s the Software, Stupid
On YouTube, there is an 11-minute video of the veterinarian-assisted birth of a calf on a farm in Villa Cardal, Uruguay, a small town in a dairy-rich region four hours north of the capital, Montevideo. It’s an amazing thing to watch—at least, to a city slicker like me who doesn’t get to witness the miracle … Continue reading “The XO Laptop: It’s the Software, Stupid”
An Analysis of Icahn’s Biogen Idec Strategy: Why Three Board Seats When Four Will Be Open?
Carl Icahn is making no bones about it—he is not happy with the way Biogen Idec handled its efforts to seek a buyer for the company, and so now he’s moving to take matters more into his own hands. That was the point behind Icahn’s announcement Monday that he plans to advance a slate of … Continue reading “An Analysis of Icahn’s Biogen Idec Strategy: Why Three Board Seats When Four Will Be Open?”
Power, Drugs, Money, and the Future of New England Innovation—the Journalists’ View
Xconomy is all about hyper-local coverage of the local innovation community—and bringing idea and people together across disciplines and other boundaries. But as journalists, we’re typically out there listening to what others have to say, bringing it to light, challenging it, analyzing it, and sharing it with our readers. We don’t usually pontificate or speechify, … Continue reading “Power, Drugs, Money, and the Future of New England Innovation—the Journalists’ View”
Bootstrap Your Own Social Network with KickApps
What Web publisher wouldn’t want to see his stream of visitors coalesce into a real community—people who enjoy coming back to the site again and again, not just to consume the site’s content but to leave comments, interact with one another, and perhaps even contribute their own creations? Unfortunately, the Field of Dreams scenario—if you … Continue reading “Bootstrap Your Own Social Network with KickApps”