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KickApps |
| KickApps Corporation | |
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | 29 W 38th Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY, 10018, U.S.A. |
| Key people | Alex Blum, CEO Eric Alterman, Chairman |
| Industry | Internet, Computer software |
| Website | www.kickapps.com |
KickApps is a hosted platform for creating social networks and adding social software features to websites.[1] The online service allows anyone to deploy user-generated content and social networking functionality directly on their websites. More than 14,000 sites use KickApps, including major media companies (e.g. ABC Family, The BBC, The CW, and Scripps Networks) and a wide variety of niche websites.[2]
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KickApps is a hosted platform (SaaS) that provides a range of social media applications to website developers and publishers that accelerate deployment of more sophisticated and costly applications such as social networking, user-generated content, media management and sharing, profiles, programmable video players, webcam applications and widgets.
A SaaS platform allows websites to deploy a wide range of user experiences in a variety of ways: REST and SOAP APIs, feeds, programmable widgets and video players, customizable templates and single-sign services.
KickApps is often compared with Brightcove,Flux and Ning.[3].
Founder and Chairman, Eric Alterman, was also founder of MeshNetworks (acquired by Motorola), Military Commercial Technologies, TeraNex, SkyCross, Jed Broadcasting, Quadfore, Centerpoint and Triton Network Systems
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