Alumwire - US

Offering corporations, schools and individuals a variety of online tools for multilevel interaction, Alumwire is an established social networking media platform. Job seekers and corporate recruiters alike can enjoy a slew of features including job search, virtual career fairs, online video and text chats, video posts, user generated content, recruiting, and career enhancement. On the other hand, staffing solutions provide corporate recruiters ample ground for extensive recruitment advertisement in resume databases, job postings and targeted advertising, while real time video chat and text chat, analytical reporting on professional interactions and efficient tools to manage the hiring process can be licensed through the Alumwire media platform.

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AgentB - US

AgentB is a thriving online community dedicated to finding and sharing all sorts of shopping deals in the web. Joining is free and members of this collective effort vote (or "buzz") on their favorite deals to move them up a ranking system. With the help of AgentB widgets and tools, keeping track of favorite deals and posting them free on the community, not only saves users money and time, but also help promote otherwise unknown shopping opportunities from various product categories and featured deal sites. Members can also rate and comment on their favorite deals, share them with friends and acquaintances, and discover new ones.

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ActionProfiles.com - US

ActionProfiles.com is a social networking website for action sports fans and practitioners around the world. Registration is free in this global community which is maintained and operated exclusively by action sports enthusiasts. It consists of mainly 8 action sports communities, surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, wake-boarding, mountain-biking, BMX, motocross and kite-boarding. These individual communities are enriched with user-generated content, including but not limited to photos, videos, contest results and event calendars. The social impact of this network is strong among riders and enthusiasts of action sports, where meeting new people, keeping in contact with friends and co-athletes, sharing and exchanging experience with each other coexist along meeting points of action sports industry sponsors and manufacturers. Also, important features of this online community are the various member profiles, albums, offers, classifieds, forums and teams. It's an altogether unique place to learn, communicate, get involved and have lots of fun!

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Jaiku - Finland

Created with the desire of people to share updates on the web, have conversations and get together, Jaiku is a popular social networking, microblogging and lifestreaming service. The name was chosen because posts in Jaiku resemble Japanese haiku. It is by design compatible with the Nokia S60 platform to function seamlessly with mobile devices; users can make posts through the software onto their Jaiku page. What makes it different, compared to other micro-blogging services like Twitter, is the Lifestream feature which essentially utilizes third-party applications like flickr, last.fm and GPS by mobile phone to share users activities online. Ever since Jaiku got purchased by Google and became open-source, the Lifestream function was removed.

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iWiW - Hungary

With registration on an invite-only basis, iWiW stands for International Who Is Who. Bearing all the common characteristics of a social networking web-based service setting its roots in Hungary, it quickly escalated to a point of more than 4 million users, which is almost the entire internet population of the country. After a brief period of multilingual interface, iWiW reverted back to Hungarian-only. Registration requires real names and users can provide personal information, such as date of birth, place of residence, interests, pets, workplaces, schools and universities they attended, various listings, and upload photos. People can keep in touch with their friends and acquaintances and connect with new ones through a search tool. In addition to that, the website provides a special java applet to better visualize the connections structure. Since the acquisition of iWiW by a Hungarian telco giant, and over concerns of privacy misuse, several other iWiW clones have gained popularity.

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itsmy.com - Germany

Emphasizing strongly on supporting and encouraging user-generated content, itsmy.com has succeeded in becoming a pure mobile social networking community to combine the advantages of mobile communication with personal content sharing. More than 3 million mobile phone users worldwide can vouch for that. Registration is open to anyone over 14; for underage users parental permission is required. Members can create and customize a personal homepage with information on gender, registration date, age, password, timezone, ignore list, forum settings, zodiac sign and city/country. Sections, such as mailbox, guestbook, diary, forum, chat and friendslists, are available, while allowing users to personalize their privacy settings. Profile pictures, background graphics, avatar designs, wallpapers, themes, emoticons are also editable items, whereas location-based social services like messaging, picture and video blogging, personal mobile social TV and mobile games are given a priority. Two types of users are active on the site, uploaders and downloaders. Due to the website's English, German, Italian, Spanish and Japanese versions, it's no wonder there are more than 100,000 personal mobile TV channels so far.

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indyarocks - India

One of India's most popular entertainment websites, indyarocks is an online community and mobile social entertainment platform with a target base of Indians across the world. With free registration and an unlimited freedom of expression, members can build and expand their network of contacts inviting, exploring and sharing with friends, families, classmates, co-workers, artists, organizations and generally anyone interested in the rich Indian culture. Staying in touch with existing relationships and getting introduced to new people, members can share interests and hobbies, contacts and free games, unlimited photos, videos, music, blogs, bollywood reviews and content, views and opinions. Other notable features include free sms, chat rooms, instant messaging and a continuously evolving mobile platform to render the social networking experience as easy and gratifying as possible. The website reports a user base of more than 3,5 million members and growing.

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