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How Much Are You Worth to Facebook?

Facebook and others have tapped into the power of viral loops to build massive audiences in record time. Now they're using these growth engines to create the future of online advertising.READ»

• The Viral Loop Leaderboard: What Are Your Facebook Friends Worth?
• Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg on the Value of Viral Loops

Ning Revs-Up Its Social Network With Apps

For a little over three years, Ning has offered its platform for users to create their own online social networking sites. Now the company is adding a serious upgrade: Developers of each social network site will gain access to new ...READ»

The Most Innovative Companies in Web 2.0

You read our Fast Company 50. Now learn about the companies within specific industries that are doing both creative and ground-breaking work. Here we present the top ten in Web 2.0.READ»

Women in Tech: The Entrepreneurs

11 tech business visionaries.READ»

• The Most Influential Women in Technology
• Women in Tech: The Executives
• Women in Tech: The Gamers
• Women in Tech: The Evangelists
• Women in Tech: The Activists
• Women in Tech: The Bloggers
• Women in Tech: The Brainiacs
• Women in Tech

The Most Influential Women in Web 2.0

In the ever-evolving world of Web 2.0, women have often been pioneers, redefining the way we interact online. We tracked down the most influential of these.READ»

Most Influential Women in Web 2.0

We've heard the stats before -- only a quarter of those involved in computer and mathematical occupations are women. And yet, in the ever-evolving world of Web 2.0, women have often been pioneers, redefining the way we interact online. We tracked down the most influential of these. Our list wasn't chosen by star power, nor by career altitude. Rather, we feature the biggest innovators.READ»

• The Most Influential Women in Web 2.0
• Marissa Mayer: The 2008 Fast 50
• Gina Bianchini: Ning's Infinite Ambition
• Arianna Huffington: The Big Tease
• Sexist, Sexist and More Sexist: Digg Responds to Fast Company's Women in Web 2.0
• Why Sexist/Offensive Comments Online Should Not Be Tolerated
• Digg Bans Users for Hate Speech In Response to Fast Company's Women in Web 2.0
• The Most Influential Women in Technology

Web 2.0 Community Responds to Hurricane Season

When Hurricane Gustav threatened to crash into New Orleans and bring more destruction to the city that never recovered from Hurricane Katrina, Andy Carvin, a social media strategist for National Public Radio, used his Web 2.0 savvy ...READ»

Feedback

Medical Tourism / Our May cover story -- on Silicon Valley startup Ning and its CEO, Gina Bianchini -- attracted plenty of interest, but it was a thornier subject that drew the broadest range of comment: the outsourcing of health care ...READ»

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How to Build Your Own Social Network

Decide whether you want to roll a social network around a business or hobby. This will help determine which network developer you choose.Find a social network developer that serves your interests and brand best. Layout and editorial ...READ»

Ning's Infinite Ambition

It isn't just a site where users can build their own social networks -- Ning is a model of how to create a perpetual growth machine.READ»

• 9 Social Networks That Aren't for Everyone
• Virtuous Circles