KickApps is a hosted platform for creating social networks and adding social software features, video players and widgets to websites.
More than 100,000 sites use KickApps, including major media companies (e.g. NBC Universal, The BBC, H&R Block, and Scripps Networks) and a wide variety of niche websites.
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Internet, Computer software |
Founded | 2005 |
Headquarters | 26 W 17th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, 10011, U.S.A. |
Key people | Alex Blum, CEO Eric Alterman, Chairman |
The KickApps company was acquired in January 2011 by KIT digital. Then, in December 2012, the company was acquired again by Perfect Sense Digital.
KickApps is a hosted platform (SaaS) that provides a range of social media applications to website developers and publishers.
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.
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
In January 2011, KickApps was acquired by KIT digital.
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