


You can create journals, upload files, embed third-party, and collaborate with other users in groups. This should go live later this evening – CEO Gina Bianchini hinted at it in a post on the Ning blog on Friday. Mahara is an open-source social networking web application to build your electronic portfolio. Smart move for Ning, and this also shows the power of Facebook as a platform and distribution channel, even for its competitors.

Users will be able to add videos, music, podcasts, and photo slideshows to the application. Since Ning is also hosting the application, users won’t need to worry about scaling. Ning says that no programming knowledge is required to build the applications, and that they will be giving easy step by step instructions to users. We provide tailor-made social networking apps with high-end features to. The screen shot also shows a separate Ning application showing the user’s Ning friends. Launch your branded social media application like Facebook, Twitter & Instagram. The example screen shot (click for larger view) shows integration of Pumkins Central (a Ning social network) videos. This won’t be a Ning app – rather, they are giving network operators (users who’ve created Ning social networks and other applications) the ability to easily create a branded Facebook application. Ning, the build-your-own social network startup, will be rolling out a new feature that allows users to create their own Facebook applications around their Ning networks later this evening.
