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Six Apart adds activity streams to its blog platform: In the new age of open social networks, Six Apart is doing its part to create a hub that embraces the world of feeds outside its own servers. The company is shipping Action Streams, a free plug-in for Movable Type 4.1 that lets users aggregate, control, and share their...; Tags: Facebook, Newsfeed, Google OpenSocial, Blog, Six Apart Ltd., Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-01-30
News to know: IE 8 anticipation; LiveJournal sold; Facebook's fumble: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Users clamoring again for an Internet Explorer 8 update. Ryan Naraine: IE vs Firefox: Microsoft crunches security numbers. Dan Farber: Facebook: The canary in the social networking coal mine. Techmeme. CA: Facebook's Misrepresentation of Beacon's Threat to Privacy:...; Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Office 2007, Facebook, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Six Apart Ltd., LiveJournal, One Laptop Per Child Project, Motorola Inc., Fuel Cells, Web Browsers, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-12-03
Six Apart sells LiveJournal for c. $30 million: Speculation has been rife over at TechCrunch but sources close to events (as they say) have confirmed that Six Apart has sold LiveJournal for around $30 million to Russia's SUP. Insiders are said to be happy with their return on a $5 million investment to a market...; Tags: Partnership, Speculation, Six Apart Ltd., LiveJournal, Business Structures, Investment, Finance, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2007-12-03
Six Apart jettisons LiveJournal: Six Apart jettisons LiveJournalsome rerference:http://www.msdner.comRE: Six Apart jettisons LiveJournali think someone needs to deeper analysis & review of SixApart and what's going on over there.this story barely scratches the surface, and they've gone far too long without someone doing a significant review of their company / business.there's a bigger story...; Tags: Six Apart Ltd., LiveJournal; Discussion threads 2007-12-02
Six Apart jettisons LiveJournal: Six Apart announced a "new home" for LiveJournal (LJ), the blogging and social networking tools and community it acquired in January 2005. The new home is Russian-based online media company SUP. Another way of describing what's happening with LiveJournal is that it was sold because it's not...; Tags: Six Apart Ltd., LiveJournal, Home, LiveJournal Russia, Corporate Governance, Sales Strategy, Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sales, Management, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-12-02

The Magic Quadrant: Team collaboration and social software: Gartner just released its Magic Quadrant for team collaboration and social software. What's interesting is that there aren't any leaders and only two visionaries, Socialtext and SuiteTwo, products from Socialtext, NewsGator, SimpleFeed and MovableType, bundled by SpikeSource and distributed through Intel. Blogs, wikis, forums, RSS and even social graph ...; Tags: Software, Team, Quadrant, Collaboration, Socialtext, Blog, Six Apart Ltd., SiteScape, Magic Quadrant, Wiki, Blogging, Tools & Techniques, Online Communications, Internet, Management, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-10-27
Weekend bits: BEA, executive moves, the triple header: Sitting at O'Hare airport in Chicago, subject to another United Airlines delay, I found a few tidbits worth sharing before I board the place for San Francisco. On the heels of its annual user conference, BEA investor and so-called corporate raider Carl Ichan is pushing for a...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., BEA Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Six Apart Ltd., Technology, Legacy Application, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-09-15
TypePad Mobile (Palm) (prc): TypePad is the premier blogging service for professionals, hosting many of the worlds most popular blogs and small business Web sites. TypePad's ease of use enables you to create a blog in minutes.; Tags: Mobile, Palm Inc., Six Apart Ltd., TypePad, Blogging, Internet; Software downloads 2007-07-18
TypePad Mobile (Windows Mobile) (CAB): TypePad is the premier blogging service for professionals, hosting many of the worlds most popular blogs and small business Web sites. TypePad's ease of use enables you to create a blog in minutes.; Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Microsoft Windows, Six Apart Ltd., TypePad, Blogging, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing; Software downloads 2007-07-18
Six Apart rolls out beta of Movable Type 4: Six Apart is revamping its leading Movable Type blogging software and turning it into a componentized platform with new enterprise and social media capabilities. I talked to Chris Alden, executive vice president and general manager of Movable Type, about the new version, MT 4, which is being rolled out in...; Tags: Web Technology, Social networking, Blogging; Blog posts 2007-06-05
Tools for mere mortals: Vox and Google Reader: I saw some of the Six Apart team on Friday, Ben and Mena Trott and Andrew Anker, post launch of their new, user-friendly blogging service, Vox. While an estimated 57 million blogs have been fired up, with a large portion now in hibernation or abandoned, blogging tools have been too...; Tags: Google Inc., VoX, Google Reader, blogging; Blog posts 2006-10-29
Six Apart adds widgets to TypePad: Fresh off a $12 million capital infusion, Six Apart has joined the widget revolution, opening up its blog platform for developers to create companion applications for TypePad. So far, 33 TypePad widgets are available, ranging from commerce and games to content and search--and they are free. For example, Bunchball's widget...; Tags: widget, TypePad; Blog posts 2006-03-29
Six Apart adds business class service: You can tell that blogging is becoming a real part of businesses when the blogging tool makers start getting seriously about enterprise requirements and service level agreements. Anil Dash gave me the details on Six Apart’s tweaks on new enterprise versions of TypePad (the company's hosted service) and Movable Type...; Tags: Six Apart Ltd.; Blog posts 2006-03-07
Six Apart and Yahoo! partner to provide blogging platform: This morning SixApart and Yahoo! announced a deal integrating the popular MovableType blogging software into Yahoo's Web Hosting service. By bundling MovableType and web hosting, Yahoo! is targeting businesses and independent professionals "seeking to maintain high-traffic blogs on a scalable, reliable platform". ...; Tags: SixApart, MovableType; Blog posts 2005-12-12
Six Apart targets mainstream bloggers with Project Comet: In the RSS Vendor analysis I did recently, I identified 5 main categories of RSS Vendors: Publisher Services, Reader Services, CMS/Blogging, Content, Search. In this post I want to take a closer look at one of the stars of the 'CMS/Blogging' segment, Six Apart. They've just released an ambitious...; Tags: Project Comet, Six Apart Ltd.; Blog posts 2005-09-23
Movable Type (shtml): Movable Type is Six Apart's powerful, customizable publishing system which installs on web servers to enable individuals or organizations to manage and update weblogs, journals, and frequently-updated website content. Movable Type is widely recognized as the premiere choice for power users of weblogs, as well as organizations interested in nanopublishing,...; Tags: Blog, Six Apart Ltd., Movable Type, Blogging, Knowledge Management, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2005-05-12
Webinar on Blogging for Business: This webcast will explain what blogging means for your business and how you can "blog for business".; Tags: Webinar, Six Apart Ltd., Blogging, Internet; Webcasts