| Website | curverider.co.uk |
| Blog | curverider.co.uk/... |
| Category | Web |
| Phone | +44 (0)7748621485 |
| Employees | |
| Founded | 8/05 |
| Series A Michael Powell | £300k |
Curverider is a web services developer based in Oxford, England. Its main product, Elgg, is an open source social networking framework, for which it provides support and customization services. For an in depth look at white label social networking look here. Curverider is also responsible for Explode, an upcoming social search engine.
| Website | elgg.org |
| Blog | elgg.org/news/weblog |
| Launch Date | January 1, 2008 |
| Tags | ad-supported-software |
Elgg is an open source social networking platform. Elgg contains blogging, podcasting, cross-site tagging, powerful access controls, OpenID, RSS aggregation and translation into over 30 languages.
| Website | ex.plode.us |
| Launch Date | January 1, 2008 |
| Tags | ad-supported-software, search, social-networking |
Explode is a social search engine. You can find people by name or interest across major social networks, find similar users, and click through to their sites.
However, log in (either locally or with your OpenID), and it becomes a social network. You can add people to your friends list, no matter which network they choose to make their home on. If they allow you to, you can “nudge” them with messages, or leave a note on their comment wall.
Explode also provides FOAF functionality for networks that don’t provide it, and has an API for programming external interfaces.
