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Tsavo Media acquires user-generated recipe site Open Source Food

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nibbledishSeveral hundred thousand palates can’t be wrong. With this, Tsavo Media announced that it has acquired Open Source Food (OSF) from Egg & Co., a venture of Tokyo-based web producer Jon Anthony Yongfook Cockle.

With the acquisition, OSF has been renamed NibbleDish and will join Tsavo’s new network of content sites for consumers, currently in development.

Yongfook will remain with the company. A serial web-app builder, Yongfook is also responsible for the popular lifestreaming software Sweetcron and analytics tool Gumtrail. From his base in Tokyo, he works with various Japanese companies as an outside consultant, building web apps and overseeing production.

Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Special Olympics launches fan community with KickApps

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Special Olympics and KickApps announced the launch of a new online Fan Community.

Built on the KickApps platform, the online Fan Community connects people who are passionate about building a more accepting and inclusive world and enables them to share their stories and celebrate the spirit of the Special Olympics.

The Fan Community was designed by Perfect Sense Digital and built by the KickApps Client Solutions team. The website features a social network where members can create an online profile about themselves, friend other members of the community, upload blogs, photos and videos, engage in conversations with other members on message boards, and comment, rate and tag content that has been created and uploaded by other members. Additionally, members can easily share community content, and spread awareness, with family and friends on any website, major social networks and blogs.

Helium launches Zones for professional writers

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Writing community Helium announced a free way for professional writers to showcase their portfolios online and help them make the transition to digital publishing.

At the heart of offering is Helium Zones, an ultra easy micropublishing platform that gives writers the tools to present their best work to thousands of publishers and millions of readers. A rich web destination that combines the best of multiple social media applications, Helium Zones offer writers a cost-effective and efficient alternative to traditional websites or blogs.

Additional offerings available to professional writers on Helium include:

  • Access to Helium’s restricted Freelance Marketplace
  • Membership to Helium’s Certified Professional Writers Networking Group
  • Professional Writer Credentials & Status Badge
  • Guaranteed upfront payments for qualifying articles published on Helium.com

To be a part of Helium’s community of professional writers, an application is online at www.helium.com/zones.

HealthCentral acquires Wellsphere creating largest online health and wellness community

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HealthCentral, the website that collects online condition-specific consumer health and wellness experiences, has acquired Wellsphere, a health technology company, adding nearly four million monthly unique visitors to HealthCentral’s audience.

The acquisition combines HealthCentral’s high-quality, condition-specific interactive experiences, content and audience with Wellsphere’s aggregation of over 1,500 health and wellness bloggers and unique Health Knowledge Engine technology that deciphers highly specific health information. HealthCentral also will leverage Wellsphere’s health community enterprise technology which powers Stanford University’s [email protected] to deliver valuable health information and wellness tools for Stanford employees. The deal raises HealthCentral’s audience of its owned properties to ten million unique visitors per month, and makes the company the largest organic aggregation of online health and wellness communities.

Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Network Solutions unveils new web developer community

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Network Solutions announced the launch of LinkTogether, a community created specifically for web designers and developers to grow business, leverage tools to increase productivity, and save money on products and services.

One of the major benefits of LinkTogether is the ability to connect with other developers and designers for discussions, advice and tips. Members can also increase their own knowledge base with educational resources that include whitepapers and video tutorials, and improve client conversations using the site’s Smart Guides and professional educational videos.

LinkTogether members are provided the opportunity to win even more work by creating a profile on the site, which in turn allows web designers, developers and other professionals to display portfolios of their work. Each profile is optimized to be found by searches on that member’s services and expertise. Once a member has joined, he or she can download apps, web site templates and other items shared by others in the community. Members can post their own original content for peer review.

In addition the free membership, LinkTogether also offers a Pro Membership for a monthly subscription fee of $19.99. Pro Members can access over 7,000 web site templates, 300 turnkey web sites, 100,000 graphical elements, more than 40 customizable legal and business documents, and receive exclusive pricing on services from Network Solutions.