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Magnify.net Video & Vlog Platform In A Box

Magnify.net, a New York-based startup, offers a platform that makes it easy to add video to any web site. The Magnify video platform lets users build a custom channel, deliver the traffic and keep the page views. Magnify acts as the backbone and eliminates the need for a site owner to reinvent the video hosting wheel while creating a social media site. Magnify also enables users to monetize via their own ad calls. Thus Magnify could be a perfect fit for someone looking for a simple way to add a video channel to a their site.

PlayboyU College Network Examined

PlayboyU was launched last week by Playboy to offer a social entertainment community for college students only.  Focused solely on taking advantage of all the "good things" and "good times" that happen in college, PlayboyU offers a new web "campus" for students to play. Interestingly, PlayboyU is built on the social network application platform, Ning.