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Janrain Announces European Expansion and Upcoming New Social Login Research Findings

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Preliminary survey results suggest 85% of UK consumers think social media accounts should be available to use for third party website login and personalised engagement.

Echo and Janrain Partner to Announce Backplane Protocol 2.0

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Echo and Janrain Partner to Announce Backplane Protocol 2.0 Open standard solves interoperability problem for brands integrating multiple javascript applications into web pages. San Francisco, CA March 27, 2012 – Echo,the leading real-time web platform provider, and Janrain, the leading provider of User Management solutions for the social web, today...

Research Reveals Consumers Increasingly Interested In Social Login To Alleviate Online Registration Headaches

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90 Percent of Consumers Will Leave a Website If They Forget Their User Name and Password

ShopWithYourFriends gamifies their social shopping portal for fashion with Janrain and launches in the US

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SWYF.com, the unique real-time social shopping portal for fashion, added social login and game mechanics and launched in the US in their mission to become world’s most innovative fashion community.

Janrain Recruits Identity Superstar Allen Tom

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Janrain Continues to Add Firepower to Its Identity Technology Expertise

Janrain Revolutionizes eCommerce with PayPal Access

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New Commerce Identity Solution Simplifies the Shopping Experience

Silverpop Becomes First in Industry to Offer Social Sign In Capabilities

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Company’s Social Connect Offerings Enhanced through Strategic Partnership with Janrain

Janrain Raises $15.5 Million Investment Led By Premier SaaS Venture Firm Emergence Capital Partners

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Investment to Fuel Momentum Achieved Across 350,000 Active Deployments

Dr Pepper Snapple Group Selects Janrain Capture as the Database to Power Campaigns Across Multiple Brands and Channels

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Leading Beverage Producer Replaces Legacy Database to Store User Records in a Turnkey SaaS Solution

Janrain Partners with Badgeville to Drive User Loyalty with Social Rewards and Game Mechanics

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Janrain Loyalty, Rewards and Game Mechanics Solution Offers Virtual Rewards to Build Brand Advocacy

Survey Shows Majority of Consumers Resist Registering Online, Prefer Social Sign-In

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75 Percent of Consumers Will Alter Behavior When Faced with Traditional Website Registration

MTV Networks Partners With Janrain to Enhance Engagement with Social Media Users Worldwide

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Joins Growing List of Entertainment Companies Choosing to Outsource Social Login and Sharing to Janrain

Ning Selects Janrain To Create Effortless Ways to Connect With New Social Sign-In Integration

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Ning Selects Janrain To Create Effortless Ways to Connect With New Social Sign-In Integration Release Date: November 10, 2010 Teaser: PALO ALTO, CA – November 10, 2010 – Ning, the world’s largest platform for creating custom social websites, today announced they have selected Janrain, provider of the leading user...

Janrain Launches New Online Profile Management SaaS Product, Janrain Capture

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New cloud based offering allows National Geographic Channel and Yellowpages.ca™ to selectively share user profiles across multiple web properties and applications to increase online ROI.

Triton Digital Media Ramps Up Social Media Presence With Janrain Engage

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Radio Stations Look to Janrain to Elevate Social Media Efforts on Their Web Sites

Janrain, Inc. Names Paul Salzinger Vice President of Sales

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Paul brings to Janrain three decades of experience building and leading sales teams in technology, software and broadband. He will be responsible for growing sales of Janrain’s User Management Platform (JUMP), which enables online businesses to manage all aspects of user engagement and measurement.

Tribune Interactive, Meredith, E.W. Scripps, The Dallas Morning News, and National Geographic Society Select Janrain for Website Authentication and Social Publishing

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Janrain’s Engage solution offers quick online registration and data collection for major media companies.

Online Retailers Look to JanRain for Enhanced Customer Login and Engagement

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Sears, Diesel, RedPlum, Savings.com Select JanRain to Provide Third Party Authentication Online

JanRain, Inc Names Internet Veteran Gary Griffths to Board of Directors

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JanRain, Inc., (www.janrain.com) provider of the leading user management platform for the social Web, today announced that Gary Griffiths has joined the company’s Board of Directors. A 25 year veteran of the high-tech industry, Griffiths joins JanRain during a time of strategic growth.

JanRain Publishes Data on Industry Trends in Social Media Platforms, Hits Key Growth Milestones

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Users Select Different Identity Providers When Signing In to a Website Based on Site Type, Geography, and Demographics, and Vary Over Time

JanRain, Inc. Selected by AlwaysOn as an OnMedia Top 100 Winner

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Recognized for creating new opportunities in marketing, branding, advertising, and publishing.

AboutUs acquires Jyte.com

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AboutUs, the ever-growing guide to the world’s websites, has acquired Jyte.com, a community website created by JanRain, Inc. that is built around claims

JanRain Closes $3.25 Million Series A Financing

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DFJ Frontier, RPM Ventures, and Anthem Venture Partners Invest in Leading Provider of Online Identity and Customer Engagement Solutions

JanRain’s RPX Introduces Rich Social Publishing Features

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Social Publishing Tools Provided by JanRain’s RPX Help Drive More Referral Traffic and Increase Registration on Client Websites

Qype Deploys JanRain’s RPX Solution to Enhance Login Experience and Increase User Engagement

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User-Generated Business and City Reviews Network Implements JanRain’s RPX Solution to Enable Website Visitors to Easily Register and Sign In Using An Existing Account From Facebook, Google, Yahoo!, Twitter, MySpace or Windows Live ID.

Instrument Integrates JanRain’s RPX Solution for DC Shoes Famous Footwear Site to Enhance User Login Experience

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JanRain, the leading provider of online identity technology and services for consumers and businesses, today announced that Instrument (http://www.weareinstrument.com) has deployed a Flash version of RPX on the DC Shoes-Famous Footwear website (http://dcshoes.famousfootwear.com) to provide an enhanced sign in experience.

RPX Simplifies Access to Coggno’s Learning Management System

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Coggno, an e-learning content creator and learning management system, recently integrated JanRain’s RPX to provide simple and universal login for all learners and course administrators. Coggno no longer requires users to create a Coggno account. Instead, using RPX, users can now access Coggno using identities from major sites such...

Viewpoints Network Integrates JanRain RPX for Enhanced Login and Consumer Engagement for Sears and Kmart websites

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Viewpoints Network, a social technology and media company, announced today that it has integrated the JanRain RPX solution into its Viewpoints Technology Platform, enabling website visitors on Viewpoints or on one of their Viewpoints Technology Platform powered community sites to easily register and login with an existing account from...

Interscope Geffen A&M Deploys JanRain’s RPX Solution for Simplified User Login Experience

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One of the Nation’s Leading Music Labels chooses JanRain’s RPX Solution to Enable Website Visitors to Easily Register and Sign In Using One of Their Existing Third Party Accounts from AOL, Facebook, Google, MySpace or Yahoo!.

Dailymotion implements Single-Sign On Solution with OpenID

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Dailymotion, world’s largest independent video sharing site, today announced that it has, through the help of JanRain, added support for the OpenID digital identity framework, an open-source, single sign-on and online user-authentication standard.

JanRain Releases Free Version of Industry Leading OpenID Solution

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JanRain introduces a free version of RPX for websites to accelerate user registration and login success by enabling visitors to easily sign in with one of their existing third party accounts from AOL, Facebook, Google, or Yahoo!.

JanRain Launches Industry’s First Suite of Hosted OpenID Solutions

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JanRain’s OpenID-enablement products allow organizations to accelerate website user registration and login while benefiting from the convenience and security of turnkey SaaS solutions.

JanRain’s myOpenID Accepted for Secure Log-in to Microsoft HealthVault

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JanRain’s OpenID service, myOpenID, is among the exclusive providers now accepted as a secure login method to Microsoft’s HealthVault.

Phone-based Two-Factor Authentication Now Available for OpenID

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JanRain’s new phone-based, two-factor authentication solution is specifically designed to support users of myOpenID by providing simple two-factor authentication and identity protection with far greater security than only using passwords.

JanRains Universal Login Widget to Drive OpenID Adoption and Usage

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JanRain introduces ID Selector, a universal login widget that elegantly manages OpenID sign-on in one compact, intuitive, configurable format, while accelerating the overall adoption of OpenID.

JanRain Announces Support for OpenID 2.0

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The latest version of OpenID assures its position as the dominant standard for next-generation digital identity. With new features that improve security and usability of OpenID, the user-centric single sign-on and online user-authentication standard is for mass adoption and widespread disruption across the Internet

JanRain Announces Non-Assertion Covenant for OpenID

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JanRain announces it is issuing a “non-assertion covenant,” promising that JanRain, Inc. will not enforce patents against developers implementing OpenID technology.

myOpenID Launches Secure Authentication, Helps Prevent Phishing

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JanRain launches a secure new authentication technology that makes using myOpenID accounts easier and more secure, allowing users the ability to use client-side certificates, based on the secure sockets layer (SSL) technology.

JanRain hires Michael Graves as CTO

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JanRain announces Michael Graves, an industry veteran in security and identity technologies, as the company’s new Chief Technology Officer. His experience and expertise will ensure that JanRain maintains its position as a leading provider of OpenID identity services for Web 2.0.

MyOpenID Security Features Released

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JanRain announces the release of several new security features to help protect the identities of MyOpenID users, including secure bookmarklets and a frame busting code.

Schtuff Acquired by PBwiki

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PBwiki, the world’s largest wiki hosting provider, today announced it is acquiring Schtuff, a popular wiki host. Schtuff is built by JanRain, a technology company based in Portland, Oregon. JanRain announced the sale to focus on its core of identity services.

Freeyourid.com Launches World’s First Personalized OpenID Service

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FreeyourID.com launches the first fully personalized, portable OpenID solution for the mass market, in partnership with Global Name Registry, JanRain and Key Systems, signing up more than 4000 users after just four days of operation.

Announcing: BotBouncer.com

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JanRain announces BotBouncer.com which will be run as a free service for the OpenID community. BotBouncer allows sites to verify that an OpenID has successfully entered a CAPTCHA.

Announcing: OpenID Affiliate Program

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JanRain announces the release of the MyOpenID Affiliate Program, making it easier for sites that support OpenID to get users started with OpenID.

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