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VeriSign and KickApps Collaborate to Power VeriSign® Social Media Solution

Social Media Platform Combined with VeriSign Digital Infrastructure Enables Web Publishers to Offer Richer Multiplatform Experience

CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment, San Francisco, CA - October 23, 2007 –  VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the leading provider of digital infrastructure for the networked world, and KickApps, the leading hosted social media platform, today announced a strategic alliance aimed at giving Web publishers easy access to a community building platform and unique mobile media uploading. As part of the alliance, VeriSign has integrated the KickApps hosted social media platform within the VeriSign® Social Media Solution.

New functionality showcased by the two companies at CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment 2007 enables web publishers to extend social media experiences beyond a broadband computer and onto mobile handsets. Because the solution also incorporates VeriSign’s Intelligent CDN and Mobile Content Delivery Network, Web publishers and media and entertainment companies looking to deploy social media features on existing sites can extend the online community experience across multiple screens.

“Leading entertainment companies and Web publishers are looking for new ways to generate quality page views, which in turn lead to more revenue,” said Stephen Condon, vice president, media and entertainment for VeriSign.  “With an integrated broadband and mobile CDN, the VeriSign Social Media Solution makes it easy for any Web publisher to create a compelling and unique experience for customers – across multiple screens. The unique solution supports a wide range of delivery options, including downloads, streaming, peer-assisted delivery, SMS and MMS.”

The companies demonstrated the mobile uploading of video and photos to KickApps hosted social media site. Using the mobile phone, community members simply select and upload the video or photo they wish to share on the community site. VeriSign and KickApps created www.motorheadrally.tv to demonstrate this capability to attendees of the event.

“Today’s announcement demonstrates KickApps’ ongoing commitment to eliminating barriers to entry for any Web publisher and developer wishing to leverage social media,” said Alex Blum, CEO of KickApps. “With this new mobile functionality, people no longer need to limit their online social interactions to just their computers, rather they’ll be able to share photos and videos of things that they find interesting from wherever they are, instantly.”

The KickApps hosted social media platform allows publishers to easily create and deploy social and rich media powered online communities on their existing websites. Anchored around social networking, user-generated content, programmable video players, Widgets for content syndication, and a content and community management backbone, the white label platform is highly customizable to match the look and feel of the publisher’s website, providing a feature-rich, branded social media experience as users navigate between a publisher’s website and its KickApps hosted community.

“We chose to collaborate with KickApps to bring this solution to market because they have a tremendous amount of expertise and success in hosting white label social media platforms for leading media and entertainment companies,” said Condon.

To learn more about the VeriSign Social Media Solution or to view a demo, visit VeriSign at CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment, October 23 – 25, Booth 1008 in Hall C, Moscone Center, San Francisco.  For more information about what VeriSign powers for the world’s media and entertainment companies, visit www.verisign.tv.

About VeriSign   
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), operates digital infrastructure services that enable and protect billions of interactions every day across the world’s voice, video and data networks. Additional news and information about the company is available at www.verisign.com.

About KickApps 
Based in New York City, KickApps provides on demand social media applications that enable web publishers and marketers to quickly and easily grow, engage and monetize their online audiences. For more information, please visit www.kickapps.com.

Contacts 
VeriSign Media Relations : Allison Flerl, aflerl@verisign.com, 650-452-4867 
VeriSign Investor Relations : Nancy Fazioli, ir@verisign.com, 650-426-5146 
VeriSign Industry Analyst Relations : Katie Hammler, khammler@verisign.com, 703-948-4367

KickApps Media Relations : Tyler Perry, pr@kickapps.com, 917-685-7471

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