by Playfuls Staff |
14th August 2006
AOL LLC said Monday it bought Userplane, a Los Angeles company that makes Web-based chat and instant messaging tools. Userplane has licensed its chat technology to more than 100,000 Web sites and online communities, and has a presence in more than 25 countries, AOL said. The price of [more] the deal was not revealed.
Key customers include MySpace.com, Honda, Date.com, Spark, IGN, Tagged, Red Bull, Marvel Comics, and others.
Userplane is AOL's third announced acquisition of 2006, following Lightningcast Inc. in May and Truveo Inc. in January. Last year AOL bought Music Now LLC, Weblogs Inc., Xdrive Inc. and Wildseed Ltd.
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