AOL Buys Online Profile Manager SocialThing: Report
This story was written by David Kaplan.
AOL (NYSE: TWX) has bought Socialthing, a company the offers to help manage users online identities, according to Techcrunch. The Boulder, CO.-based company raised $300K of a planned $500K back in October and has been in beta since last year as well. Terms of the deal weren't revealed. In March, AOL expanded its web mail service to include tighter integration with its AIM messaging tools. The purchase of Socalthing is likely tied to efforts to make services like AIM more portable.
By David Kaplan