Seesmic’s Acquistion of Ping.fm Secures Future Goals

Luis Sandoval — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:44:07 +0000

Seesmic acquires Ping.fm

One million posts a day you say? Very possible now that Seesmic has acquired Ping.fm. Personally it was a shock, I’m not privy to Silicon Valley chatter, but I think for most Seesmic Desktop users, this will offer a bevy of updating options. At last count there were over 50 sites that Ping.fm updated, and now Seesmic Desktop will harness this power. But this is just the top of iceberg. With some further API development and plug-in updates, this positions Seesmic closer to their goal of one million posts a day for 2010.

A huge congrats goes out to Loic Le Meur who not only acquired the application, but also the founding talent behind it, Adam Duffy and Sean McCollough who are now joining the Seesmic team full time. With talent like this in an already powerful application any other future goals seem like a no brainer when it comes to possibility of achieving. According to TechCrunch, Ping.fm boasts approximately 500,000 users with approximately 200,000 updates a day.

I’m interested to see how this plays out in the battle for social media supremacy. Currently Tweetdeck, which seemed to vie for the position of social media go-to app, will be left in the dust once Seesmic integrates the updating power of Ping.fm. Currently Tweetdeck updates, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and LinkedIn, a far cry from the 50 that Ping.fm reaches. Personally I’m a Tweetdeck user, but this acquisition could make me change my desktop app of choice.

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Economic Downtown Hits Social Networks

Luis Sandoval — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:58:40 +0000

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With the US economy and the world economy as a whole in shambles, no one appears to be safe from the downtown. Stock prices have dropped drastically, especially in the tech world. Those who were hanging their hats on their stock options are now facing the harsh reality that right now their piece of the pie is almost valueless.

Just recently Seesmic released just over one-third of their employees, with three more having been let go the week before. While they are not experiencing the “crash and burn” they are preparing for a bleak fundraising future. The founder of Seesmic, Loic Le Meur, cut out anything that “wasn’t outsourceable, core or absolutely necessary for the company.”

It was also reported just recently on Robert Scoble’s site that he too was going through his own professional with having a brand new boss, and having 20 of his co-workers laid off due to the economic troubles that have begun to trickle down into their offices.

You can follow his discussions on the situation on his Twitter account and also find it his FriendFeed account.

Just the tip of the iceberg? Everyone is feeling the pinch during these times. You can read more about the effects of the economic downturn here.

Seesmic’s Acquistion of Ping.fm Secures Future Goals – January 5, 2010
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Economic Downtown Hits Social Networks