Has AOL mothballed Userplane?
Userplane, a chat service for other web sites as well as an advertising network, sold to AOL for possibly up to $40 million in August of 2006. But reports from its clients — and sources I’ve spoken with — indicate that the service has been neglected if not abandoned by AOL.
A number of dating site owners, historically a core group of users, have been publicly griping for weeks that nobody at the company is responding… Continue Reading
AOL launches social games with Cellufun
AOL doesn’t want to get left out of social networking games. Such games are taking off on social networking sites such as Facebook, where Zynga and Social Gaming Network have launched popular viral games.
Today, AOL is announcing an ad-supported mobile gaming community channel with games provided by New York-based Cellufun, a venture-backed company.
AOL said it is starting to make use of its Third Screen Media acquisition as all mobile banner ads on the games are… Continue Reading