Clearspring acquires AddThis, moves towards universal sharing widgets
Widget creation platform Clearspring has acquired AddThis, a bookmarking and sharing button, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition moves Clearspring closer to becoming a service that lets users share content from any website.
AddThis will initially remain its own service. Clearspring reports that the two services combined will reach approximately 200 million users and 300,000 publishers.
As far as widget platforms go, Clearspring has branched out to allow users to share content across a number of social… Continue Reading