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JULY 2, 2009

Santa Monica-based Userplane , which develops web widgets used by other online community sites, including chat and other collaboration applications, told its users today in an email that the firm's future "remains bright." Userplane was acquired by AOL in 2006. Tags: userplane deadpool widget software. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Santa Monica-based Userplan has extended the firm's chat applications, saying Tuesday that the firm will connect users of its chat application across different web sites, regardless of where they are on the web. Userplane is a subsidiary of AOL. READ MORE>>

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Michael Jones , CEO of MySpace and former founder of Userplane, has another exit under his belt today, as AOL announced it has acquired Thing Labs , a San Francisco maker of web-based, social software. Thing Labs makes the Brizzly web-based software for sharing and discovering content.

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MAY 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based online media firm Tsavo Media , which was founded by Mike Jones, founder of Userplane and current co-President of MySpace, has been sold for $75M to a Canadian firm. Tags: tsavo media merger acquisition content publishing software. Tsavo was backed by American Capital. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018? PlayVS supports high school e-sport athletes and celebrates competitive e-sports, allowing any student enrolled in high school to join a team and compete online, with no limit to unique teams per high school and without having to tryout.

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DECEMBER 26, 2017

Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that particularly caught your eye in 2017. I think we will see the rise of a newer and larger mobile-focused media companies and the continued evolution in traditional television entertainment. I expect this will drive a wave of meaningful M&A.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Santa Monica-based Tsavo Media, the startup headed by former Userplane CEO Michael Jones, said today that it has acquired Better Inc, the SEO and pay-per-click marketing software firm headed by Ben Padnos. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Better Inc.'s

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