Yahoo is close to acquiring Xoopit, a Firefox extension that works with both Gmail and Yahoo Mail to let people share content from their in-boxes with social networks like Facebook, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Xoopit won the contest at a Yahoo Open Hack developer event in 2008 for building an app that runs on top of Yahoo Mail. The application digs through a person's in-box to reveal photos and other media lurking within, including both attachments and Web addresses that link to sites such as Flickr or Picasa Web Albums.
Citing sources close to the deal, the Journal said Yahoo might acquire Xoopit for $20 million. That said, the Journal noted, the deal is not yet final and issues could arise to kill it.
More: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10292700-2.html
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Xoopit won the contest at a Yahoo Open Hack developer event in 2008 for building an app that runs on top of Yahoo Mail. The application digs through a person's in-box to reveal photos and other media lurking within, including both attachments and Web addresses that link to sites such as Flickr or Picasa Web Albums.
Citing sources close to the deal, the Journal said Yahoo might acquire Xoopit for $20 million. That said, the Journal noted, the deal is not yet final and issues could arise to kill it.
More: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10292700-2.html
