Tuesday, October 30, 2007

meebo Launches 'Platform'

Jumping on the "platform" bandwagon, Mountain View-based meebo has launched a new set of APIs which links the company's instant messaging service to third party companies. The company has rolled out new applications from TokBox, Pudding Media, TalkShoe, and UStream, which provide add-on functionality to meebo's instant messaging services. The company said in its blog that the new platform is available for anyone interested in developing an application for the service. meebo is venture backed by Sequoia Capital and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Companies have been rushing to open up their application programming interfaces (APIs), since the sudden popularity of Facebook's API platform program.