Confirmed: Google Is Buying Meebo, The Startup That Turned Chat Into A Business [Updated]

Meebo has been around in Silicon Valley for seven years, starting off with a site that let users chat with each other across different instant message services -- then becoming a social toolbar, and ad platform and much more. Now it's joining its Mountain View neighbor to the east, Google. [Update: See our followup post for more info -- we've confirmed the amount, the focus of the product team within Google, and the sales and marketing layoffs.] The company confirmed the sale today in a post on the company blog, after we reached out due to a tip.

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