by glu on September 23, 2008

- ShareThis, maker of the familiar news sharing widget, has acquired madKast, which does essentially the same thing.
- Terms of the deal were undisclosed as the acquisition won’t be finalized for another few days.
What other acquisitions can we expect out of the TechStars Demo Day?
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by Jason Wilk on September 23, 2008

- IntenseDebate, a comment sytem that enhances and encourages discussion on your blog or website, was purchased this morning by Automattic (Wordpress)
- Features include:
- OpenID support
- User profiles
- Ability to track a user’s comments across multiple blogs.
- Reply to comments by email
- Enhanced comment threads
- Import/Export and have a home for your comments.
- Comment analytics for blog owners
- User reputation
- Comment aggregation.
- This is a great day for TechStars, especially in the face of Y Combinator who’s BackType company has some similar features.
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