Why we’re giving JS-Kit’s Echo a shot

As of a few hours ago, comments here on The Inquisitr are powered by JS-Kit's new Echo commenting and social aggregation service. It's not without a little bit of irony that after criticizing JS-Kit last year that they're ... continue

And then there was three: JS-Kit acquires SezWho

In the biggest shakeup to hit the commenting 2.0 space so far, JS-Kit has announced the acquisition of rival SezWho. The acquisition was made after SezWho was unable to raise a new round needed to continue operations. Under the ... continue

Disqus lands Mashable, adds social tracking

Commenting 2.0 service Disqus has landed Mashable as a client, with a new offering that incorporates social media tracking for the first time. Mashable adds exposure to 2.4 million readers on 5.2 million page views to the Disqus ... continue

Finally, Disqus gets native FriendFeed support

Commenting 2.0 service Disqus has announced support for FriendFeed, allowing users to natively import FriendFeed comments into Disqus. The integration between the two popular services has been the top of many users' list for over a year, and ... continue

Intense Debate vs Disqus: Why I Nearly Switched

There's nothing worse as a blog owner to discover that your site isn't loading properly. Saturday night at 10pm my time (3am PST Saturday) just before I was going to switch off for the night, The Inquisitr ... continue

Is social media becoming a social mess?

  Ever feel like you are suddenly standing in a pool of quicksand and there is nothing that you can do to get out of it? Lately this is how social media has felt like. From both as a ... continue

Outbrain offers Disqus integration

Blog ratings and recommendation service Outbrain has launched their first integration with commenting 2.0 service Disqus. With the first release, links to Disqus comments will now be offered as standard to users who use both services. In the ... continue

JS-Kit lands Userplane deal

Commenting 2.0 and website widget provide JS-Kit has announced a new deal with Userplane that will see customers from both companies gaining access to new tools. The AOL owned Userplane offers a variety of free and premium publisher ... continue

SezWho announces enhanced features, new partnership with Instablogs

Commenting 2.0 service SezWho has today launched a number of new features, and announced a new partnership with Instablogs. New SezWho functionality includes four new profile templates, including support for popular threaded discussion formats. More importantly for site ... continue

JS-Kit gets $3.6 million, Chris Saad

Commenting 2.0 provider JS-Kit has taken $3.6 million Series B in a round led by Altos Ventures that included earlier investor TEF3. JS-Kit said it would use the new round to expand its developer and executive team. The ... continue

Disqus releases a full public API

Commenting 2.0 startup Disqus has launched a full public API for the first time, allow developers to build new tools that utilize Disqus. The API itself has been is use for sometime, with an official WordPress plugin using ... continue

Deals: Voxant, Intense Debate change hands

Two interesting acquisitions related to blogging this week: licensed video provider Voxant has changed hands along with commenting 2.0 service Intense Debate. Voxant offers licensed videos from media outlets, including AP for use on websites. For bloggers the ... continue