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Chat on any website with Yaplet

yaplet chat hereLooking for a way to chat with people that are visiting the same website you are? Yaplet makes it easier to chat with people that visit the same websites, and have the same interests that you do. Started by two college kids as a hobby, this application has been garnering so much interest lately that their servers exploded last week. Through their no installation and registration magic, Yaplet adds a chatroom to every website on the internet. Visiting a website through Yaplet adds a frame on the left of the screen where the chatting takes place, or displays a pop-up.

There are three ways to activate chat on a website:
  • Use the Yaplet bookmarklet.
  • Enter a URL into the yaplet URL field.
  • Add a "Chat Here" button to your website.
If you want to check out the current Yaplet sites, here is a list of the top sites that people are chatting on right now.

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Userplane is now part of AOL

userplane bought by aolAOL has announced that they have acquired Userplane, a company that builds communication software for online communities. Userplane applications are primarily developed in Flash, using the Flash Communication server. This makes it extremely easy for developers to plug it into their websites.

The Userplane suite of software includes:
  • Webchat - a multi-user Flash-based chat interface, that can be easily plugged into any website
  • Webmessenger - a Flash text, voice, and video instant messaging application
  • Webrecorder - a Flash-based audio and video recording app for recording and playing audio and video messages
  • Sitesearch - a user search engine
  • Presence - live user tracking, enabling you to see who is on your site right now.
The best part about Userplane's software is that there is no installation needed. It fits extremely easy into existing websites. It should be really interesting to see how AOL plans to align and integrate these tools into community sites, and how they will get these products in the market more. Userplane is currently used on Friendster, Date.com, and MySpace, and many others.

Update: Read Download Squad's exclusive interview with Userplane CEO Michael Jones.

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