May 15, 2008
Comcast Picks Up Plaxo for Its Social Skills
Comcast is buying contact management company Plaxo and plans to incorporate into all its offerings features intended to help people synchronize their address books and connect socially online. The Philadelphia-based cable company said social networking and other services will be added to its Comcast.net, Fancast.com and Fandango.com Web sites. Cable subscribers eventually will also be able to access the services through their set-top boxes and other devices.