Ping.fm purchased by Seesmic

Seesmic has acquired the Ping.fm service. Seesmic has created a number of applications that allow users to read and post to Twitter and Facebook. Multiple Seesmic applications are available including: a native Windows application, a cross-platform Adobe Air-based desktop client, a web-based client, and as a mobile client for the BlackBerry, and Android devices. An iPhone client is in development. The Ping.fm service provides an interface to post to more than fifty social services. Ping.fm can be used to post from email clients, instant messenger clients, SMS, and a number of desktop and mobile applications. According to Ping.fm the service has approximately 500,000 registered users that post a total of 200,000 updates a day. Seesmic plans to integrate the Ping.fm service into it’s own client