<s>
Ping.fm	B-Application
was	O
an	O
advertising-supported	O
social	O
networking	O
and	O
micro-blogging	B-Application
web	O
service	O
that	O
enabled	O
users	O
to	O
post	O
to	O
multiple	O
social	O
networks	O
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Making	O
an	O
update	O
on	O
Ping.fm	B-Application
pushed	O
the	O
update	O
to	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
different	O
social	O
websites	O
at	O
once	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ping.fm	B-Application
grouped	O
services	O
into	O
three	O
categories	O
status	B-Application
updates	I-Application
,	O
blogs	O
,	O
and	O
micro-blogs	B-Application
and	O
updates	O
could	O
be	O
sent	O
to	O
each	O
group	O
separately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ping.fm	B-Application
was	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
5	O
July	O
2012	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
replaced	O
by	O
Seesmic	O
Ping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seesmic	O
was	O
later	O
acquired	O
by	O
HootSuite	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ping.fm	B-Application
was	O
created	O
with	O
the	O
intent	O
of	O
making	O
it	O
as	O
easy	O
as	O
possible	O
to	O
post	O
updates	O
to	O
multiple	O
social	O
networking	O
sites	O
simultaneously	O
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ping.fm	B-Application
has	O
been	O
compared	O
favorably	O
to	O
other	O
websites	O
with	O
similar	O
functionality	O
like	O
HelloTxt	O
,	O
which	O
shut	O
down	O
in	O
August	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ping.fm	B-Application
is	O
powered	O
by	O
LAMP	B-Application
(	O
Linux	B-Application
,	I-Application
Apache	I-Application
,	I-Application
MySQL	I-Application
,	I-Application
PHP	I-Application
)	O
with	O
some	O
.NET	B-Application
used	O
in	O
the	O
core	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
API	B-General_Concept
allows	O
programmers	O
to	O
apply	O
for	O
an	O
application	O
key	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
develop	O
third	O
party	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
must	O
apply	O
for	O
an	O
API	B-General_Concept
key	I-General_Concept
through	O
their	O
user	O
profile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
user	O
can	O
configure	O
his	O
or	O
her	O
Ping.fm	B-Application
account	O
to	O
aggregate	O
content	O
to	O
the	O
following	O
services	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
:	O
Google	B-Application
Buzz	I-Application
was	O
discontinued	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
on	O
December	O
15	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
4	O
January	O
2010	O
,	O
Seesmic	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
acquiring	O
Ping.fm	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2012	O
,	O
Seesmic	O
announced	O
in	O
its	O
blog	O
that	O
Ping.fm	B-Application
would	O
be	O
closed	O
in	O
June	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2012	O
,	O
Seesmic	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
HootSuite	B-Application
.	O
</s>
