Rumors popped up here in Silicon Valley that Yahoo is in negotiations to buy Israel-based FoxyTunes . The Foxytunes core service is a Firefox plugin that allows users to control their favorite media players from the browser. It has a small but loyal following, who also use their tangential services (an email/blog signature tool and FoxyTunes Planet , a site that aggregates music information).
The acquisition makes some sense given Yahoo recent overt signals that they are shaking things up in music. Last week they launched a new, stripped down, easy-to-use web based MP3 player as well. The technology that FoxyTunes has created could certainly be used to further that agenda. FoxyTunes won’t return emails asking about this. Unsurprisingly, Yahoo also chose not to comment.
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