Long-established social bookmark "Delicious", what YouTube founder will inherit and reborn

Yahoo! in 2005 Since it was acquired by, "social bookmarks that have become somewhat fallen"DeliciousHowever, it became clear that it is acquired by "AVOS" which is a new internet related company by Chad Hurley and Steve Chen who founded YouTube.

Speaking of pioneering social bookmarks in Japan "Hatena Bookmark(Commonly known as "Habebu"), but HabuReleased as beta in February 2005"Delicious" started service from 2003 before it was done, securing a strong user still, attention has gained attention from around the end of abroad overseas to future trends, this announcement is what a foreword It was abruptly launched, and it became a big fuss even overseas.

Details are as below.
An announcement took place at the official blog of delicious.

Delicious blog >> YouTube Founders Acquire Delicious
http://blog.delicious.com/


"The founder of YouTube got Delicious and I am very pleased to announce today that Delicious was announced that it was acquired by YouTube founder Chad Harley and Steve Chen they are the world's largest As a creator of online video platform there is direct experience that millions of users have been able to share experiences globally, they will go forward by running Delicious and improving It is an incredibly important thing for both companies to make a smooth transition to existing users.Yahoo! Will operate Delicious until July 2011You will be doing. Once the transition is complete your information will be from Delicious's new operator. Migration is started today, and by logging in to Delicious Yahoo! Make sure you can move your bookmarks to the new owner company. This will not interrupt service usage and your account information and bookmarks will be kept intact during migration. For more information please refer to FAQ on migration. Thanks to you who kept waiting patiently until Delicious decided to move! It is written.

And the following is a mystery company, official website of AVOS.

YOUTUBE FOUNDERS ACQUIRE DELICIOUS FROM YAHOO!
http://www.avos.com/


Q & A page on transition is also opened how.

Delicious Transition


For example, such Q & A has been developed.

Q: Why Yahoo! Did you decide to move Delicious to AVOS?
A: We love Delicious and our users also love Delicious. That's why we wanted to find a home that loves us more and takes care. We think that AVOS is the place for that.

Q: When does AVOS officially start running Delicious?
A: We expect the current form of Delicious will be available until July 2011. By agreeing to the terms of the service of AVOS, your data will be moved when the control will move to AVOS.

Q: What is AVOS planning to do with Delicious?
A: AVOS will continue the service with the community, make the site more usable, and save, share, and find the best content on the web more enjoyably.

Q: Does AVOS keep all features of Delicious intact?
A: Yes, I am planning to do so. There may be some adjustment time when AVOS restarts Delicious. However, the intention of the company is to nurture the whole service by adding new features.

Besides, there are a list of what kind of data is transferred about the transfer of bookmark data, that data is lost when not migrating, development of an extension compatible with Firefox 4 is given top priority, Export bookmarks from DeliciousLink to tool, And so on are written.