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Paltalk opens 'shopping' doors for its users with groupon integration

Video Chat Community Provides Easy Access to Hot Local Deals With Groupon Functionality on Users' Homepage

NEW YORK, December 7, 2010 - Paltalk, the leading real-time, video-based community with millions of active members, today announced a partnership with shopping website Groupon that lets Paltalk users now access the hottest local deals in their area directly from their Paltalk homepage. Simply by clicking on the 'Deals Near You' tab users can instantly access the best daily deals on local goods, services and cultural events in more than 300 markets around the world.

"Paltalk has a long track record of continually introducing new features that anticipate and meet the future needs (and wants) of our users," said Jason Katz, CEO, Paltalk. "In order to receive deals on Groupon, friends have to communicate with one another and spread the word across social channels. Paltalk houses millions of active users who are constantly communicating within Paltalk's video chat community, so Integrating the two services makes sense for each company and users because they can now do more than just chat with their friends in real-time, they can shop together and receive the hottest local deals in their area with a click of a button."

Groupon serves more than 300 markets around the world, offering 660 deals each day. Paltalk users will now be able to purchase deals from their Paltalk homepage, receiving discounts at the best local merchants, from restaurants to sporting events to spas. In addition to the Groupon integration, Paltalk added a handful of features to its service this year, including Facebook chat integration, BlackBerry support, embeddable chat room functionality and personalized SuperIM URLs, personalized links that allow video chat anywhere on the Web with any friend, regardless of whether they are a Paltalk member.

Paltalk is the only video chat technology with the ability to scale for any size chat rooms (one-to-one or thousands-to-thousands) and has been downloaded more than 70 million times to date. Paltalk allows users to connect with friends or with people they do not know on a variety of platforms, including chat rooms, one-on-one video IMs and SuperIMs, the company's flagship instant messaging client that allows users to share video, audio and text with up to 10 people at any time for free.

About Paltalk

Paltalk is the premier provider of software and technology for real-time, rich media, interactive social networking. The Paltalk platform powers the largest collection of video-based communities and has continued to grow since it was launched in 1998. Paltalk now boasts millions of active members with nearly 100,000 people simultaneously chatting in rooms engaged in lively dialogues, meeting new friends, singing karaoke and attending family reunions.

Paltalk has a long history of technical innovation. Paltalk owns eleven patents that cover core technology related to multiplayer online video games and video conferencing. Paltalk supports IM pals on Facebook, Google Talk, MSN, AOL, Yahoo, and ICQ and is available as a free download.

For more information, please visit: http://www.paltalk.com.