Company Facebook announced the acquisition of a messaging service Belugawhich is specially designed for mobile phones. To Facebook, a popular social network, not only the service itself is transferred, but also the development team (three former employees Google) that will work together with the developers of the social network.
The main convenience of the acquired startup, and hence the convenience that users will soon experience Facebook — возможность группе пользователей одновременно общаться онлайн или посредством sms-сообщений.
Сервис не будет закрыт, как это происходило ранее — новые сервисы после приобретения интегрировались в структуру Facebook (for example, previously purchased Hot Potato и Drop.io). Beluga is now operating as before, continuing to develop new ways to provide communication on the Internet and through mobile communications, but now together with Facebook.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed by the parties.
