Facebook Pulls Find Friends Data From Voice-Messaging App Voxer
Give to Facebook, or Facebook will not give to you. That was the message the social network sent by pulling access to its find friends data from voice-messaging startup Voxer, calling the application a competing social network.
Give to Facebook, or Facebook will not give to you. That was the message the social network sent by pulling access to its find friends data from voice-messaging startup Voxer, calling the application a competing social network.
Voxer CEO Tom Katis told TechCrunch of the warning he received from Facebook Thursday that his app’s access to find friends data would be revoked within 48 hours, and a Facebook spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch that the company will take similar measures against any apps that use its data to fuel their user growth but contribute nothing in return.
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