Klout Acquires Local/Mobile Startup Blockboard

Klout, the service which allows Twitter users to check their influence, recently got a whole dose of funding and has made their first acquisition.  They’ve acquired Blockboard, a service that allows people to easily communicate with their neighbors about anything from broken lamp posts to gossip.

The play is meant to help Klout expand their services into the mobile arena — they don’t have a mobile app so far.  There aren’t too many details outside of the plan to move into mobile, so we’re not sure at this point whether Klout is going to expand their offering to include more localized or social services, but I doubt it. 

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