Facebook Buys, Kills Drop.io

Facebook has purchased most of Brooklyn-based startup Drop.io in what appears to be a move to hire its CEO Sam Lessin.

Drop.io, a service that let users quickly and privately share files, ended its free service this weekend, and paid accounts will last until Dec. 15, according to a company blog post. All files will be accessible until the Dec. 15 deadline. After that deadline, the company plans to delete all its stored data.

“We can confirm that we recently completed a small talent acquisition for drop.io

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