Facebook Acquires Nextstop, Could Help Power New Location Product
This afternoon nexstop, a mobile location service, announced that they had been acquired by Facebook. The small company served as a talent acquisition for Facebook, following a number of other acquisitions including Octazen, Divvyshot, and Sharegrove. As Marshall Kirkpatrick speculated this afternoon, it will most definitely help Facebook as they look to roll out a new location product, whenever that may be.
This afternoon, the founders of nextstop wrote:
nextstop.com will be shutting down on September 1, 2010, but we want to make sure that the amazing guides that nextstoppers have created live on.
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