Facebook And Gowalla Won't Confirm Rumors Of Deal
Neither Facebook nor Gowalla has confirmed a rumored acquisition of the location sharing service by the leading social network.
Neither Facebook nor Gowalla has confirmed a rumored acquisition of the location sharing service by the leading social network.
Representatives from both companies told us via email that they don’t comment on rumors and speculation.
CNN broke the story last night without quoting any sources on the record; the news outlet said that most of Gowalla’s staff would move to Facebook headquarters to work on timeline, the advanced profile yet to go into beta.
Since launching in 2009, Gowalla has amassed only 10,000 users connected to Facebook, compared to 560,000 for archrival Foursquare.
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