Lightbox employees go to Facebook, shut down Android photo-sharing app
Facebook has hired the team behind Android photo-sharing app Lightbox, according to a blog post on Lightbox’s website.
The app has already been removed from the Google Play store. It is likely Facebook did not acquire the company or its technology because of its recent acquisition of Instagram. As the social network plans to keep Instagram as a standalone app, the opportunity for Lightbox was diminishing. According to the Google Play store, Lightbox had between 1 million and 5 million installs.
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