Facebook adds iOS and Mac development studio Acrylic to design team

Facebook has hired the team behind Acrylic, a development studio that makes iOS and Mac software, including news reader Pulp and secure database app Wallet.

[Update 7/20/12 1:22 p.m. PT – AllThingsD reports that Acrylic is only one person: designer and engineer Dustin MacDonald.]

The social network did not acquire Acrylic’s products or services, according to a blog post on Acrylic’s website. Acrylic says Wallet and Pulp will remain available for download and purchase in their current form, but the company will not continue with any further development on them.

This is yet another mobile-focused hire for Facebook, which picked up the team behind Spool earlier this week.

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