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: