Cloud Computing: Facebook Buys Beluga, But Has Bigger Fish to Fry (websphere.sys-con.com)

Facebook ? which evidently imagines itself eventually replacing corporate web
sites, according to a piece by CNET quoting the commercial director of
Facebook UK who spoke at a Technology for Marketing and Advertising conference
in London ? has acquired mobile messaging start-up Beluga. It said so on
Beluga?s web site, scotching the possibility of Google buying the venture-
backed GroupMe-rival. Financial details weren?t disclosed. Founded by three
ex-Google people, Beluga lets groups of friends communicate in private using
smartphones via a so-called pod. Its six-month-old application is free for
iPhones and Android-based smartphones. At least for the moment. Users can
share text and pictures.

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