Facebook hires team for locator service
December 9, 2011, Friday
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FACEBOOK has hired the team behind Gowalla, the location service that lets people share where they are using their mobile phones.
Gowalla started out in 2009 as a way for people to share their location with friends and strangers by "checking in." Now, Facebook will wind down the service, as it often does when buying a startup to hire its talent. It did not acquire the Gowalla service or technology.
Financial terms were not given. Gowalla co-founder Josh Williams said in a blog post that Gowalla will join Facebook in California. Gowalla is currently headquartered in Austin, Texas, a city with a thriving tech scene and the site of the annual South By Southwest Interactive festival, where many startups - including Gowalla - are launched.
Facebook said that Williams co-founder Scott Raymond and others at Gowalla will move to Facebook in January.
Gowalla started out in 2009 as a way for people to share their location with friends and strangers by "checking in." Now, Facebook will wind down the service, as it often does when buying a startup to hire its talent. It did not acquire the Gowalla service or technology.
Financial terms were not given. Gowalla co-founder Josh Williams said in a blog post that Gowalla will join Facebook in California. Gowalla is currently headquartered in Austin, Texas, a city with a thriving tech scene and the site of the annual South By Southwest Interactive festival, where many startups - including Gowalla - are launched.
Facebook said that Williams co-founder Scott Raymond and others at Gowalla will move to Facebook in January.
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