Slingshot disappearing messaging app to battle Snapchat
Months after attempting to acquire Snapchat, Facebook now hits back introducing a rival mobile application, calling it Slingshot.
Source: mashable.com
facebook acquires branch media team
Facebook Keeps Growing
Facebook has purchased another start-up namely Branch and Potluck. Branch is the startup behind Potluck, which is a link sharing service and the conversation service dubbed Branch. Josh Miller, who is Branch Media Team’s co-founder, is the one who broke the news about the purchase it on Facebook. Financial details of the transaction were not unveiled, but The Verge attached the value at “around $15 million”. The 10-person group won’t have to change place as it will be creating a fresh conversations team in charge of creating Branch “at Facebook scale”.
source: mashable.com
keeping it squared 