Snaptu, which develops mobile applications that can be run on feature phones, is being acquired by Facebook. Snaptu had launched a Facebook mobile app in early 2011. Snaptu provides a solution for developing, deploying and maintaining online services, particularly on mobile phones. Aside from acquiring talented personnel, the deal gives Facebook more control over the ways its features and apps can be used by people who are using feature phones, not smart phones.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Facebook Buys "Apps for Feature Phones" Firm
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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