Social networking giant Facebook has completed the buy-out of Beluga, a mobile group messaging service. is interested in the technology behind Beluga which was formed by three Facebook ex-Google employees. Beluga, founded in July 2010, provides an app for mobile phones that allows instant group chats from your phone. The Facebook-Beluga deal news was broken by TechCrunch, however the figures of the buy-out is not yet known.
Facebook will retain the staff of Beluga that comprises of Ben Davenport, Lucy Zhang and Jonathan Perlow. They will now work for the messaging team of Facebook. The acquisition could offshoot to a more group-oriented chat service from Facebook on the mobile medium.
As of now, Beluga will continue to function as it does and users of Beluga service will have their accounts intact. Facebook will announce its future plans for Beluga soon.
The timing of Facebook buying Beluga could have been more apt as the latter was all set to raise funds in an angel funding round anytime soon.
Facebook will retain the staff of Beluga that comprises of Ben Davenport, Lucy Zhang and Jonathan Perlow. They will now work for the messaging team of Facebook. The acquisition could offshoot to a more group-oriented chat service from Facebook on the mobile medium.
As of now, Beluga will continue to function as it does and users of Beluga service will have their accounts intact. Facebook will announce its future plans for Beluga soon.
The timing of Facebook buying Beluga could have been more apt as the latter was all set to raise funds in an angel funding round anytime soon.
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