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Facebook Buys Israeli Mobile Startup Snaptu

by Peter Kafka
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 7:26 AM PT

Facebook has purchased Snaptu, a mobile startup that develops software for “feature phones”–the non-smartphones that most of the world uses. The two companies had already collaborated on a “Facebook for Feature Phones” app in January. The Israeli company announced the deal on its blog, and says the acquisition is supposed to close in a few weeks.

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  • chasmalloy

    Facebook medium term mobile strategy unfolding with this acquisition. Has Facebook made a de-facto endorsement for base mobile functionality as a method to the masses…. via sms? Twitter already has..why not?

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