This past weekend we wrote that social group startup Fridge was shutting down the product. We assumed that meant it was being acquired.
We assumed right. Austin Chang, Fridge's founder, just told us that the company is being acquired by Google+ for an undisclosed amount. The deal closed late last night.
Starting next week, his four-person team will be working on Google+ from New York. Come August, most of them will relocate to Google's Mountain View office.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/google-makes-its-first-aquisition-and-buys-social-group-startup-fridge-2011-7#ixzz1SlL0gBUq
We assumed right. Austin Chang, Fridge's founder, just told us that the company is being acquired by Google+ for an undisclosed amount. The deal closed late last night.
Starting next week, his four-person team will be working on Google+ from New York. Come August, most of them will relocate to Google's Mountain View office.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/google-makes-its-first-aquisition-and-buys-social-group-startup-fridge-2011-7#ixzz1SlL0gBUq