Twitter has acquired Mixer Lab creators of GeoAPI

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ACQUISITION 
FDN Database Reference:  F231109-279
 
Acquirer:  Twitter
ACQ Web:  http://www.twitter.com
Location:  San Francisco, CA.
Region:  North America
Description:  Free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets
Category:  Social Network, Blog
Contact 1:  Jack Dorsey, Chairman
Contact 2:  Evan Williams, CEO 
 
Vendor:  Mixer Labs
Vendor Web:  http://www.geoapi.com  
Region:  North America
Description:  Creators of GeoAPI a comprehensive service for helping developers build geolocation-aware applications.
Category: Twitter API
Contact 1:  Elad Gil, co-founder and CEO of GeoAPI.com / Mixer Labs / TownMe  Twitter
Contact 2:  Othman Laraki, co-founder and President of GeoAPI.com / Mixer Labs / TownMe

Aprox. Value:  Undisclosed
 
Details:  From the Twitter Blog, “We will be looking at how to integrate the work Mixer Labs has done with the Twitter API in useful ways that give developers behind geo-enabled apps like Birdfeed, Seesmic Web, Foursquare, Gowalla, Twidroid, Twittelator Pro and others powerful new possibilities”.
 
Link: Twitter Blog

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