Palo Alto, Calif. – Three months ago, Facebook acquired intellectual
property and hired three engineers from Zenbe, the developer of a Web-based
mail and messaging service whose technology was implemented in Facebook’s new
Messages platform, announced yesterday.
Financial terms of the deal with New
York-based Zenbe, which will continue developing messaging applications as an independent
company, were not disclosed.
CNET News.com notes that Zenbe shut down its Zenbe
Mail product on Oct. 8.
Related Links:
http://blog.zenbe.com/2010/11/16/congratulations-facebook/
