I remember an article about how Gowalla was bringing SV talent to Austin. Heh.
This is definitely a big loss for Austin. There are still a few interesting startups in the area, but Gowalla was the one that made it a serious contender.
Facebook buys Gowalla
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#22I'd love to hear the conversation at foursquare right now. I wonder if they're happy for their competitors, or maybe sad? Perhaps concerned that the check-in novelty is really dying off?
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#23this has to be a talent acquisition. i wonder how long before gowalla product is mothballed? also wonder how little of a return their investors got?
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#27I'd love to hear the conversation at foursquare right now. I wonder if they're happy for their competitors, or maybe sad? Perhaps concerned that the check-in novelty is really dying off?
It's an irrelevant event for us.
I don't mean this as a dig, but if you think one of your competitors getting bought by the predominant, and deep-pocketed, social media site is "irrelevant" something seems strangely amiss.
My guess is that you might have not seen them as a competitor, which would certainly be understandable. But this would still have ripple effect that is, IMO, somewhat worth more than casual dismissal.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's an irrelevant event for us.
Would you care to elaborate on that? I don't mean this as a dig, but if you think one of your competitors getting bought by the predominant, and deep-pocketed, social media site is "irrelevant" something seems strangely amiss. My guess is that you might have not seen them as a competitor, which would certainly be understandable. But this would still have ripple effect that is, IMO, somewhat worth more than casual dis…
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's an irrelevant event for us.
Would you care to elaborate on that? I don't mean this as a dig, but if you think one of your competitors getting bought by the predominant, and deep-pocketed, social media site is "irrelevant" something seems strangely amiss. My guess is that you might have not seen them as a competitor, which would certainly be understandable. But this would still have ripple effect that is, IMO, somewhat worth more than casual dis…
B) Facebook isn't buying the product (they don't care about the product). They're just hiring a couple of engineers/designers/product folks.
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#30Also, does anyone else find it amusing that CNN broke this news and there isn't a single mention of it anywhere on TechCrunch?