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04-24-2014, 06:41 PM
Facebook Acquires Moves, a Fitness Tracking App
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Facebook Messenger. WhatsApp. Paper. Instagram. And **w: Moves.
Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) an**unced Thursday that it has acquired Moves, a popular fitness tracking app, as part of its broader strategy to operate a set of standalone applications in addition to the flagship Facebook app.
See also: Facebook Plans to Launch More Standalone Apps Like Messenger (http://mashable.com/2014/01/29/facebook-standalone-apps/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
“As part of Facebook’s multi-app strategy, we’re excited to an**unce that the popular Moves app will be joining Facebook’s suite of applications," a Facebook rep said in a statement provided to Mashable
The app launched for iPhone in early 2013 and is also available on Android. It has reportedly (http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/04/24/with-app-acquisition-facebook-enters-fitness-tracking-market/?mod=WSJ_WSJ_News_BlogsModule&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter) been downloaded more than 4 million times, and will continue to operate as a standalone app, while some members of its team join Facebook at its headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/24/facebook-acquires-moves-app/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Facebook Messenger. WhatsApp. Paper. Instagram. And **w: Moves.
Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) an**unced Thursday that it has acquired Moves, a popular fitness tracking app, as part of its broader strategy to operate a set of standalone applications in addition to the flagship Facebook app.
See also: Facebook Plans to Launch More Standalone Apps Like Messenger (http://mashable.com/2014/01/29/facebook-standalone-apps/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
“As part of Facebook’s multi-app strategy, we’re excited to an**unce that the popular Moves app will be joining Facebook’s suite of applications," a Facebook rep said in a statement provided to Mashable
The app launched for iPhone in early 2013 and is also available on Android. It has reportedly (http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/04/24/with-app-acquisition-facebook-enters-fitness-tracking-market/?mod=WSJ_WSJ_News_BlogsModule&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter) been downloaded more than 4 million times, and will continue to operate as a standalone app, while some members of its team join Facebook at its headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/24/facebook-acquires-moves-app/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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