Rondee announced the news on its Web site, saying that current users will be able to create new conference calls until July 12. After that, the site is closing down. June 13, 2013 6:00 AM PDT Yahoo has been acquiring a host of companies lately, and it's not even done yet. The company earlier this week acquired free conference call service provider Rondee. The calling service announced the news on its Web site on Wednesday, saying simply that it's been acquired by Yahoo and will join the online giant's Small Business team. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. With the Yahoo acquisition now complete, Rondee is no longer accepting new users. Current users can continue to create their free conference calls until July 12. Data from past calls will be available until August 12. After that, Rondee is going the way of the Dodo. Related stories Yahoo invites people to get a new ID Yahoo buys iOS photography shop to improve Flickr Bing's U.S. search market share continues to climb Is Marissa Mayer worth more than Tim Cook? Yahoo search results page gets a makeover Since Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer took over the company, she's been on a bit of a buying spree, acquiring startups across a wide array of markets. Mayer's biggest acquisition so far, however, has been her $1.1 billion buy of popular microblogging service Tumblr. Yahoo has not said what it has planned for Rondee's technology, but it appears to be eyeing it as a boost for its small business services. (Via TechCrunch)
Rondee announced the news on its Web site, saying that current users will be able to create new conference calls until July 12. After that, the site is closing down.
Yahoo has been acquiring a host of companies lately, and it's not even done yet.
The company earlier this week acquired free conference call service provider Rondee. The calling service announced the news on its Web site on Wednesday, saying simply that it's been acquired by Yahoo and will join the online giant's Small Business team. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
With the Yahoo acquisition now complete, Rondee is no longer accepting new users. Current users can continue to create their free conference calls until July 12. Data from past calls will be available until August 12. After that, Rondee is going the way of the Dodo.
Related stories
- Yahoo invites people to get a new ID
- Yahoo buys iOS photography shop to improve Flickr
- Bing's U.S. search market share continues to climb
- Is Marissa Mayer worth more than Tim Cook?
- Yahoo search results page gets a makeover
Since Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer took over the company, she's been on a bit of a buying spree, acquiring startups across a wide array of markets. Mayer's biggest acquisition so far, however, has been her $1.1 billion buy of popular microblogging service Tumblr.
Yahoo has not said what it has planned for Rondee's technology, but it appears to be eyeing it as a boost for its small business services.
(Via TechCrunch)
