Information network picks up a small startup versed in surfacing the best social updates from local businesses, but shuts down its app. June 19, 2013 2:15 PM PDT Spindle's app, which is being shuttered, helped people discover social updates from nearby shops, restaurants, bars, museums, and other venues. (Credit: Screenshot/Jennifer Van Grove/CNET) Twitter has acquired Spindle, a mobile application for learning about what's happening nearby, the companies announced Wednesday. "We've spent the past two and a half years building a product that helps you answer the question: 'What's happening nearby right now?'," the startup said in a blog post announcing its sale. "Every time we've experimented and looked beyond local discovery, we've been amazed by the breadth and quality of content shared on Twitter. By joining forces with Twitter, we can do so much more to help you find interesting, timely, and useful information about what's happening around you." Related posts Twitter and Viacom announce social video marketing pact Apple could include LinkedIn for deep iOS 7 integration Facebook to unveil Instagram video on June 20, report says Spindle's application, which highlights status updates from local businesses, is being discontinued as the team moves to Twitter's San Francisco headquarters. The application acted like a local search engine, albeit powered by social data from Facebook and Twitter. The team could prove useful should the information network wish to build out a rumored local discovery service that attempts to surface the most relevant tweets nearby. The small startup, founded in late 2010, had raised more than $2.3 million in funding before being picked up by Twitter.
Information network picks up a small startup versed in surfacing the best social updates from local businesses, but shuts down its app.
Spindle's app, which is being shuttered, helped people discover social updates from nearby shops, restaurants, bars, museums, and other venues.
(Credit: Screenshot/Jennifer Van Grove/CNET)
Twitter has acquired Spindle, a mobile application for learning about what's happening nearby, the companies announced Wednesday.
"We've spent the past two and a half years building a product that helps you answer the question: 'What's happening nearby right now?'," the startup said in a blog post announcing its sale. "Every time we've experimented and looked beyond local discovery, we've been amazed by the breadth and quality of content shared on Twitter. By joining forces with Twitter, we can do so much more to help you find interesting, timely, and useful information about what's happening around you."
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Spindle's application, which highlights status updates from local businesses, is being discontinued as the team moves to Twitter's San Francisco headquarters. The application acted like a local search engine, albeit powered by social data from Facebook and Twitter.
The team could prove useful should the information network wish to build out a rumored local discovery service that attempts to surface the most relevant tweets nearby.
The small startup, founded in late 2010, had raised more than $2.3 million in funding before being picked up by Twitter.
