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Beeper app comes out of beta as it gets acquired by WordPress' Automattic

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Automattic, the company behind WordPress and Texts.com, has acquired Beeper, the startup that offers a unified chat experience across various messaging services. This acquisition was completed for a reported $126 million, prompting a merger between the two existing messaging apps.along with the acquisition announcement.

Eric Migicovsky, Beeper's founder, is hyped on the potential of merging Beeper's tech with the desktop-centric strengths of Texts.com. Looks like they're taking the"best of both worlds" approach here. He also gave a shoutout to Texts.com founder Kishan Bagaria, mentioning a long history of collaboration between them.

 

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The owner of WordPress has bought Beeper, the app that flipped the bird to Apple’s iMessage supremacyWill Shanklin has been writing about gadgets, tech and their impact on humanity since 2011. Before joining Engadget, he spent five years creating and leading the mobile technology section for New Atlas. His work has also appeared on SlashGear, TechRadar, Digital Trends, AppleInsider, Android Central, HuffPost and others.
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