Google is shopping for the social p0lling startup Polar, the businesses proclaimed Thursday.
Google failed to disclose the terms of the acquisition however aforesaid Polar founder Luke Wroblewski and his team would be brought on to figure with the Google+ team.
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Wroblewski and his team are going to be specializing in style at Google\'s social network, notably mobile style.
“I’m excited to welcome Luke Wroblewski and therefore the gifted Polar team to G00gle,\" Dave Besbris, Google\'s VP of engineering for G00gle+ aforesaid during a statement. \"They’ll be operating with our designers and engineers to assist U.S. build G+ as stunning and straightforward to use as potential, particularly on mobile devices.\"
Previously, Wroblewski cofounded Bagcheck, that was noninheritable by Twitter in 2011 once doing a stint at Yahoo as chief style creator. He conjointly wrote a book, Mobile 1st, centered on however style groups ought to transition style strategy from desktop to mobile.
It seems the Polar app, that permits users to form straightforward made-to-order polls, can stay on-line through the top of the year. \"We are keeping our publisher tools accessible till the top of 2014,\" Polar aforesaid during a statement on their website. \"We have conjointly designed a straightforward thanks to transfer and save an archive of your Polar polls and knowledge — they’re yours in any case.\"
Though neither company aforesaid definitively what would happen to the app, Google acquisitions tend to end in the initial app being closed or effectively neglected (like email app Sparrow, that was noninheritable to figure on Gmail— the app continues to be accessible however hasn\'t been updated in nearly a year.)
Google+, Google\'s often-over looked social network that has long suffered from perception issues, is facing AN unsure future. Google created no mention of the service throughout the foremost recent Google I/O and Vic Gundotra, UN agency headed up the platform since it's launch, unexpectedly stepped d0wn earlier this year.
Google failed to disclose the terms of the acquisition however aforesaid Polar founder Luke Wroblewski and his team would be brought on to figure with the Google+ team.
SEE ALSO: fourteen Google Tools You did not recognize Existed
Wroblewski and his team are going to be specializing in style at Google\'s social network, notably mobile style.
“I’m excited to welcome Luke Wroblewski and therefore the gifted Polar team to G00gle,\" Dave Besbris, Google\'s VP of engineering for G00gle+ aforesaid during a statement. \"They’ll be operating with our designers and engineers to assist U.S. build G+ as stunning and straightforward to use as potential, particularly on mobile devices.\"
Previously, Wroblewski cofounded Bagcheck, that was noninheritable by Twitter in 2011 once doing a stint at Yahoo as chief style creator. He conjointly wrote a book, Mobile 1st, centered on however style groups ought to transition style strategy from desktop to mobile.
It seems the Polar app, that permits users to form straightforward made-to-order polls, can stay on-line through the top of the year. \"We are keeping our publisher tools accessible till the top of 2014,\" Polar aforesaid during a statement on their website. \"We have conjointly designed a straightforward thanks to transfer and save an archive of your Polar polls and knowledge — they’re yours in any case.\"
Though neither company aforesaid definitively what would happen to the app, Google acquisitions tend to end in the initial app being closed or effectively neglected (like email app Sparrow, that was noninheritable to figure on Gmail— the app continues to be accessible however hasn\'t been updated in nearly a year.)
Google+, Google\'s often-over looked social network that has long suffered from perception issues, is facing AN unsure future. Google created no mention of the service throughout the foremost recent Google I/O and Vic Gundotra, UN agency headed up the platform since it's launch, unexpectedly stepped d0wn earlier this year.
