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Skype has officially announced that it has purchased GroupMe, a company which was launched last year. The details of the deal between the two companies weren’t revealed, but several reports suggest that Skype will pay about $85 million for GroupMe after the latter raised $11.5 million in total since its launch.
We remind you that Skype was involved in another deal earlier in the year when Microsoft paid $8.5 billion to buy the VoIP service. Microsoft’s acquisition is waiting approval from the regulatory organization and it will probably receive the green light sometime before the end of 2011.
Skype is available on a number of platforms including Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, Android, Symbian, BlackBerry, and PSP among others. GroupMe focuses on mobile devices as it’s available for download on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, and more recently, Windows Phone 7.
The VoIP company will pay $85 million in order to take advantage of the free group messaging services that GroupMe offers. GroupMe allows handset users to add contacts to groups and send them text messages instantly to all of them or to select members of the group. If you didn’t figure it out already, then you should know that GroupMe doesn’t requires an always-on internet connection so you can send SMS text messages without a data plan.
GroupMe also allows its users to start a conference with all members of the group meaning that you can talk with all your friends or family at the same time at the touch of a button. You can take advantage of the GPS on your device and share your location with your friends so that you will never get lost.
This applications also supports photo sharing so you can share what’s cool with your contacts in real time. Everything works smoothly with GroupMe and it’s a must-have application on your mobile device.
I couldn’t imagine how many head-aches I would have if it weren’t for GroupMe. If you are used to hang out with your friends very often, then this app allows you to organize parties, meetings, sports night, and you know that nobody will miss these events because nobody informed them.
We don’t think that the deal will not go through as there is no reason for that. Let’s just wait and see if GroupMe’s acquisition price really stands at $85 million and what Microsoft thinks about it!