Former king of internet portal, Yahoo has acquired Alike, a location-discovery app, for an undisclosed sum as part of its continued push into mobile under their new CEO Marissa Mayer, the former Google executive.
The announcement of Alike’s acquisition was announced on Tuesday the company, Alike confirming that they will join the Yahoo Mobile team. Alike will be working on building “personalized” and “intelligent” mobile experiences for Yahoo users.
Here’s Alike Announcement:
At Alike, we’ve spent the last couple of years working hard to build amazing mobile experiences to delight our customers, which is why we’re thrilled to announce some big news: we’re joining Yahoo! Mobile.
We’ve always been p(–foul word(s) removed–)ionate about the growing power of intelligent mobile experiences. We believe that distilled information, deeply personalized and made accessible anytime and anywhere, is what makes mobile experiences a part of our customers’ daily lives.
In Yahoo! we’ve found a team as excited about this vision as we are, and who are serious about making it real. We’re super excited to join Yahoo!’s mobile team, where we can march toward that vision faster than ever.
As of today, we will no longer support the Alike Nearby iPhone and Web apps. Thank you to all our customers, partners, investors, and advisors who’ve supported us from day one! We’ve taken a big step on our journey, and we could not have done it without your support.
Looking forward to starting our new chapter at Yahoo!
Sincerely,
The Alike Team
The Alike is an iPhone app, which was launched by Seattle-based startup UrbanQ in October of last year. The app helps user discover venues nearby based on their interests. It also promotes deals for venues in your area; however the app will no longer support the app starting today.
