Last September, Google acquired Bump, the inventor of the Bump & Flock apps, for an estimated $30 to $60 million. This app allowed wireless data sharing via NFC technology between two Smartphones or from one phone to a computer. But last Wednesday, Internet giant announces permanent shutdown.
The idea of this app was pretty good as it allowed. share files or data by simply “bumping” them from one terminal to another. Also, it was working pretty well since the time of our previous post (09/16/2013), it has been downloaded by over 60 million users worldwide. We even announced that Google plans to integrate it into Android systems. But what has happened since then?
Closing Bump and Flock apps on January 31
As Bump co-founder and current general manager David Lieb announced on his Blog, Google would have new projects ahead of time:
We are now heavily focused on our new projects within Google and have decided to end Bump and Flock.
He adds that it will likely be a photography app, but no further details have been given about Google’s projects.
For those currently using these apps, it’s worth noting that they won’t be available on the Google Play Store (or App Store) from January 31. who left you about a month to recover all your data on the servers because they will be deleted for sure on the closing date.
As a reminder, the American company Bump, Founded in 2008 in Mountain View, the same Silicon Valley town as Google. Have you used this app?
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