Beeper, the messaging app that consolidates multiple messaging services, has been acquired by Automattic. The deal includes opening up the app to all users and shutting down the waitlist. The acquisition follows Beeper's recent launch of Beeper Mini, which allowed Android users to access iMessage.
Beeper , the upstart messaging app that attempts to corral all your messaging services into one inbox, is being acquired by Automattic , the giant that runs Wordpress.com, Tumblr, and a number of other hugely popular web properties. The deal closed last week and was announced officially on Tuesday. Along with the announcement, Beeper is also opening up its app to everyone for the first time across platforms, shutting down its waitlist for good.
”' Mullenweg told me that in October as he was announcing another acquisition: a $50 million purchase of Texts, an all-in-one messaging app that is Beeper’s main and maybe only direct competitor. Mullenweg said then that Migicovsky and Beeper were “thinking about the space exactly the right way” but that he took issue with some of Beeper’s security models that required it to store and de-encrypt some of your messages.
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