Gowalla CEO Josh Williams acknowledged on Monday that the location technology company has been acquired by Facebook. Rumors had been swirling over the weekend. Gowalla will wind down its service by the end of January. However, user data will not make the trek to Facebook’s Palo Alto, Calif., headquarters with the rest of Austin, Texas-based Gowalla. Instead, both companies will work to make it easy for users to export their data from Gowalla to Facebook.
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Facebook Gets Location-Based Talent With Gowalla Buy
Posted by: Rob Spiegel December 5, 2011 12:05 PMGowalla CEO Josh Williams acknowledged on Monday that the location technology company has been acquired by Facebook. Rumors had been swirling over the weekend. Gowalla will wind down its service by the end of January. However, user data will not make the trek to Facebook’s Palo Alto, Calif., headquarters with the rest of Austin, Texas-based Gowalla. Instead, both companies will work to make it easy for users to export their data from Gowalla to Facebook.