Google buys file transfer app

Published 5:00 am Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Google Inc. has acquired Bump, the maker of a smartphone app that allows users to share files by bumping devices together.

The two companies did not release financial terms of the deal.

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In a blog post announcing the acquisition Monday, Bump CEO David Lieb said the company’s apps, which also include a photo-sharing service, Flock, will keep working for now.

In a blog post from late March, Bump said its namesake app was downloaded 125 million times.

The Bump app was launched more than four years ago.

— From wire reports

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