{"id":654011,"date":"2013-04-23T15:52:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T19:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=226368"},"modified":"2013-04-23T15:52:22","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T19:52:22","slug":"google-buys-wavii-according-to-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/654011","title":{"rendered":"Google Buys Wavii, According To Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google has bought mobile news startup Wavii for over $30 million, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2013\/04\/23\/google-buys-wavii-for-north-of-30-million\">a report from TechCrunch<\/a>, who says the news comes from &#8220;a legitimate source&#8221;. Nothing official has been announced yet. <\/p>\n<p>According to TechCrunch&#8217;s Alexia Tsotsis, Google was in competition with Apple for the startup, which has drawn comparisons to Summly, which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/yahoo-acquires-summly-to-integrate-into-its-own-mobile-offerings-2013-03\">Yahoo acquired last month<\/a>, and has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/yahoo-puts-summly-to-use-in-new-iphone-app-2013-04\">already implemented in its new iPhone app<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/wavii-ceo-were-making-a-facebook-out-of-google-2012-05\">Here&#8217;s an interview we did with Wavii CEO Adrian Aoun last year<\/a>, in which he describes the product. <\/p>\n<p>Rumors were going around last week that Google was close to acquiring the company, though Business Insider <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/google-is-close-to-acquiring-personalized-news-startup-wavii-2013-4\">said the price would be less than $30 million<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"616\" height=\"347\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zs0YNRW6dBU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=w5DoSeoa9AE:3qSGO8jZazc:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=w5DoSeoa9AE:3qSGO8jZazc:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=w5DoSeoa9AE:3qSGO8jZazc:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=w5DoSeoa9AE:3qSGO8jZazc:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=w5DoSeoa9AE:3qSGO8jZazc:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=w5DoSeoa9AE:3qSGO8jZazc:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=w5DoSeoa9AE:3qSGO8jZazc:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=w5DoSeoa9AE:3qSGO8jZazc:mfZ73u_VV2s\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=w5DoSeoa9AE:3qSGO8jZazc:mfZ73u_VV2s\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/webpronews\/all\/~4\/w5DoSeoa9AE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has bought mobile news startup Wavii for over $30 million, according to a report from TechCrunch, who says the news comes from &#8220;a legitimate source&#8221;. Nothing official has been announced yet. 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