Facebook acquires social media startup Branch, to build conversation group

Facebook acquires social networking startup Branch Media to focus on online forms.

Facebook has acquired New York based start up Branch Media to develop Facebook's conversations group. The financial details about the deal have not been disclosed yet but according to sources the deal is estimated to be worth about $ 15 million.

The social networking start-up was launched two years ago with backing from The Obvious Corporation, a firm backed by Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams. According to the deal New York City-based startup's twin social networks, Branch and Potluck, will continue to operate independently and work on Facebook conversations for helping people connect based on their interests.

Josh Miller, Branch's co-founder announced the acquisition in a Facebook post. "After two years building Branch and Potluck, I am thrilled to announce that we will be continuing our mission at Facebook," said Miller.

"We will be forming Facebook's Conversations group, based in New York City, with the goal of helping people connect with others around their interests. Their pitch to us was: "Build Branch at Facebook scale," he added.

Miller said that he is "incredibly bullish on Facebook". He added, "At the end of the day, social networks are valuable for the size and density of their network (of people)—not the volume of photos shared or messages sent," Miller wrote in a blog post. "In that regard, Facebook still reigns supreme, by far."

Facebook has recently acquired its first Indian start-up Little Eye labs that monitors building tools and performance analysis of mobile app developers. The acquisition is aimed to enhance the social networking giants revenue from its mobile business. The financial details of the deal have not been disclosed yet, but according to media reports the price was approximately $ 15 Million.

Research results, "The modern family is connected by call 624 times and short messages through 1768"

Research results, "The modern family is 

connected by call 624 times and short 

messages through 1768" 

　"Home from now," eg, "I bought the ○ ○", when you keep in touch a little contact, it's existence telephone and e-mail is indispensable. So usually, none of the partners or family around I wonder are you telephone or email us? Research results that will answer such a simple question was announced.

According to the survey conducted in the UK, on average to your family or your partner is in the country to send short messages of mobile phone of 1768 through the (following short message) a year to the call of the 624 times that. Furthermore, it was found that by sending the E-mail through 520, to exchange messages 468 in Facebook or Twitter.
　
· Some people exchange by e-mail, etc. each other, even if away from home
for the proper use of the means of communication, British people use the phone the most when you get in touch with partners, followed by short message, E-mail to the next.However, it relies on short message when you stay in touch with children, it is to order phone, an E-mail to the next has also been found.

In addition, in this study, it was found that even 44% of the people, for the children and partners in the room parts of the same house, you are contacted by e-mail, etc. what. The story 60% of their, and because not ask that the partners and their children say you do not, it is recognized that because care 33% of the other is going to speak at the opponent simply. · ...... To ignore emails or phone calls In addition, more of the things that parents of 4 or more people are taking to communicate with children in the E-mail and short message than speak face-to-face actually 10 people in many cases. I thing that there is that for children and partners, people of 29 percent, ignoring the incoming call and short message, on the other hand, became a fight. Telephone and short message very useful in helping to communicate. While convenient, opportunity to interact directly with partners and family and less, it's downright ironic story. Even so, it is the transmission of 2288 through year When combined E-mail and short messages. Do you would think you are a lot this number?