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Beeper Took On Apple’s iMessage Dominance. Now It’s Been Acquired

Business, Spoken

CHAPTER

Acquisition of Beeper by Automatic, Parent Company of WordPress and Tumblr

The chapter delves into the $125 million acquisition of the messaging app Beeper by Automatic, a company known for WordPress and Tumblr. Beeper, once controversial for its mimicry of Apple's Blue Bubble messaging, will continue to exist as a standalone product under Automatic's ownership.

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