Microsoft buys mobile social service, WebFives

I haven’t taken much of a look at WebFives recently but it seems Microsoft have been peering at them closely for a while — as they’ve just acquired WebFives, so reports TechCrunch.

Link: Microsoft Acquires Mobile Focused Social Networking Site WebFives

Microsoft has acquired Seattle based social networking site WebFives.

WebFives was initially founded in 2004 by former Microsoft engineer Mike Toutonghi as Vizrea and offers social networking with a focus of mobile media, including video, music and photos. Users are provided with standard social networking profile pages complete with blogging, and have the option of accessing their sites via computer or via a WAP specific page.

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