GroupMe's team in New York will continue to focus on its group text messaging application. For Skype, the acquisition of GroupMe will add the ability to offer text messaging for groups as well
The demand for specialized monitoring access to Twitter and Facebook follows similar requests for other online services. The government did not provide details of what encrypted data they would like to have access to
Google is expanding in the U.S., while LivingSocial has planned an acquisition in South Korea. Both companies look to expand into the booming deals market