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Facebook buying mobile service Glance
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook, the world's most popular social network, is acquiring Glancee, a mobile service that helps users find and connect with people based on their locations.
The company, based in Menlo Park, California, announced the acquisition in an e-mailed statement. It didn't disclose terms.
Facebook, which plans to raise as much as $11.8 billion in an initial public offering, is using acquisitions to fuel growth in services aimed at mobile users. The company said last month that it's buying Instagram, a mobile photo-sharing service, for about $1 billion.
Glancee lets users explore profiles of people nearby and receive notifications of people who have common friends or mutual interests.
Glancee, founded in 2010, includes three co-founders, Andrea Vaccari, Alberto Tretti and Gabriel Grise.
With the initial public offering, Facebook will seek a market value of as much as $96 billion, offering shares at $28 to $35 each, a regulatory filing showed this week. Facebook has more than 900 million users.
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