Facebook buys mobile software start-up company Osmeta

A Facebook spokeswoman confirmed in Thursday that the company had acquired Osmeta, a software start-up company based in Mountain View, Calif., but did not disclose specifics, Sina Technology News said in the early hours of April 12. Facebook confirmed today that it had acquired Osmeta, which had not yet launched a commercial product, and it was unclear whether it was a "acqui-hire" deal (for the purpose of acquiring talent) or a technical transaction (the acquisition was aimed at acquiring technology). The famous American Science and technology blog TechCrunch listed the facts related to Osmeta as follows:-O Smeta was founded in August 2011, the co-founder was Mitte Singh (Amit Singh) and former IBM executive Smith, who served at Google and IBM (Mark Smith), currently employs 17 employees, all of whom are engineers. A company profile page on the Osmeta website says the company has "a team of world-renowned hackers and researchers who can work in the most difficult software engineering". In addition to former employees from Google and IBM Research, the company's employees include employees from Yahoo Research, virtualization Solution Providers VMware and Facebook. -many employees who have listed Osmeta as employers have changed their identities on the social networking site to Facebook employees. One of them made it clear that he entered Facebook after Osmeta was acquired in March 2013. -osmeta has not yet published its products publicly, but its business scope is focused on the mobile domain, and it should appear to be a product that can be used in a variety of mobile devices. It is unclear whether Osmeta's technology has also been transferred to Facebook with employees. -osmeta secretly developed products are likely to be related to the software domain. The company website said: "Over the years, we have done a lot of software, including the world's first products." "-Enterprise Storage Service Provider Maginatics CEO Amakit Gille (Amarjit Gil) is one of Osmeta's angel investors, as well as its board members. Another venture capitalist, mentioned on the Osmeta website, is Brian Long, a general partner at Atlantic Bridge Ventures, a venture capital firm. It is unclear whether he is a Osmeta supporter, but Atlantic Bridge Ventures is one of Maginatics's supporters. -e-Commerce application Platform Lexity CEO Amit Coumars (Amit Kumar) speculated on the meaning of the name "Osmeta", who met Singh while studying in Delhi, India. Kumar said: "' Osmeta ' may beRefers to ' meta keyboard-based system ', which may be a virtualization technology that allows you to allow the same ' core functionality ' on any (mobile) hardware. "Kumar also believes that Facebook's takeover of Osmeta should be more than just a" buy-and-hire "deal, a merger that targets hiring talent. "Perhaps this means that Facebook has made a strategic decision to have Facebook home log on to all mobile devices, not just Android devices," he said. Perhaps Osmeta's work so far has allowed Facebook to quickly and massively spread Facebook home to this finely differentiated device ecosystem, creating a unified, Facebook-centric user experience across all devices. "The industry has pointed out that it may be a bit exaggerated to say that Kumar's Facebook home will land on" all devices, which, for the moment, is unlikely to launch the iOS version of Facebook home. At the same time, Android alone can provide a range of devices, and Osmeta will be enough to help Facebook spread these devices. (Tangfeng)