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Correct me if I am wrong, but while the talent acquisition makes sense because the execution from the Beluga team has been brilliant, but why the technology? I

by tuhin 16y ago

Correct me if I am wrong, but while the talent acquisition makes sense because the execution from the Beluga team has been brilliant, but why the technology? I mean are not they using Twilio's API for the most part of the service?

ryanwaggoner 16y ago
Zuck has stated several times that Facebook only acquires for talent. So if you love your product, don't sell it to Facebook :)
- finiteloop 16y ago
  http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2277570 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2277570
  - nl 16y ago
    I suspect the author of this post may be a little better informed about Facebook's intentions than most other HN posters.
    - j2d2j2d2 16y ago
      Finiteloop = Bret Taylor, CTO of Facebook
      - nl 16y ago
        hence a little better informed about Facebook's intentions :)
        j2d2j2d2 16y ago
        I was clarifying since you didn't say so explicitly. Best to be clear.
  - skeletonjelly 16y ago
    Where have you been for the last 98 days? Or has there been no Facebook articles on HN since ;)
geoffc 16y ago
Beluga doesn't use SMS for the transport layer they use TCP. Groupflier (me) and Groupme use SMS and Twilio. Congrat's to the Beluga team!
- cmdrkeene 16y ago
  GroupMe 2.0 (released today) uses either SMS or Push/TCP in the iPhone and Android apps.
  - geoffc 16y ago
    Yes I saw that announcement. Our iPhone app also uses TCP, the goal is to to switch SMS traffic to TCP traffic over time.
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