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Google acquires Ruba.com

by ilike on 5/25/10, 1:44 PM with 15 comments

• by random42 on 5/25/10, 2:15 PM

  Ruba is not acquired by google. The Ruba team is just working with iGoogle team.

  http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/21/google-acquires-travel-guid...

• by jacquesm on 5/25/10, 2:58 PM

  I wished people would use the word 'acquires' to describe those situations where a succesful start-up is bought by a larger company, not as a fig-leaf for dismembering a not-so-hot start-up or worse.

• by mikeryan on 5/25/10, 3:14 PM

  Congrats to the CEO of Ruba for looking out for his team enough to find them jobs before dissolving the company.

  I'd jump on this guys next gig in a heartbeat.

• by bdr on 5/25/10, 6:59 PM

  There's another ex-Googler "local guide" startup at http://www.nextstop.com/. I wonder how they feel about this.

• by jbellis on 5/25/10, 3:23 PM

  ... ruba will be closing shortly.

  /cynical

• by huherto on 5/25/10, 2:45 PM

  Good for them! But it doesn't say what will happen with their service.