Half-a-year old polar bear twins Nobby and Nela explore their new outside pool enclosure at the Hellabrunn zoo in Munich, southern Germany, on June 26, 2014. The two little polar bear cubs Nobby and Nela were born in the zoo of Munich on December 9, 2013. AFP PHOTO/CHRISTOF STACHE (Photo credit should read CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty […]
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Google has acquired Polar, a startup that allows anyone to create a visual poll for their website or app. Terms of the deal haven’t been disclosed.
Dave Besbris, the current leader of Google+, confirmed that Polar employees would be joining his team to make the social network “even more awesome.”
If you were a fan of Polar’s services though, bad news: Polar says it’ll be keeping its publisher tools available until the end of 2014, after which point they will presumably be shuttered for good. If you’ve been using Polar and want to save an archive, you can request a copy from the company’s site.
Big news: Polar (& I) are joining Google! http://t.co/BlXBDXtC5l pic.twitter.com/moLhwW1vt3
— Luke Wroblewski (@lukew) September 11, 2014
Many have speculated that Google is winding down Google+ with a view to closing it completely – rumors have suggested its powerful photo storage and editing features could be splintered off into a separate service – but an acquisition like this suggests otherwise. We’ll just have to wait and see.
Top image credit: CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images
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