Nokia acquires Twango

Nokia and Twango today announced that Nokia has acquired substantially all assets of Twango. Twango provides a comprehensive media sharing solution for organizing and sharing photos, videos and other personal media. By acquiring Twango, Nokia will be able to offer people an easy way to share multimedia content through their desktop and mobile devices. In addition to key assets, through this transaction Nokia is bringing on a seasoned team with strong social media and Web services expertise.

"The Twango acquisition is a concrete step towards our Internet services vision of providing seamless access to information, entertainment, and social networks - at anytime, anywhere, from any connected device, in any way that you choose. We have the most complete suite of connected multimedia experiences including music, navigation, games, and - with the Twango acquisition - photos, videos, and a variety of document types," said Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Multimedia, Nokia.

About Twango

Twango is a next generation social media sharing service that offers a comprehensive, integrated solution for people to organize, share, and republish all their personal media, publicly or privately, Twango enables people to share all media types such as pictures, videos, audio clips, and a variety of documents types - more than 110 file types in all.