Nokia to Acquire Social Networking Site Plum

Nokia and Plum announced that Nokia has acquired certain assets of Plum Ventures, Inc, a privately held company which employed approximately 10 people with main offices in Boston, Massachusetts. Plum will complement Nokia's Social Location services.

Plum develops and operates a cloud-based social media sharing and messaging service for private groups. Plum-powered groups are ideally suited for families, co-workers, neighbourhoods, sports, schools, faith and any other existing social group

The acquired Plum assets will become part of Nokia's Services unit. Plum Groups continues to operate unchanged.