Google on Thursday plugged a key gap in its growing portfolio of communication services with the acquisition of Gizmo5, a Californian start-up that handles internet-based voice calls and instant messaging.
Alongside its Google Voice, Google Talk and Gmail services, Gizmo5 will give the search company with a broad set of technologies for completing and managing voice, text and video communications. The acquisition was first reported earlier this week by TechCrunch, which put the purchase price at about $30m.
