Skype announced it will acquire GroupMe, a group messaging smartphone app for Android, iPhone, Blackberry, and Windows Phone 7 that lets you create group texts, make conference calls, and share photos ...

Skype announced that it is acquiring GroupMe for an undisclosed sum. Acquiring the young mobile group messaging service expands Skype’s arsenal of communication tools and gives Skype (and by extension ...

Today, GroupMe celebrated its first birthday. The group text messaging app has had quite the year. From a lawsuit, to major competitors, to raising $11 million, the founders have had serious highs and ...

Oh what a difference a year can make. In November 2010, 20-somethings Jared Hecht and Steve Martocci had a three-month-old group-texting startup with five employees. Less than a year later, they have ...

After launching major revisions of its iPhone and Android apps last week, group chatting startup GroupMe is tossing in another new feature, right before South by Southwest starts. "Joinable Groups" ...