
Groupon Buys Mob.ly, Opens Silicon Valley Office
May 5th, 2010 admin

Groupon , the increasingly popular daily deal site, has purchased mobile development firm Mob.ly and opened up an office in Palo Alto. The Chicago-based company (which recently snagged a round of funding led by DST with a $1.35 billion valuation) has also hired the former Netflix executive, Mark Johnson, as their new Chief Data Officer. Johnson and Mob.ly will both be based in the new Palo Alto office. “Now there is no excuse to not work for us,” Groupon founder’s and CEO Andrew Mason said in a press release. “And …
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