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July 21, 2011 05:08 am GMT

Google Hires JustSpottedScoopler Team To Work On Google+

For the past two years, we've been tracking the team behind Scoopler. Originally a Y Combinator company that was one of the first startups in the "realtime search" space, they eventually pivoted last year to become a realtime celebrity geo-stalking servicecalled JustSpotted " yes, really. Today, they're shutting down both services, as they note on their site. But they don't say why. Well, we know why. The team has been hired by Google to work on Google+.To be clear, Google did not acquire either JustSpotted or Scoopler, instead the acqui-hired the team consisting ofAJ Asver, Dilan Jayawardane and Benjamin Tauber, the founders of Scoopler, Inc."We're looking forward to AJ, Ben, and Dilan joining Google and we think they'll be a great addition to our team," a Google spokesperson tells us.

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