Alphabet’s Google Buys Mobile App Tool Fabric From Twitter

  • After Vine, the developer unit is the latest to leave Twitter
  • Twitter’s Crashlytics service is also moving to Google
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Google isn’t buying Twitter Inc., but it’s buying one of Twitter’s remaining parts.

Alphabet Inc.’s online search division agreed to purchase Fabric, a Twitter business that provides a software toolkit for mobile apps. The companies didn’t disclose financial terms.