Facebook buys photo service Divvyshot

Calling it “an offer we can’t refuse,” the founders of a photo-sharing service called Divvyshot announced Friday that they have been acquired by social network giant Facebook. Financial details and other minutiae were not discussed, but it was assumed that the design team would remain on board.

Divvyshot allows for group photo sharing: multiple users can edit albums, which are grouped around various events and places. As part of the acquisition, the service will be shutting down.

“Divvyshot will begin winding down operations as of today,” the announcement explained. “Existing users can continue to use Divvyshot; however no new accounts will be issued and our iPhone application will no longer be available for download.” In six weeks, Divvyshot.com will start redirecting to Facebook.

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