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Search giant Google has acquired Sigmoid Labs, the startup behind the popular ‘Where is my Train’ app, as it looks to bolster efforts to build India-specific apps and services that appeal to first-time Internet and smartphone users in the country.
In a post on its website on Monday, Sigmoid announced that its ten-member team would become part of Google’s Next Billion User (NBU) group post the acquisition. A Google spokesperson confirmed the news, without disclosing the terms of the deal.
This is the second acquisition Google is making to boost its NBU initiative, having acquired four-month-old Halli Labs, founded by
