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Facebook Buys Pryte

Pryte

Facebook has acuired Pryte, a company that allows single-click buying of mobile data on a need-to and per app basis. The Pryte team will be joining Facebook. In a statement, the Helsinki, Finland-based company said “We are excited to get started, and make an even greater impact by advancing the work we are doing in collaboration with Facebook’s great team working to further Internet.org’s goal of making affordable internet access available to everyone in the world.” Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

[Image courtesy: Pryte]

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