Beeper and Automattic could build a super-app before Elon Musk and X

Remember Beeper? It was in the news recently for trying to integrate its Android app with iMessage before Apple made the process such an unsafe nightmare that the company abandoned the plan. Well, Beeper is back with a new plan: Becoming a messaging super-app.

Today, Beeper announced that it has been acquired by Automattic, the company behind WordPress, Tumblr, Pocket Casts, Jetpack, Day One, and a slew of other apps and services. According to both companies, the plan is to build a safe, secure, and all-in-one messaging super-app.

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