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Shutterfly Acquires Penguin Digital

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Photo-sharing service Shutterfly has acquired Penguin Digital,  a mobile application developer that provides consumers a way to create, share and purchase photo merchandise directly from their mobile devices. Penguin Digital founders Reuven Moskowitz and Josh Friedman, along with the rest of the Penguin Digital team, will be establishing Shutterfly’s new technology center in New York City.

The size of the deal was not disclosed.

Penguin Digital launched an iPhone app in January 2012 called Mobile Photo Factory (or MoPho, for short.)

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