Bumble buys community building app Geneva to expand further into friendships

Dating app maker Bumble has acquired Geneva, an online platform built around forming real-world groups and clubs. The company said that the deal is designed to help it expand its focus from "one-to-one connections to groups and communities" — friendships, in other words. "There's certainly a lot of interesting technology companies across the industry that we're constantly looking at, but we immediately look at if it actually aligns and accelerates with our long-term mission here," Jones said on the company' ...