Microsoft reportedly snatches up Office plug-in maker LiveLoop

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According to a new report out of ZDNet, Microsoft has acquired LiveLoop, a company that makes collaboration tools for Office users.

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Though Microsoft hasn't yet made an announcement about the acquisition, ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley said that a Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed the deal. Further pointing to a potential acquisition is a message on LiveLoop's website that notes that it will shut down on April 24:

"LiveLoop will be shutting down permanently on April 24th, 2015. New user registration and presentation upload have been disabled.Existing LiveLoop users: if you have any data you would like to retrieve from LiveLoop, please do so before April 24th. On April 24th, all presentations and user data will be permanently deleted"

Source: ZDNet

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