With the acquisition of the company in September, Bump and Flock CEO and co-founder David Lieb quietly announced last night that both apps were shutting down effective January 31st. According to a brief blog post on the Bump site, Lieb says his team is “deeply focused on our new projects within Google” and given that the acquisition appears to be talent-driven, the shutdown comes as little surprise.

Another app and service swallowed by the big boys.  This is the danger when using smaller services.  Acquisitions can occur and suddenly the app or service you depended on is gone.