Mozilla officially announced the Pocket acquisition on its blog: Instapaper, a competitor to Pocket, was similarly acquired from social network and bookmarking site Pinterest last August after previously being bought by Digg-creator Betaworks from creator Marco Arment.ĭetails of the latest deal including how much Mozilla paid for Pocket were not disclosed, but Recode notes that Pocket has picked up around 10 million users since it first started under the name Read It Later in 2007. Pocket already offered a dedicated bookmarking extension for Mozilla’s Firefox browser. Free users of Pocket (which some use to strip ads from online publications) are served with in-app sponsored content.

The bookmarking service and apps are both available for free, although the service does monetize with a premium tier with advanced features for $4.99/month or $44.99/year. Pocket, the popular read-it-later bookmarking service, has been acquired by Firefox developer Mozilla, according to Recode. Pocket has client apps on Android and Chrome including a browser extension.

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