Twitter buys microblogging service Posterous

Twitter has bought the microblogging service Posterous and will be running it as an adjunct to its main client — for the time being, at least.

This team has built an innovative product that makes sharing across the web and mobile devices simple — a goal we share, said Twitter in a statement. Posterous engineers, product managers and others will join our teams working on several key initiatives that will make Twitter even better — via redwolf.newsvine.com