San Francisco - Pownce, a microblogging and file-sharing service created by Digg founder Kevin Rose, announced on Monday that it has been acquired by Six Apart, developers of blogging tools including Vox, Movable Type and TypePad, for an undisclosed sum.

San Francisco - Pownce, a social network and file-sharing application start-up created by Digg founder Kevin Rose, this week announced the launch of a private beta test of its service, Wired News reported. The service lets users send messages, links, files of various types, and events to one another for free; an ad-free version that increases file upload limits will also be available for $20 per year.