TwitPic, the image-hosting company that two weeks ago said it would shut down after a trademark dispute with Twitter, has apparently been acquired, keeping its service alive.

“We’re happy to announce we’ve been acquired and TwitPic will live on!” the company said Thursday in — and why not — a tweet.

TwitPic said it will provide more details when it can disclose them. It didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

The company said earlier this month that it would be shutting down Sept. 25, after Twitter demanded it abandon its trademark or risk losing access to Twitter’s API (application programming interface).

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