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That was my initial thought/worry as well, but it looks like Lift.app is safe from Google acquistruction for now: 'Lift Labs'[0] is the creator of a spoon that helps parkinson's victims eat, and the bottom of the Lift.app website[1] gives the company name 'Lift Worldwide',

[0]: http://www.liftlabsdesign.com/ [1]: https://www.lift.do/

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I'm so glad this worried you! I'm the @liftapp founder. When we started there were no startups named Lift. Now the world is rich with L(i/y)fts. It's insane. Things look good for us (as in we have runway and revenue), so I don't think you'll be seeing any acquisition news from us.

FWIW, here's the email where we decided on the name and specifically went looking for other people using it: http://www.quora.com/Lift-app/How-did-Lift-app-get-its-name

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