wouldnt it be great if we could train facebook to answer our emails? put zuckerberg to work somehow. will let you know when i get that app built... aw, wait a minute, facebook bought whatsapp, didnt they? For $19 billion, to be exact. “The price is unheard of... but it’s a very smart move by Zuckerberg,” said Eric Jackson, president of Ironfire Capital. “I think he’s intent on buying any young new service that has the potential to topple Facebook from its top spot.” The verdict is also still out on Microsoft’s $8.5 billion acquisition of Internet voice-calling service Skype in 2011. --Bloomberg Facebook wanted to keep WhatsApp out of the clutches of Google, and the sale was in stock at a time when Facebook’s share price is at an all-time high, so Facebook didn’t have much to lose. --Quartzs Christopher Mims
Posted on: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 19:11:23 +0000
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