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An outrageous price for WhatsApp? Hang on …

[at CNBC] – Everyone is outraged over the $19 BILLION Facebook is paying for messaging service WhatsApp but here’s what they’re missing, says Michael Yoshikami. moreView todays social media effects on FBView the latest stocks trending across Twitter. Click to view dashboardSee who Facebook is hiring next, click here to view […]

[video] How Can Facebook Justify $19B for WhatsApp? Users

[at Bloomberg] – Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) — Facebook agreed to purchase mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp for as much as $19 billion in cash and stock, the biggest Internet acquisition in more than a decade. Bloomberg Contributing … moreView todays social media effects on FBView the latest stocks trending across Twitter. Click to view dashboardSee who Facebook is hiring next, click here […]

Back to the Future on Tech M.&.A.

[at New York Times] – With Facebook’s deal for WhatsApp, the volume of technology mergers and acquisitions in the United States has risen to its highest level since dot-com boom, Thomson Reuters data shows. moreView todays social media effects on FBView the latest stocks trending across Twitter. Click to view dashboardSee who Facebook is hiring next, click here to view […]

Facebook Is Insane – The Stock May Be A Short

[at Seeking Alpha] – Facebook ( FB ) announced that it would pay $19 billion for WhatsApp after the close Wednesday. WhatsApp is 5 years old and has about 50 employees. The purchase has a Nortel look and feel to it. moreView todays social media effects on FBView the latest stocks trending across Twitter. Click to view dashboardSee who Facebook […]

Morning six-pack: What we’re reading Thursday

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[video] Facebook Snuffs Out Messaging Competition

[at Bloomberg] – Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) — Delivery.com CEO Jed Kleckner weighs in on Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp on Bloomberg Television’s Bloomberg Surveillance. (Source: Bloomberg) More from Bloomberg.com … moreView todays social media effects on FBView the latest stocks trending across Twitter. Click to view dashboardSee who Facebook is hiring next, click here to view […]

The Morning Download: Facebook Buys What It Can’t Build

[at The Wall Street Journal] – Good morning. Facebook Inc.’s $19 billion (no typo here) acquisition of WhatsApp, a messaging service you might not have heard of until Wednesday, is being lauded by some, like GigaOm’s Om Malik, as ridiculously … moreView todays social media effects on FBView the latest stocks trending across Twitter. Click to view dashboardSee who Facebook […]

[video] Zuckerberg on Path to Platform Dominance: George

[at Bloomberg] – Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) — Bill George professor of management at Harvard University, discusses Facebook’s $19 billion purchase of WhatsApp and how it plays into their mobile plans on Bloomberg Television’s … moreView todays social media effects on FBView the latest stocks trending across Twitter. Click to view dashboardSee who Facebook is hiring next, click here to view […]