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Facebook to buy WhatsApp for $19 bln in deal shocker

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[video] Facebook to Pay $19 Billion for WhatsApp

[at MarketWatch] – Facebook’s $19 billion purchase of the WhatsApp mobile messaging service ranks as the largest-ever purchase of a company backed by venture capital. WSJ’s Reed Albergotti reports. (Photo: AP) 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 […]

He Wanted A Job; Facebook Said No — In A $3 Billion Mistake

[at Forbes] – Software engineer Brian Acton stands to earn $3.2 billion in Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp — less than five years after Facebook turned him down for a job. 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/WhatsApp Puts Allen & Co. Back in Top 10

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Facebook bets big on mobile with $19 bn WhatsApp deal

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RAGS TO RICHES: WhatsApp Co-Founder Jan Koum Once Lived On Food Stamps

[Business Insider] – 37-year-old WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum was… 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-WhatsApp: The other numbers

[at Fortune] – FORTUNE — Like many of you, I’m still having a hard time processing Facebook’s decision to pay around $19 billion for a four year-old messaging company. In the meantime, some numbers that weren’t in the … moreView todays social media effects on FBView the latest stocks trending across Twitter. Click to view dashboardSee who Facebook is hiring […]

How Jan Koum Built WhatsApp Into Facebook’s New $19 Billion Baby

[at Forbes] – Jan Koum picked a meaningful spot to sign the $19 billion deal to sell his company WhatsApp to Facebook earlier today. Koum, cofounder Brian Acton and venture capitalist Jim Goetz of Sequoia drove a few blocks from WhatsApp’s discreet headq moreView todays social media effects on FBView the latest stocks trending across Twitter. Click to view dashboardSee […]