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Title: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: sgk on February 20, 2014, 04:27:15 AM Facebook is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, by far the company's largest acquisition and bigger than any that Google, Microsoft or Apple have ever done.
http://www.firstpost.com/world/facebook-buys-whatsapp-for-19-billion-in-tech-worlds-largest-buy-1399787.html Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: Hazir on February 20, 2014, 04:59:39 AM Great news, I bet they invite a new ways to invigilate people with that new tech they acquired. GG Facebook.
PS. It is really sad day. Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: Mike Christ on February 20, 2014, 05:06:00 AM Well, fuck that. Time to find another...
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: Kluge on February 20, 2014, 05:20:32 AM I guess Facebook had no idea what to do with all the free assets from its IPO?
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: giletto on February 20, 2014, 05:36:33 AM Aaaaand stop using Whatsapp incoming! I am absolutely sure they will flood with advertise. No way Fuckerberg!
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: sgk on February 20, 2014, 05:36:51 AM Clearly there is something seriously wrong with human evolution when people are dying of starving and a messaging app is sold for $19 Billion
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rohnearner on February 20, 2014, 09:12:09 AM Clearly there is something seriously wrong with human evolution when people are dying of starving and a messaging app is sold for $19 Billion sadly that is how things are working in this World, pure business , I think facebook has realized that sooner or later watsapp will take over there member base , it is already beating facebook in daily signups i guess, most of facebook users already switched to watsaap so they have to do it to sustain..! otherwise Google and Microsoft will eat them..! there is no mercy.. Facebook don't have products like google or microsoft. But now they are planning seriously to bag few. I think they are looking to take over all the social networking site, Only twitter is there to give them some competition Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: Sheldor333 on February 20, 2014, 09:18:05 AM This is getting out of hand... these valuations of these apps are absurd, IMO. I think we're going to see a lot of this collapse in the next few years. This all just screams bubble to me...
Did some googling, so let me elaborate: In 2013, NBC Universal was aquired by Comcast for $17bn. Facebook thinks that WhatsApp is worth more than NBC Universal?! Really? Additionally, Heinz was bought by Berkshire Hathaway for $23bn, which is only a rock's throw away from the price Facebook paid for WhatsApp. I'm sorry, but I just don't see how WhatsApp is possibly adding as much value to the market place as NBC Universal or Heinz... I think like we had the dotcom bubble burst a few years ago, we're about to start seeing the social/app bubble burst soon. These valuations and buyouts of things like whatsapp and instagram and the like are insane. These apps are easily usurped by the next big thing, the next fad, or the next shift in technology. The only thing that could possibly make things worthwhile is the data-mining aspect, but I still don't see how that information is truly worth that much money. Maybe I'm just ignorant? idk... Anyway, here is official facebook investor page, for those who want more info: http://investor.fb.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1326801-14-10&CIK=1326801 Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: hilariousandco on February 20, 2014, 09:21:29 AM 19 billion for an app ::). Why couldn't they just create their own and integrate it somehow with Facebook and save themselves a lot of money?
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: pdawg on February 20, 2014, 09:23:45 AM 19 billion for an app I've never even heard of = fail.
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rohnearner on February 20, 2014, 09:26:47 AM 19 billion for an app ::). Why couldn't they just create their own and integrate it somehow with Facebook and save themselves a lot of money? haha how they will get all that member base.. they just bought it for that, there are so many better social networks or social aaps better then many main stream networks currently that went in dark due to very low member base even after using all the advertisement to get exposure .. ! Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rohnearner on February 20, 2014, 09:29:49 AM 19 billion for an app I've never even heard of = fail. you never heard of whatsapp ..? its is one of the top aaps in iOS and android market . now pls don't tell me that you never heard of iOS and android :p Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: pdawg on February 20, 2014, 09:31:16 AM that deal is so retarded. I text people people on all platforms daily and never heard of whatsapp until this post. 19 billion lol.
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rohnearner on February 20, 2014, 09:36:29 AM This is getting out of hand... these valuations of these apps are absurd, IMO. I think we're going to see a lot of this collapse in the next few years. This all just screams bubble to me... I don't think they only acquired whatsapp to add value to there market rather they did it to shut down the competition b/w whatsapp and fb , they were left behind in that competition by a long margin. If fb haven't bought whatsapp i'm sure within few years whatsapp might have acquired fb that too in very low price . So you can say they paid 19$bn just to save fb. Did some googling, so let me elaborate: In 2013, NBC Universal was aquired by Comcast for $17bn. Facebook thinks that WhatsApp is worth more than NBC Universal?! Really? Additionally, Heinz was bought by Berkshire Hathaway for $23bn, which is only a rock's throw away from the price Facebook paid for WhatsApp. I'm sorry, but I just don't see how WhatsApp is possibly adding as much value to the market place as NBC Universal or Heinz... I think like we had the dotcom bubble burst a few years ago, we're about to start seeing the social/app bubble burst soon. These valuations and buyouts of things like whatsapp and instagram and the like are insane. These apps are easily usurped by the next big thing, the next fad, or the next shift in technology. The only thing that could possibly make things worthwhile is the data-mining aspect, but I still don't see how that information is truly worth that much money. Maybe I'm just ignorant? idk... Anyway, here is official facebook investor page, for those who want more info: http://investor.fb.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1326801-14-10&CIK=1326801 Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: hilariousandco on February 20, 2014, 09:40:44 AM 19 billion for an app ::). Why couldn't they just create their own and integrate it somehow with Facebook and save themselves a lot of money? haha how they will get all that member base.. they just bought it for that, there are so many better social networks or social aaps better then many main stream networks currently that went in dark due to very low member base even after using all the advertisement to get exposure .. ! You're seriously asking how Facebook will get a memberbase? Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rohnearner on February 20, 2014, 09:44:02 AM 19 billion for an app ::). Why couldn't they just create their own and integrate it somehow with Facebook and save themselves a lot of money? haha how they will get all that member base.. they just bought it for that, there are so many better social networks or social aaps better then many main stream networks currently that went in dark due to very low member base even after using all the advertisement to get exposure .. ! You're seriously asking how Facebook will get a memberbase? Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: hilariousandco on February 20, 2014, 09:45:39 AM 19 billion for an app ::). Why couldn't they just create their own and integrate it somehow with Facebook and save themselves a lot of money? haha how they will get all that member base.. they just bought it for that, there are so many better social networks or social aaps better then many main stream networks currently that went in dark due to very low member base even after using all the advertisement to get exposure .. ! You're seriously asking how Facebook will get a memberbase? Will they? Have you actually done this market research or are you just assuming they'll say that? Nobody I know would say this. What's app is just a text service, it can't offer 90% of what Facebook does. Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: escrow.ms on February 20, 2014, 09:54:43 AM They will probably add a option to chat with fb friends from whatsapp, on top of that they will get a huge database of verified mobile numbers,photos etc. They can sell users data,give it to NSA, or do many other things.
In jan, whatsapp userbase was around 430million, so you can say they paid around 38$ per user and got whole company and software for free :D. And about 16 (some sites say, they paid 16) or 19 billion they can earn it back in no time Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rohnearner on February 20, 2014, 10:17:07 AM Will they? Have you actually done this market research or are you just assuming they'll say that? Nobody I know would say this. What's app is just a text service, it can't offer 90% of what Facebook does. forget what i say.. just try on your own ask 10 frnds who use both the services whatsapp and fb, and then tell me the reactions .. the main reason why whatsapp is better then fb in opinion of many users because whatsapp keeps you in touch with only those people who really hold some kind of value in your life, and if you telling me whats app can't offer 90% of what fb does, you are wrong, absolutely wrong..! just tell me what 90% fb does nd WA don'tTitle: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rmines on February 20, 2014, 10:19:16 AM Not a good thing what's happened. Facebook will only get more control over your privacy with this takeover.
I've switched to Telegram. Same nice layout and although not 100% secure a lot safer than whatsapp. If you start a secret chat, it uses P2P instead of storing messages on their servers. Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: hilariousandco on February 20, 2014, 10:38:04 AM Will they? Have you actually done this market research or are you just assuming they'll say that? Nobody I know would say this. What's app is just a text service, it can't offer 90% of what Facebook does. forget what i say.. just try on your own ask 10 frnds who use both the services whatsapp and fb, and then tell me the reactions .. the main reason why whatsapp is better then fb in opinion of many users because whatsapp keeps you in touch with only those people who really hold some kind of value in your life, and if you telling me whats app can't offer 90% of what fb does, you are wrong, absolutely wrong..! just tell me what 90% fb does nd WA don'tSeriously? What's app is a text messaging service and that's pretty much it. And I already know the opinion of my friends. You may be tired of Facebook, but that doesn't mean everybody else is. They both serve their purpose but Facebook smothers what's app in features as it's a social network site, not just a messaging service, which you can do on Facebook too. If you want to just stay in contact with your close friends you can do that on Facebook any way. Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rohnearner on February 20, 2014, 10:47:10 AM Will they? Have you actually done this market research or are you just assuming they'll say that? Nobody I know would say this. What's app is just a text service, it can't offer 90% of what Facebook does. forget what i say.. just try on your own ask 10 frnds who use both the services whatsapp and fb, and then tell me the reactions .. the main reason why whatsapp is better then fb in opinion of many users because whatsapp keeps you in touch with only those people who really hold some kind of value in your life, and if you telling me whats app can't offer 90% of what fb does, you are wrong, absolutely wrong..! just tell me what 90% fb does nd WA don'tSeriously? What's app is a text messaging service and that's pretty much it. And I already know the opinion of my friends. You may be tired of Facebook, but that doesn't mean everybody else is. They both serve their purpose but Facebook smothers what's app in features as it's a social network site, not just a messaging service, which you can do on Facebook too. If you want to just stay in contact with your close friends you can do that on Facebook any way. Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: Kluge on February 20, 2014, 10:52:36 AM I don't really see any reason to worry about privacy, security, or why you should stop using WhatsApp if you already do (though I've never used it, and I think this thread is the first I've heard of it). Further centralization of already-centralized data stores is pointless from a privacy-invasion perspective. You can just as easily demand information out of Facebook as WhatsApp. Outside that, you should assume backdoors are in every product until it's proven otherwise.
19 billion for an app ::). Why couldn't they just create their own and integrate it somehow with Facebook and save themselves a lot of money? Intellectual property rights are a bitch.Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: sgk on February 20, 2014, 11:14:51 AM Acquiring the competition for the sake of saving your own ass on losing out the member base seems the logical decision, but the amount is monstrous. Remember Microsoft acquiring Nokia's handset division? That was something like only 7.5 Billion dollars. And Nokia is a whale.
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: hilariousandco on February 20, 2014, 11:25:44 AM Will they? Have you actually done this market research or are you just assuming they'll say that? Nobody I know would say this. What's app is just a text service, it can't offer 90% of what Facebook does. forget what i say.. just try on your own ask 10 frnds who use both the services whatsapp and fb, and then tell me the reactions .. the main reason why whatsapp is better then fb in opinion of many users because whatsapp keeps you in touch with only those people who really hold some kind of value in your life, and if you telling me whats app can't offer 90% of what fb does, you are wrong, absolutely wrong..! just tell me what 90% fb does nd WA don'tSeriously? What's app is a text messaging service and that's pretty much it. And I already know the opinion of my friends. You may be tired of Facebook, but that doesn't mean everybody else is. They both serve their purpose but Facebook smothers what's app in features as it's a social network site, not just a messaging service, which you can do on Facebook too. If you want to just stay in contact with your close friends you can do that on Facebook any way. Um, because it's of value to them. And it is just a text messaging service. What else is it? Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: DeboraMeeks on February 20, 2014, 11:27:55 AM Woah
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: escrow.ms on February 20, 2014, 11:39:14 AM Here are more details.
Facebook said yesterday it’s paying $12 billion in stock, $4 billion in cash and $3 billion in restricted shares for WhatsApp, which lets users send messages through its services on mobile devices with different operating systems. WhatsApp is adding 1 million users daily, and Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said he expects the service to reach more than 1 billion people in the next few years, escalating the challenges to competing Asia-based services. So once it's will reach 1 Billion users,FB will get 1 Billion $ Every year Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: sgk on February 20, 2014, 11:41:37 AM Anyone thinking of switching to alternate services (like Telegram) after the news?
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: hilariousandco on February 20, 2014, 11:42:39 AM Here are more details. Facebook said yesterday it’s paying $12 billion in stock, $4 billion in cash and $3 billion in restricted shares for WhatsApp, which lets users send messages through its services on mobile devices with different operating systems. WhatsApp is adding 1 million users daily, and Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said he expects the service to reach more than 1 billion people in the next few years, escalating the challenges to competing Asia-based services. 1 Million users a day is nuts. Anyone know how many people sign up to Facebook daily now? Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rohnearner on February 20, 2014, 11:50:01 AM 1 Million users a day is nuts. Anyone know how many people sign up to Facebook daily now? Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: escrow.ms on February 20, 2014, 11:51:07 AM Here are more details. Facebook said yesterday it’s paying $12 billion in stock, $4 billion in cash and $3 billion in restricted shares for WhatsApp, which lets users send messages through its services on mobile devices with different operating systems. WhatsApp is adding 1 million users daily, and Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said he expects the service to reach more than 1 billion people in the next few years, escalating the challenges to competing Asia-based services. 1 Million users a day is nuts. Anyone know how many people sign up to Facebook daily now? Not sure about signup's but their monthly active userbase is 1.23 billion users More stats are here http://expandedramblings.com/index.php/by-the-numbers-17-amazing-facebook-stats/#.UwXrEYUQ3IY Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: MakeBelieve on February 20, 2014, 11:58:33 AM Facebook always wants to remove its competition either by buying them out or if they cant beat them join them.
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: hilariousandco on February 20, 2014, 12:03:06 PM 1 Million users a day is nuts. Anyone know how many people sign up to Facebook daily now? What have I contradicted exactly? Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: escrow.ms on February 20, 2014, 12:15:24 PM See this info
http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/19/facebook-whatsapp/ http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/top-3-messenger-apps.png Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: MakeBelieve on February 20, 2014, 12:22:55 PM What's wechat and why is it so popular in russia?
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: Kluge on February 20, 2014, 12:23:29 PM What's wechat and why is it so popular in russia? .... That's China, dude.Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rohnearner on February 20, 2014, 12:24:04 PM See this info Thanks for providing the much required info , this graphical representation just shows why fb took this decision, if they delayed it more it might have cost them more and more..!http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/19/facebook-whatsapp/ http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/top-3-messenger-apps.png Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: MakeBelieve on February 20, 2014, 12:25:46 PM What's wechat and why is it so popular in russia? .... That's China, dude.I meant to say China I don't know why I said russia when they aren't even in the research ??? ??? Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: sgk on February 20, 2014, 12:28:04 PM WeChat is a WhatsApp look-alike and work-alike messaging app. Popular in China more than WhatsApp probably because it got in first? Just like WhatsApp is more popular in India because it got in first.
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: MakeBelieve on February 20, 2014, 12:31:57 PM WeChat is a WhatsApp look-alike and work-alike messaging app. Popular in China more than WhatsApp probably because it got in first? Just like WhatsApp is more popular in India because it got in first. I'll take a look at wechat but is it a clone of whatsapp or does it have different features? Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rohnearner on February 20, 2014, 12:37:49 PM WeChat is a WhatsApp look-alike and work-alike messaging app. Popular in China more than WhatsApp probably because it got in first? Just like WhatsApp is more popular in India because it got in first. absolutely right observation , wechat got popular in china but totally flopped in India , because it has nothing new as compared to whatsapp people don't switch to new things till they find something very unique/useful/fun/entertaining in it. Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rmines on February 20, 2014, 12:42:57 PM Anyone thinking of switching to alternate services (like Telegram) after the news? I've switched to Telegram like I mentioned in my other post. Other people I know are waiting for Hemlis (https://heml.is/). ChatSecure (https://chatsecure.org/) would be the most secure option to go for if you value privacy I think. Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rohnearner on February 20, 2014, 12:47:00 PM Quoting Mark Zuckerberg from his fb page
Quote I’m excited to announce that we’ve agreed to acquire WhatsApp and that their entire team will be joining us at Facebook. Our mission is to make the world more open and connected. We do this by building services that help people share any type of content with any group of people they want. WhatsApp will help us do this by continuing to develop a service that people around the world love to use every day. WhatsApp is a simple, fast and reliable mobile messaging service that is used by over 450 million people on every major mobile platform. More than 1 million people sign up for WhatsApp every day and it is on its way to connecting one billion people. More and more people rely on WhatsApp to communicate with all of their contacts every day. WhatsApp will continue to operate independently within Facebook. The product roadmap will remain unchanged and the team is going to stay in Mountain View. Over the next few years, we're going to work hard to help WhatsApp grow and connect the whole world. We also expect that WhatsApp will add to our efforts forInternet.org, our partnership to make basic internet services affordable for everyone. WhatsApp will complement our existing chat and messaging services to provide new tools for our community. Facebook Messenger is widely used for chatting with your Facebook friends, and WhatsApp for communicating with all of your contacts and small groups of people. Since WhatsApp and Messenger serve such different and important uses, we will continue investing in both and making them each great products for everyone. WhatsApp had every option in the world, so I’m thrilled that they chose to work with us. I’m looking forward to what Facebook and WhatsApp can do together, and to developing great new mobile services that give people even more options for connecting. I've also known Jan for a long time, and I know that we both share the vision of making the world more open and connected. I'm particularly happy that Jan has agreed to join the Facebook board and partner with me to shape Facebook's future as well as WhatsApp's. Jan and the WhatsApp team have done some amazing work to connect almost half a billion people. I can’t wait for them to join Facebook and help us connect the rest of the world. Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: bryant.coleman on February 20, 2014, 01:09:33 PM I think Facebook needs to buy Vkontakte.
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rmines on February 20, 2014, 02:09:04 PM I think Facebook needs to buy Vkontakte. In case you had to look up what that is, just like me: It's the largest social network in Europe after Facebook with 228 million users and especially popular in Russia and neighboring countries. Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: nopedope89 on February 20, 2014, 02:30:34 PM That's doesn't seem good as nowadats WhatApps fee is 1dollar after a year of using. I think facebook will increase the fee.
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: yatsey87 on February 20, 2014, 02:32:45 PM That's doesn't seem good as nowadats WhatApps fee is 1dollar after a year of using. I think facebook will increase the fee. People probably wont pay it or move to a different app. Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: hilariousandco on February 20, 2014, 05:42:04 PM http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/10650534/For-Zuckerberg-19bn-is-cheap-to-nullify-WhatsApp-threat.html
Quote WhatsApp deal: for Mark Zuckerberg $19bn is cheap to nullify the threat posed by messaging application Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg knows that it pays to feed the hand that stands to bite you Interesting article. Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rohnearner on February 20, 2014, 06:01:42 PM http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/10650534/For-Zuckerberg-19bn-is-cheap-to-nullify-WhatsApp-threat.html and this is what i was trying to explain you the whole day..! nd now you found that article interesting :p You are funny...! hahaQuote WhatsApp deal: for Mark Zuckerberg $19bn is cheap to nullify the threat posed by messaging application Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg knows that it pays to feed the hand that stands to bite you Interesting article. Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: hilariousandco on February 20, 2014, 06:06:46 PM http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/10650534/For-Zuckerberg-19bn-is-cheap-to-nullify-WhatsApp-threat.html and this is what i was trying to explain you the whole day..! Quote WhatsApp deal: for Mark Zuckerberg $19bn is cheap to nullify the threat posed by messaging application Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg knows that it pays to feed the hand that stands to bite you Interesting article. No you wasn't. You were trying to tell me how all their members are fed up with them based on nothing but your own biased opinion. Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rohnearner on February 20, 2014, 06:52:27 PM http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/10650534/For-Zuckerberg-19bn-is-cheap-to-nullify-WhatsApp-threat.html and this is what i was trying to explain you the whole day..! Quote WhatsApp deal: for Mark Zuckerberg $19bn is cheap to nullify the threat posed by messaging application Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg knows that it pays to feed the hand that stands to bite you Interesting article. No you wasn't. You were trying to tell me how all their members are fed up with them based on nothing but your own biased opinion. Quote sadly that is how things are working in this World, pure business , I think facebook has realized that sooner or later watsapp will take over there member base Quote I don't think they only acquired whatsapp to add value to there market rather they did it to shut down the competition b/w whatsapp and fb , didn't I mentioned.. Bro I have written so many articles on social networking you are the first one calling me biased just because your point of view is different ..? i guess you was not reading what i was saying.. ! remember what happened to orkut..? Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: hilariousandco on February 20, 2014, 07:11:42 PM http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/10650534/For-Zuckerberg-19bn-is-cheap-to-nullify-WhatsApp-threat.html and this is what i was trying to explain you the whole day..! Quote WhatsApp deal: for Mark Zuckerberg $19bn is cheap to nullify the threat posed by messaging application Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg knows that it pays to feed the hand that stands to bite you Interesting article. No you wasn't. You were trying to tell me how all their members are fed up with them based on nothing but your own biased opinion. Quote sadly that is how things are working in this World, pure business , I think facebook has realized that sooner or later watsapp will take over there member base Quote I don't think they only acquired whatsapp to add value to there market rather they did it to shut down the competition b/w whatsapp and fb , didn't I mentioned.. Bro I have written so many articles on social networking you are the first one calling me biased just because your point of view is different ..? i guess you was not reading what i was saying.. ! remember what happened to orkut..? You need to comprehend what people say and articulate yourself better and also re-read what I said. And of course you are biased. Your opinions on Whatsapp and Facebook members getting tired of it are not facts. Mostly what you were trying to tell me was irrelevant to what I was saying. Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: BTCkuku on February 20, 2014, 07:35:14 PM Time to migrate to Telegram.
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: hilariousandco on February 20, 2014, 07:36:12 PM Time to migrate to Telegram. So Facebook can buy that too? ;D. Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: yatsey87 on February 20, 2014, 07:46:20 PM Time to migrate to Telegram. Never heard of it. Does it offer anything whatsapp doesnt? Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: Kiki112 on February 20, 2014, 09:03:04 PM facebook is building a monopol, they're buying everything that could be a threat to them..
therefore they eliminate the threat as they're now controlling it and plus they're now earning their revenue :D Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: sgk on February 21, 2014, 04:12:21 AM Time to migrate to Telegram. Never heard of it. Does it offer anything whatsapp doesnt? Telegram works just like WhatsApp, apart from a very important additional feature: Secret Chats. From their Play Store page: "....Secret Chats, featuring end-to-end encryption to ensure that a message can only be read by its intended recipient. When it comes to Secret Chats, nothing is logged on our servers and you can automatically program the messages to self-destruct from both devices so there is never any record of it." Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: Snorek on February 21, 2014, 05:08:48 AM I Wonder when Facebook will buy every person who got FB account...:|
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: Waramp22 on February 21, 2014, 05:16:34 AM Its amazing a company that big cannot come up with a decent chat program on PC or mobile. Also I'm not sure why they would want whatsapp. It will fall to BBM once all of the features make it to android/iphone.
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rohnearner on February 21, 2014, 06:53:29 AM http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/10650534/For-Zuckerberg-19bn-is-cheap-to-nullify-WhatsApp-threat.html and this is what i was trying to explain you the whole day..! Quote WhatsApp deal: for Mark Zuckerberg $19bn is cheap to nullify the threat posed by messaging application Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg knows that it pays to feed the hand that stands to bite you Interesting article. No you wasn't. You were trying to tell me how all their members are fed up with them based on nothing but your own biased opinion. Quote sadly that is how things are working in this World, pure business , I think facebook has realized that sooner or later watsapp will take over there member base Quote I don't think they only acquired whatsapp to add value to there market rather they did it to shut down the competition b/w whatsapp and fb , didn't I mentioned.. Bro I have written so many articles on social networking you are the first one calling me biased just because your point of view is different ..? i guess you was not reading what i was saying.. ! remember what happened to orkut..? You need to comprehend what people say and articulate yourself better and also re-read what I said. And of course you are biased. Your opinions on Whatsapp and Facebook members getting tired of it are not facts. Mostly what you were trying to tell me was irrelevant to what I was saying. Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: hostmaster on February 21, 2014, 06:54:17 AM Facebook is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, by far the company's largest acquisition and bigger than any that Google, Microsoft or Apple have ever done. The stupid mark, oculd cost it if he did the app and spread with a billion members wasnot that hard?? http://www.firstpost.com/world/facebook-buys-whatsapp-for-19-billion-in-tech-worlds-largest-buy-1399787.html Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: Bit_Happy on February 21, 2014, 06:55:12 AM Haha what a bunch of fools.
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: hilariousandco on February 21, 2014, 10:50:21 AM Its amazing a company that big cannot come up with a decent chat program on PC or mobile. Also I'm not sure why they would want whatsapp. It will fall to BBM once all of the features make it to android/iphone. If Zuckerberg had any business acumen at all they would've already created some sort of App or Facebook feature that could send free texts and make free calls. People wouldn't need to use WhatsApp then and they could've saved themselves a lot of money. A wise-man once told me that there is no point of arguing with someone if the other person already made up their mind and is not ready to listen to you , and just wants to prove himself right.. ! so Bro I'll say You are right I'm wrong and sorry for making some sense .. thats it PEACE A wise-man once told me to not argue with idiots and people who confuse their opinions with facts too. You made little sense and seemed to be confused trying to prove points that were irrelevant to the discussion. Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: FiodorFreud on February 21, 2014, 12:12:25 PM Facebook sucks private
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rohnearner on February 21, 2014, 01:01:02 PM Its amazing a company that big cannot come up with a decent chat program on PC or mobile. Also I'm not sure why they would want whatsapp. It will fall to BBM once all of the features make it to android/iphone. If Zuckerberg had any business acumen at all they would've already created some sort of App or Facebook feature that could send free texts and make free calls. People wouldn't need to use WhatsApp then and they could've saved themselves a lot of money. A wise-man once told me that there is no point of arguing with someone if the other person already made up their mind and is not ready to listen to you , and just wants to prove himself right.. ! so Bro I'll say You are right I'm wrong and sorry for making some sense .. thats it PEACE A wise-man once told me to not argue with idiots and people who confuse their opinions with facts too. You made little sense and seemed to be confused trying to prove points that were irrelevant to the discussion. Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rmines on February 21, 2014, 01:04:34 PM Facebook sucks private It's not exactly my dream company either, but where does your hatred come from? Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: amitrwt on February 21, 2014, 01:51:25 PM what next fb will try to acquire twitter to cut the competition .?
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: evansearle42 on February 21, 2014, 03:28:39 PM Cool, time to use line..
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: hilariousandco on February 21, 2014, 03:34:28 PM Its amazing a company that big cannot come up with a decent chat program on PC or mobile. Also I'm not sure why they would want whatsapp. It will fall to BBM once all of the features make it to android/iphone. If Zuckerberg had any business acumen at all they would've already created some sort of App or Facebook feature that could send free texts and make free calls. People wouldn't need to use WhatsApp then and they could've saved themselves a lot of money. A wise-man once told me that there is no point of arguing with someone if the other person already made up their mind and is not ready to listen to you , and just wants to prove himself right.. ! so Bro I'll say You are right I'm wrong and sorry for making some sense .. thats it PEACE A wise-man once told me to not argue with idiots and people who confuse their opinions with facts too. You made little sense and seemed to be confused trying to prove points that were irrelevant to the discussion. There you go mixing your opinion with fact again. I never said I was a fan, but you obviously seem to dislike it so much that it's clouding your judgement. All my points are valid, you just can't seem to comprehend this. There's really no need to act like a bitch when someone has a differing opinion, but whatever. Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rohnearner on February 21, 2014, 04:17:53 PM Its amazing a company that big cannot come up with a decent chat program on PC or mobile. Also I'm not sure why they would want whatsapp. It will fall to BBM once all of the features make it to android/iphone. If Zuckerberg had any business acumen at all they would've already created some sort of App or Facebook feature that could send free texts and make free calls. People wouldn't need to use WhatsApp then and they could've saved themselves a lot of money. A wise-man once told me that there is no point of arguing with someone if the other person already made up their mind and is not ready to listen to you , and just wants to prove himself right.. ! so Bro I'll say You are right I'm wrong and sorry for making some sense .. thats it PEACE A wise-man once told me to not argue with idiots and people who confuse their opinions with facts too. You made little sense and seemed to be confused trying to prove points that were irrelevant to the discussion. There you go mixing your opinion with fact again. I never said I was a fan, but you obviously seem to dislike it so much that it's clouding your judgement. All my points are valid, you just can't seem to comprehend this. There's really no need to act like a bitch when someone has a differing opinion, but whatever. Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: hilariousandco on February 21, 2014, 04:18:46 PM Its amazing a company that big cannot come up with a decent chat program on PC or mobile. Also I'm not sure why they would want whatsapp. It will fall to BBM once all of the features make it to android/iphone. If Zuckerberg had any business acumen at all they would've already created some sort of App or Facebook feature that could send free texts and make free calls. People wouldn't need to use WhatsApp then and they could've saved themselves a lot of money. A wise-man once told me that there is no point of arguing with someone if the other person already made up their mind and is not ready to listen to you , and just wants to prove himself right.. ! so Bro I'll say You are right I'm wrong and sorry for making some sense .. thats it PEACE A wise-man once told me to not argue with idiots and people who confuse their opinions with facts too. You made little sense and seemed to be confused trying to prove points that were irrelevant to the discussion. There you go mixing your opinion with fact again. I never said I was a fan, but you obviously seem to dislike it so much that it's clouding your judgement. All my points are valid, you just can't seem to comprehend this. There's really no need to act like a bitch when someone has a differing opinion, but whatever. Why? Are you sexist? Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rohnearner on February 21, 2014, 04:23:46 PM Its amazing a company that big cannot come up with a decent chat program on PC or mobile. Also I'm not sure why they would want whatsapp. It will fall to BBM once all of the features make it to android/iphone. If Zuckerberg had any business acumen at all they would've already created some sort of App or Facebook feature that could send free texts and make free calls. People wouldn't need to use WhatsApp then and they could've saved themselves a lot of money. A wise-man once told me that there is no point of arguing with someone if the other person already made up their mind and is not ready to listen to you , and just wants to prove himself right.. ! so Bro I'll say You are right I'm wrong and sorry for making some sense .. thats it PEACE A wise-man once told me to not argue with idiots and people who confuse their opinions with facts too. You made little sense and seemed to be confused trying to prove points that were irrelevant to the discussion. There you go mixing your opinion with fact again. I never said I was a fan, but you obviously seem to dislike it so much that it's clouding your judgement. All my points are valid, you just can't seem to comprehend this. There's really no need to act like a bitch when someone has a differing opinion, but whatever. Why? Are you sexist? Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: huarei on February 21, 2014, 04:25:29 PM Facebook always wants to remove its competition either by buying them out or if they cant beat them join them.
Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: hilariousandco on February 21, 2014, 04:26:50 PM Why? Are you sexist? no but I always keep some room for humor, you can call me whatever you want. ..! Where's the humour in asking what my gender is unless you're being sexist? Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rohnearner on February 21, 2014, 04:46:52 PM Why? Are you sexist? no but I always keep some room for humor, you can call me whatever you want. ..! Where's the humour in asking what my gender is unless you're being sexist? https://i.imgur.com/V9nXpke.png yeah i know you will not find it humorous ..! Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: Kiki112 on February 21, 2014, 04:50:54 PM Why? Are you sexist? no but I always keep some room for humor, you can call me whatever you want. ..! Where's the humour in asking what my gender is unless you're being sexist? https://i.imgur.com/V9nXpke.png yeah i know you will not find it humorous ..! I think that picture describes how to argue with women :D Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rohnearner on February 21, 2014, 04:53:50 PM Why? Are you sexist? no but I always keep some room for humor, you can call me whatever you want. ..! Where's the humour in asking what my gender is unless you're being sexist? https://i.imgur.com/V9nXpke.png yeah i know you will not find it humorous ..! I think that picture describes how to argue with women :D Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: hilariousandco on February 21, 2014, 06:36:19 PM Why? Are you sexist? no but I always keep some room for humor, you can call me whatever you want. ..! Where's the humour in asking what my gender is unless you're being sexist? https://i.imgur.com/V9nXpke.png yeah i know you will not find it humorous ..! I think that picture describes how to argue with women :D It is sexiest. And if you think that's even remotely funny then you honestly have a pathetically immature and feeble mind. You can also change that image to your username and it makes more sense. Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: koplea on February 21, 2014, 06:36:43 PM $19B is a lot of cash for silly communication app, and it shows how undervalued the bitcoin technology is.
wew......... ::) Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: rohnearner on February 21, 2014, 06:53:22 PM Title: Re: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion in tech world’s largest buy Post by: huarei on February 23, 2014, 09:27:09 AM Facebook is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, by far the company's largest acquisition and bigger than any that Google, Microsoft or Apple have ever done. amazinghttp://www.firstpost.com/world/facebook-buys-whatsapp-for-19-billion-in-tech-worlds-largest-buy-1399787.html |
