Tag Archives: Communication software

Telegram Grows Explosively

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One of the biggest tech stories of the week is the explosive growth of Telegram, the messaging app that closely resembles WhatsApp. Following the Facebook acquisition of WhatsApp, the formerly...

WhatsApp Is a $100 Billion Company Once It Starts Monetizing

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What’s a mobile messaging app user worth?  And just what differentiates a messaging app from a cheap voice calling app?  The answer to both these questions is worth billions and billions of...

Is WhatsApp Facebook’s Key to China?

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I haven’t written about Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) in a while, mostly because the company hasn’t made any concrete moves into China lately despite previous assertions that it would like to enter...

Is Whatsapp Facebook’s Ticket Into China? Definitely Not.

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Facebook’s $19 billion acquisition of chat app Whatsapp turned quite a few heads when it was announced. And, as always seems to be the case when Facebook acquires a new company, people are already...

Whatsapp Comes Under New Scrutiny For Privacy Policy, Encryption Gaffs

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Facebook no doubt did its due diligence before acquiring messaging app firm WhatsApp for more than the gross domestic product of Iceland. But now that the deal’s been announced, the privacy community...

Ahead of the Bell: Facebook shares stumble

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Shares of Facebook slipped Thursday morning after the world's biggest social networking site surprised Wall Street by spending $19 billion on the messaging service WhatsApp. Analysts that follow the...

WhatsApp deal highlights suite of similar apps

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Facebook's announcement it is paying $19 billion in cash and stock to acquire WhatsApp is a milestone event in the short history of mobile messaging apps. Hundreds of...

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

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In the middle of 2009, Brian Acton was the software engineer that no one wanted to hire. Despite a dozen years of experience at Yahoo and Apple Computer, he got turned down by two of the Internet’s...