Facebook announces $19bn WhatsApp deal Facebook will buy fast-growing cellphone-messaging startup WhatsApp for $19-billion in cash and stock in a landmark deal that places the world’s largest social network closer to the heart of cellphone communications and may bring younger users into the fold. The transaction involves $4-billion in cash‚ $12-billion in stock and $3-billion in restricted stock that vests over several years. The WhatsApp deal is worth more than Facebook raised in its own initial
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Facebook vs. Fastbook A team of mobile app developers offended by Facebook czar Mark Zuckerberg dissing HTML5 have created a Facebook app that they say works better than native versions because of the HTML5 coding. Zuckerberg famously knocked HTML5 in an interview this fall when he said relying too much on it instead of developing native mobile apps was “the biggest mistake we made as a company.” “When Mark Zuckerberg said HTML5 wasn’t ready‚ we took a little offense to the comment‚”wrote developers
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Social Networking on Facebook Arlene Pascual MIS Facebook (FB) is one of the latest trends in social networking (Facebook.com). Facebook (FB) is one of the most popular social networking sites among college students. FB started out as a site designed for and available to students at Harvard University to help them get acquainted with other students living in the dorms. But‚ it is now a public site. FB has become the number one choice of communication with college students‚ ranking higher than
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opportunity to choose the right from wrong is given to everyone‚ but at the same time choices and consequences walk parallel to each other. The choices in life predestine the future of who makes the choice in their own life; those decisions are good or bad and so are the consequences. Therefore‚ each individual is responsible for their own acts that are going to build their own destiny for instance everybody has what they deserve. Like William Shakespeare said‚ “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny
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Case Study: Facebook | Introduction Recently‚ the social networking sites are getting much more popular on the internet. They are playing a vital role in the way that individuals can easily create their own online profiles‚ construct their identities and help communicate with each other. Literally‚ there are many social networking sites worldwide; however‚ Facebook is the most well-known one since the number of its visitors is significantly increasing. Historically‚ Facebook was founded almost
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Facebooks Privacy Issue Exercise 1 Meysam Khollari CPOL128 Sec. BAO Instructor: Laurinda Hartt-Fournier Facebooks Privacy Issue As I was browsing through the newspapers to find a social event to write my essay about‚ the front page of the Metro news paper grabbed my attention. The article was about the changes applied to the world’s largest social network website‚ with more than four hundred million users across the globe. This social network website was launched by Mark
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development of the company? Mark Zuckerberg is betting on virtual reality‚ drones‚ and artificial intelligence. Buying a virtual-reality startup and investing in drones‚ as Facebook has done this year‚ may not seem to fit into its evolving mobile-platform strategy. And in some ways‚ those deals don’t. In the near term‚ Facebook is focused on building out its potential in today’s mobile-social nexus. Five years from now‚ the company may look more like a direct competitor to Google. Facebook’s interest
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FACEBOOK: DIVORCE AND POST Since the advent of social networking‚ a lot of controversies have surfaced regarding its application in matters concerning everyday life. Social media‚ although perceived by users as one of the greatest socio - communicative tools that technology has ever invented‚ still remains a debatable issue. Whilst the majority of users are contented with the therapeutic influence gained from interacting with people of similar causes and ideas ‚irrespective of their race‚ faith
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Contemporary Strategic Analysis of Facebook in Russia Subject: Contemporary Strategic Analysis Authors: Group Seven of all kinds (Anne-Gaëlle Le Gal‚ Hildegunn Nesje‚ Andreja Ojsteršek‚ Nikolay Semakov‚ Roman Shapurko‚ Elena Shatalova (Zlochevskaya)‚ Julia Shmeleva) Fall semester 2012 Mentor: Andrei Yu. Panibratov‚ Professor‚ Doctor in Economics‚ MBA Table of Contents Introduction 3 Social Networks Overview 5 The History of the Social Network Sites 6 Facebook overview 8 Part 1. Social
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Live Journal‚ Twitter and the most common‚ Facebook. Facebook allows users to connect to others by sharing pictures‚ blogs‚ videos‚ interests and more and has taken over American teens and even adults. There have been sites long before Facebook was created but this fairly new site has become the most popular today by far. Since 2004 this site has gained over 175 million active users and is still growing. It is tough to say when the issue over Facebook arose but within the past year debates have
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