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Social Media Means
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Let's look back at some of the most expensive takeovers of web and mobile apps, focusing on the most memorable names. WhatsApp bought by Facebook for $19bn. ... Instagram bought by Facebook for $1bn. ... Bitstrips bought by Snapchat for $100m. ... Vine bought by Twitter for $30m* ... Waze bought by Google for $966m. More items... •
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Read More »We often hear about software acquisitions for huge amounts of money. Most recently, the search software Vurb is reported to be in the process of being bought by Snapchat for $110m. Let’s look back at some of the most expensive takeovers of web and mobile apps, focusing on the most memorable names. It’s the annoying name that makes it sounds like you’re asking someone what’s up, but not quite. WhatsApp was bought by Facebook for $19bn two years ago. An interesting article by Tech Crunch explains why this valuation was not so ludicrous. And it did seem ludicrous - at the time of the acquisition, WhatsApp wasn’t even used widely in the US. However, Facebook had previously missed out on buying Snapchat, so felt they had to make a meaty offer for WhatsApp. It also meant they avoided Google acquiring it. Facebook’s other software biggie. Instagram was bought for the pocket change of $1bn, a bargain in hindsight (at the time of the acquisition in 2012 it was considered a lot for a start up). It is now valued at about $35bn by Citigroup. Eye bulge emoji. Bitstrips is behind the Bitmoji cartoon characters - pre drawn templates that you can choose from to create comic strips and avatars. *This figure is disputed with $970m also mentioned. Stock value could account for this, though there doesn’t seem to be a definitive answer.
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Read More »Companies can be acquired more than once, this time we’re chosen to highlight one of the earlier acquisitions, as Skype was eventually bought by Microsoft for $8.5bn. Early Skype software development took place in Estonia, and Microsoft have maintained a large base there.
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