{"id":5974,"date":"2014-02-20T13:57:34","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T08:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/?p=5974"},"modified":"2019-12-27T06:50:17","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:50:17","slug":"facebook-buy-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/facebook-buy-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook buys WhatsApp for $16 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"
Here is the big news, Facebook has bought the most popular mobile messenger the WhatsApp. Facebook announced that it will be acquiring WhatsApp for total of $16 billion in cash and stock<\/strong>.\u00a0WhatsApp will maintain its brand and existing offices, but it will take advantage of Facebook’s “expertise, resources and scale”. WhatsApp has currently more than 350 million active users, combined with Facebook messenger, other competitor messenger apps like Line and Viber appears tiny.<\/p>\n