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Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.) is a technology company that has acquired 91 other companies, including WhatsApp.The WhatsApp acquisition closed at a steep $16 billion; more than $40 per user of the platform.
WhatsApp (officially WhatsApp Messenger) is an instant messaging (IM) and voice-over-IP (VoIP) service owned by technology conglomerate Meta. [13] It allows users to send text, voice messages and video messages, [14] make voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other content.
[113] [114] In February 2014, Facebook, Inc. announced it would buy mobile messaging company WhatsApp for US$19 billion in cash and stock. [ 115 ] [ 116 ] Later that year, Facebook bought Oculus VR for $2.3 billion in cash and stock, [ 117 ] which released its first consumer virtual reality headset in 2016.
Meta is to give users the ability to link their WhatsApp account with Facebook and Instagram, the social media giant has said. The tech giant is launching the ability for users to add WhatsApp to ...
Facebook, Inc. announces its acquisition of WhatsApp for US$19 billion, its largest acquisition to date. [14] Facebook pays $4 billion in cash, $12 billion in Facebook shares, and an additional $3 billion in restricted stock units granted to WhatsApp's founders.
The company's platforms -- which include Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads -- are among the best at engaging users while also allowing advertisers to reach targeted audiences.
Instagram and WhatsApp are now back online after a mass global outage affected several Meta-owned apps on Wednesday. Facebook has yet to confirm whether all its issues have been resolved. "Thanks ...
Jan Borysovych Koum [a] (born February 24, 1976 [1]) is a Ukrainian-American billionaire businessman and computer programmer. He is the co-founder and former CEO of WhatsApp, a mobile messaging app which was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for US$19.3 billion.