Thursday, February 20, 2014

Top Stories of the Day // February 20, 2014

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Today's Top Stories // Feb 20, 2014

How Things Change

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Facebook Buying WhatsApp For $19B, Will Keep The Messaging Service Independent

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Facebook’s WhatsApp Acquisition Leaves Snapchat Hanging

With Facebook's massive $19 billion purchase of WhatsApp earlier today, any possible marriage between Facebook and Snapchat appears to be dead. After... read more

Zuck Says Ads Aren’t The Way To Monetize Messaging, WhatsApp Will Prioritize Growth Not Subscriptions

Facebook won't be throwing its advertising weight behind its new acquisition WhatsApp like it did with Instagram. But WhatsApp also won't be focusing on rolling... read more

Facebook’s $19 Billion WhatsApp Acquisition, Contextualized

Facebook just announced it's buying WhatsApp, a global messaging platform with 450 million MAUs, for approximately $19 billion. It's one of the biggest tech... read more

Sequoia’s A Big Winner In Facebook’s WhatsApp Acquisition, With Its Stake Worth About $3 Billion

Facebook today announced its $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp. Obviously WhatsApp has a lot to cheer about, having grown to 450 million active users over the... read more

How One Scammer Manipulated Apple’s Top Charts To Earn Tens Of Thousands Daily Using A $10 GameSalad Template

Something fishy has been going on with Apple's App Store top charts. No, I'm not talking about "Flappy Bird" (well, maybe that too), but rather how on earth two... read more



TOP VIDEOS

Keen On… Big Bang Disruption: How The Innovator's Dilemma Has Become The Innovator's Nightmare

According to Downes, the innovator's dilemma has now been replaced by what he calls the "innovator's nightmare".... read more

Fly Or Die: Beats Music

Beats Music is the latest of many streaming music services to hit the scene, pulling from some of the best parts... read more

CrunchWeek: Comcast's $45B Time Warner Cable Bid, Bye-Bye Flappy Birds, Snapchat's Smoothie Hack

We're at the end of a week where snow was on the ground in 49 out of the 50 states in the U.S. What better way... read more

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