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Title: What the $19 billion Facebook just spent has to do with Apple Post by: HCK on February 21, 2014, 02:00:10 pm What the $19 billion Facebook just spent has to do with Apple
Think of it, writes Kara Swisher, as the price Facebook must pay for not having a mobile OS. <p>FORTUNE -- Judging from the sheer volume of commentary generated by Facebook's (FB) $19 billion offer for WhatsApp, it seems everybody in the tech world is having a hard time swallowing the sticker price, even if most of it comes in the form of Facebook shares that may or may not be overvalued.</p> <p>$19 billion puts MORE (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/02/20/apple-facebook-whatsapp-swisher/)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tech.fortune.cnn.com&blog=8466345&post=134563&subd=fortunebrainstormtech&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fortuneapple20/~4/RNKFnY17HOE" height="1" width="1"/> Source: What the $19 billion Facebook just spent has to do with Apple (http://rss.cnn.com/~r/fortuneapple20/~3/RNKFnY17HOE/http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/02/20/apple-facebook-whatsapp-swisher/#commentshttp://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/02/20/apple-facebook-whatsapp-swisher/feed/atom/) |