Viber Acquired By Japanese E-Commerce Giant Rakuten For $900 Million

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Viber Acquired By Japanese E-Commerce Giant Rakuten For $900 Million

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has today announced its $900 million acquisition of Viber. The hugely popular messaging and VoIP service will help Rakuten expand its digital ecosystem even further, and it marks its first foray into voice communication.  With over<span class="ellipsis">…</span><div class="read-more">Read more ›</div><!-- end of .read-more --><img width='1' height='1' src='http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/371fc625/sc/15/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cultofmac.com%2F266515%2Fjapanese-e-commerce-giant-rakuten-snaps-up-viber-for-900-million%2F&t=Viber+Acquired+By+Japanese+E-Commerce+Giant+Rakuten+For+%24900+Million" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" />[/url]&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cultofmac.com%2F266515%2Fjapanese-e-commerce-giant-rakuten-snaps-up-viber-for-900-million%2F&t=Viber+Acquired+By+Japanese+E-Commerce+Giant+Rakuten+For+%24900+Million" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" />[/url]&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cultofmac.com%2F266515%2Fjapanese-e-commerce-giant-rakuten-snaps-up-viber-for-900-million%2F&t=Viber+Acquired+By+Japanese+E-Commerce+Giant+Rakuten+For+%24900+Million" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" />[/url]&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cultofmac.com%2F266515%2Fjapanese-e-commerce-giant-rakuten-snaps-up-viber-for-900-million%2F&t=Viber+Acquired+By+Japanese+E-Commerce+Giant+Rakuten+For+%24900+Million" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" />[/url]&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cultofmac.com%2F266515%2Fjapanese-e-commerce-giant-rakuten-snaps-up-viber-for-900-million%2F&t=Viber+Acquired+By+Japanese+E-Commerce+Giant+Rakuten+For+%24900+Million" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" />[/url]</td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~4/Yt-laWX6rjI" height="1" width="1"/>

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