EU blesses $19bn Facebook-Whatsapp marriage

The European Commission has approved the merger of Facebook and WhatsApp, ruling they are not close competitors – despite both offering free online messaging. After sending out lengthy questionnaires to the pair's rivals, the commission gave the nod to the proposed deal. Competition chief Joaquín Almunia explained: “While …

[Dan 55]

Launching a new app is fairly easy and does not require significant time and investment.

Yes, you only need to burn through VC funding keeping the server side running and paying the bandwidth until the app reaches critical mass, which WhatsApp achieved by waiving subscription fees year after year.

[gerryg]

Facebook? whatsapp?

face palm, who cares?

[Destroy All Monsters]

Re: Facebook? whatsapp?

Bubble-embiggened elephants mating?

MUOROROROR!!!!

[Arthur Dent]

Privacy???

Seems that Christian D'Cunha is the only person with a sensible view of this merger. I hope the DPO keeps an eye on this.