Zuckberg recently joked that Jan Koum crashed his Valentine's dinner with his wife.
With no surprise blockbuster announced on Wednesday, mega-deal around world's biggest social network -- eye-shocking $19 billion deal which involves more than billion and half members. It would be biggest acquisition in less than two years for facebook. WhatsApp software which is available free for now, but we often see a message to pay annual subscriptions of 99 cents each.
Facebook’s acquisition Wednesday of WhatsApp, a mobile messaging service that has soared in popularity around the globe as a way to deal with costly SMS services provided by mobile carriers, was eye-popping. Eyeing smart phone mobile messaging service Zuckberg and friend of many years Koum feels this as a valuable thought partnership. The deal came from a chat Zuckerberg had with WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum.
"I proposed we joined together that would help us really connect the rest of the world," Zuckerberg said.
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