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With $16B WhatsApp deal, Facebook aims for immediacy

2014-02-20 13:56:10| InfoWorld: Top News

When's the last time you replied, promptly, to a message sent through Facebook? Aren't sure? Well Facebook, craving more real-time usage of its service, hopes to change that.On Wednesday the company said it was acquiring WhatsApp, a leading mobile messaging service used by people as an alternative to telecommunications carriers like AT&T and Verizon. Facebook said it was paying $16 billion for the five-year-old buzzy upstart.

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