Technology: Facebook buys fitness app firm
Facebook has added a Finnish firm that makes a fitness tracking app to its ever-increasing portfolio of purchases. Helsinki-based ProtoGeo created the Moves app that...
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Technology: Facebook to use satellites, drones to spread the Internet
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc is harnessing satellite, drone and other technology as part of an ambitious and costly effort to beam Internet connectivity to people...
Technology: Facebook buying virtual-reality company for $2B
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is buying virtual reality company Oculus, betting $2 billion that its technology will become a new way for people to...
Technology: Yahoo to stop user access of services with Facebook, Google IDs
(Reuters) – Yahoo Inc will stop letting consumers access its various online services, including Fantasy Sports and photo-sharing site Flickr, by signing-in with their Facebook...
Facebook says makes progress targeting users
(Reuters) – Facebook highlighted on Wednesday two ad campaigns in an attempt to persuade advertisers that its massive membership base and ability to home in...
WhatsApp to add voice calls after Facebook acquisition
(Reuters) – WhatsApp will add free voice-call services for its 450 million customers later this year, laying down a new challenge to telecom network operators...
How Facebook Will Squeeze $19 Billion Out of WhatsApp
The $19 billion Facebook just paid to acquire the WhatsApp messaging service is a staggering figure. But it’s even more shocking when you consider the...
In Asia, WhatsApp posts mixed message for Facebook
(Reuters) – WhatsApp may be hugely popular but its forays into Asia, the world’s biggest mobile market, have had mixed success, raising questions about whether...
Facebook to buy WhatsApp for $19 billion in deal shocker
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc will buy fast-growing mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock in a landmark deal that places the world’s...
Wall Street sees sense in Facebook’s $19 billion WhatsApp purchase
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s purchase of fast-growing mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp for $19 billion stunned the markets but analysts said the deal made strategic sense as...