The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “How Facebook’s WhatsApp Deal Compares to Other Tech Acquisitions”.

Matt Petronzio says, “Facebook announced Wednesday that it will acquire popular messaging app WhatsApp for $16 billion ($19 billion, if you include restricted stock units for the WhatsApp staff).

It’s hard to believe that only two years ago, the social network acquired Instagram for a then-shocking $1 billion. How times (and dollars) have changed.

The following chart, created by Statista, compares Facebook‘s most recent acquisition with other relatively recent, high-profile deals, such as Google’s purchase of Nest and Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype“.

How Facebook’s WhatsApp Deal Compares to Other Tech Acquisitions

Mashable.com

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