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Not just Whatsapp: Take a look at the largest deals in the tech space

FP Staff • February 20, 2014, 09:31:24 IST
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[caption id=“attachment_77008” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] ![Facebook is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, by far the company's largest acquisition and bigger than any that Google, Microsoft or Apple have ever done. Photo: AP](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Facebook-WhatsApp_Verm.jpg) Facebook is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, by far the company’s largest acquisition and bigger than any that Google, Microsoft or Apple have ever done. Photo: AP[/caption]

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Not just Whatsapp: Take a look at the largest deals in the tech space

[caption id=“attachment_77008” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] ![Facebook is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, by far the company's largest acquisition and bigger than any that Google, Microsoft or Apple have ever done. Photo: AP](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Facebook-WhatsApp_Verm.jpg) Facebook is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, by far the company’s largest acquisition and bigger than any that Google, Microsoft or Apple have ever done. Photo: AP[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_77010” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] ![Google's biggest deal, Motorola Mobility, stood at $12.5 billion. Reuters](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/google1.jpg) Google’s biggest deal, Motorola Mobility, stood at $12.5 billion. Reuters[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_77011” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] ![Microsoft's largest buy was Skype at $8.5 billion. Reuters](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mcirosoftskype1.jpg) Microsoft’s largest buy was Skype at $8.5 billion. At $8.5 billion and 145 million users at the time of the deal, price per user works out to be $59. Reuters[/caption]

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[caption id=“attachment_77013” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] ![Facebook lapped up photo sharing website Instagram for $ 1billion last year. Reuters](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/instagram1.jpg) Facebook lapped up photo sharing website Instagram for $ 1billion last year. Reuters. At 1 billion dollars and 30 m illion users, price per user for Instragram works out to $33.[/caption]

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[caption id=“attachment_77012” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] ![Last week, Asian e-commerce giant Rakuten scooped up Viber for $900 million. Reuters](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/viber.jpg) Last week, Asian e-commerce giant Rakuten scooped up Viber for $900 million. At $900 million, price per user for Viber is $3. Reuters[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_77015” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] ![ Microsoft had bought Hotmail in 1997 for $400 million](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hotmail.jpg) Microsoft had bought Hotmail in 1997 for $400 million[/caption]

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