Google could buy WhatsApp for $1 billion

April 8, 2013

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With rumors swirling that Google will come out with a new unified messaging service called Google Babel, now we're hearing that Google might be looking to purchase the very popular messaging app, WhatsApp. This is of course a rumor, but anonymous sources close to the negotiations say that WhatsApp is playing hardball and looking for close to $1 billion. Apparently Google contacted WhatsApp back in December when Facebook was rumored to be the potential buyer.

There's no question that a WhatsApp acquisition could help with Google's plans since WhatsApp is the second most popular paid app in the iTunes App Store with 18 billion messages transmitted this past New Year's Eve. Now one has to wonder if Babel isn't as close as we thought, and instead something we won't see till later in the year? Not only does it take time to complete an acquisition like this, but it will also take time for the team to make an impact on Babel. Let see how this one pans out.

source: appleinsider

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Robert lives in upstate New York where he was born and raised. Technology was always his passion. His first computer was a Radio Shack TRS80 Color that used a cassette tape to save programs, and his first laptop was a Toshiba T1200FB that sported a CGA greyscale screen and two 720kb floppy drives (no hardrive). From the early 90’s through late 2011, he only owned Motorola phones starting with the MircroTAC all the way through to the Droid X. He broke that streak when he bought the Galaxy Nexus. Now he's sporting a Galaxy Note 4, and absolutely loves it. He has a wonderful wife and a 6 year old son. In his free time he enjoys sports, movies, TV, working out, and trying to keep up with the rapid fast world of technology.