After insisting that he would not sell to an ad-driven behemoth like Facebook, Mr. Koum has reversed course. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/02/21/technology/founders-of-an-anti-facebook-are-won-over.html …
@basexperience Facebook won’t be paying $19B for a company they cannot integrate into their business model. Zuck’s not an idiot :)
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@basexperience Integrating the brand is different to integrating into business model. He wants the users & their data. -
@aral but there's not that much data he can get, is there? If he scrapes the messages the users will leave (founder uses for baby photos!) -
@basexperience Of course every message will be analysed. As is no doubt the case today with your private messages on Facebook. -
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@aral if they pull a microsoft / skype and nuke their own messenger service they'll have to integrate completely, I guessThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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