Facebook buys WhatsApp : Pros and Cons
Okay, this has been the hottest topic since the last week and so, an article on the $19 bn acquisition of Whatsapp by Facebook was definitely a must write. In a quest to conquer all the instant messaging market, Facebook leaves no competitors hanging around. While this may be good for Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, let's see what we have in store for ourselves. Pros : Facebook clearly says that Whatsapp will remain separated and will never be turned into an extension of Facebook messaging. I think we can trust them with that since they only acquired, but never reformed the famous 'Instagram'. While Whatsapp was an incredibly famous Instant messaging tool throughout the world, it lacked some monetary resources to expand freely. Facebook can provide this and we can expect better service from Whatsapp soon.(The recent outage is mentioned later) Facebook CEO Mark Zukerberg has made it absolutely clear that Whatapp will become Ads fre...