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Facebook’s jaw-dropping $19 billion acquisition of mobile messaging outfit WhatsApp is the largest-ever purchase of a Silicon Valley company, and one that illustrates the high stakes for Facebook and its rivals in the battle to dominate the mobile Internet. Here’s everything you need to know about the deal.
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- Before Facebook Deal, WhatsApp Was Helping BuzzFeed and Shazam Go Viral With New Platform Tools
- What WhatsApp Did Right, According to Jan Koum (Video)
- WhatsApp: Sequoia’s Second Big Facebook App Deal
- Facebook to Buy WhatsApp for $16+ Billion
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.