Facebook doesn’t even know what to do with Whatsapp

Earlier this year, in a slightly surprising move, Facebook acquired popular messaging app, Whatsapp, for £13.6 billion ($22 billion). You’d think that a company paying out that much would at least have a plan to make that money back, right?

It turns out that Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg has no immediate plans for the company’s latest mobile acquisition according to Reuters. The CEO admitted at an event in India that he has “no near-term plans to make money from the service.”

Facebook was originally set to buy Whatsapp for $19 billion but due to the company’s increased stock value, the final bill rose to $22 billion, or £13.6 billion here in the UK.

Whatsapp works across all phone platforms, across borders without advertising. The app only charges users £0.69 or $0.99 a year after they’ve used it for a single year. Additionally, if you happen to get a new phone number before the subscription renews, then you’ll end up with another year free, meaning that Whatsapp isn’t making a ton of money on its own.

Since Facebook has no plans for Whatsapp, it’s still very unclear as to why the company felt the need to shell out so much money for it.

Source: http://www.kitguru.net/channel/generaltech/matthew-wilson/facebook-doesnt-even-know-what-to-do-with-whatsapp/

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Facebook has managed to sue spammers for around $2 billion

Facebook is apparently in a constant legal battle against spammers abusing its network and so far, the company has managed to obtain around $2 billion by suing companies selling ‘fake likes’ to page owners. According to a Facebook blog post, the social network has tools in place to render fake likes ‘ineffective’.

“We utilize these channels when possible to remind would-be offenders that we will fight back to prevent abuse on our platform”, the blog post reads. “We also limit likes per account to make spammers’ operations less efficient. When like activity gets unusually high, we take additional steps to make sure the likes are legitimate, such as asking for additional verification. These measures often help slow down or deter the activity completely. Ultimately, it’s a combination of approaches rather than a single technique that helps us stay ahead of the spammers.”

Facebook seems to be mainly targeting businesses that sell ‘fake likes’ to page owners. Business pages will sometimes buy likes in an effort to boost popularity but this method actually does more harm than good. The site also has automated tools to remove fake likes when caught.

Obviously, this isn’t all about stopping fake likes, Facebook makes money by selling promotion spots to business pages wanting to boost how many people their posts reach so there is some financial interest involved.

Source: http://www.kitguru.net/channel/generaltech/matthew-wilson/facebook-has-managed-to-sue-spammers-for-around-2-billion/

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RDT Has Finally Made a Facbook page

RDT has finally made a facebook page so that we can reach a larger audience and give you more content to read about. We are hoping to gain a bigger Australian based audience who is genuinely interested in the development of new tech around Australia with out the bull shit. Hope you enjoy and stay tuned for more updates.

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