Google *tried* to buy WhatsApp

[Jas00555]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57619181-93/google-offered-to-acquire-whatsapp-for-$10b-report-says/

The less companies that Google buys, the better.

 

[hopmedic]

As much as I'm not much of a facebook fan, I'd rather see them buy it up than Google, that's for sure. If there were a way to drag all of my close friends over to Path, I'd jump the facebook ship.

 

[Schnuffi]

That is an insane amount of money

 

[LTTG]

If google bought Whatsapp, it would've turned into another Google+ nightmare...