Vector 31: Facebook, WhatsApp, and the value of mobile messaging

Kevin Michaluk of Mobile Nations joins Rene to talk about Facebook’s $16 billion WhatsApp acquisition, not mistaking products for businesses, the value of user-base, the mobile hierarchy of needs, BBM’s missed opportunity, LINE, WeChat, Kik, and more.

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Show notes

• Facebook buying Whatsapp... for $16 billion
  
• Facebook’s WhatsApp acquisition a bold move for the global instant messaging gold medal
  
• Hierarchy of Smartphone Needs
  

Guests

• Kevin Michaluk of Mobile Nations
  

Hosts

• Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
  

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