Why The Next Shoe To Drop Post-Instagram Is Apple Buying Twitter for $10 Billion

There were many responses from the Facebook-Instagram deal. One of the more interesting ones to emerge at the end of last week was Phil Schiller’s response via 9to5Mac. The SVP of Marketing for Apple has deleted his Instagram account and declared that Instagram had jumped the shark.


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The Netflix Buyout Tourney- Apple vs. Time Warner

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In the continuing battle to see who will buy Netflix, we enter into the bottom half of our eight team tournament, with Google and Amazon already scoring victories, it’s time to see which of the following companies will join them in the “Final Four.”


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Here is why Facebook bought Instagram

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What is about Instagram that has made Facebook open up its checkbook and spend nearly a billion dollars in stock and cash to buy up a company only in its third year. There are many reasons, and the biggest one is fear.


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Facebook Buys Instagram For $1 Billion, Turns Budding Rival Into Its Standalone Photo App

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Facebook has just finished a deal to acquire mobile photo sharing app Instagram for approximately $1 billion in cash and stock. Instagram will remain an independently branded standalone app that’s separate from Facebook, but the services will increase their ties to each other.


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