WhatsApp Squashes The Rumors Saying They're Going To Be Bought Out By Google

WhatsApp squashes the rumors saying they’re going to be bought out by Google

BY Stefan Constantinescu

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Published 9 Apr 2013

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Roughly 48 hours ago, a site called Digital Trends posted a rumor saying Google is in talks to buy WhatsApp for $1 billion. For some strange reason, everyone on the internet covered the rumor. I didn’t, because I never even heard of Digital Trends until yesterday. Neeraj Arora, WhatsApp’s Business Development Head pinged AllThingsD just now to tell them the rumor is indeed bullshit.

This shouldn’t surprise anyone. Google can build a WhatsApp clone over the weekend if they wanted to. In fact, there are rumors out there saying Google is going to announce a new messaging client called “Babel” at their annual I/O conference next month.

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