Téléphonie / SMS / MMS / CHAT / VisioConf gratuit par VoIP / Wi-FI / 3G / 4G ... depuis votre Smartphone

Téléphonie / SMS / MMS / CHAT / VisioConf gratuit par VoIP / Wi-FI / 3G / 4G ... depuis votre Smartphone

Les opérateurs Telecom mis à mal par Internet et les Apps : SFR mis en vente ...

Historique :

SKYPE :

"L’histoire est-elle et sera-t-elle un éternel recommencement ? En effet, on se souvient que le site d’enchères eBay avait racheté en 2005 la société Skype pour 2,6 milliards de dollars. Pratiquement tout le monde à l’époque avait salué le coup de génie à la fois pour la base utilisateurs de la société estonienne mais également pour les nouveaux services que pourrait proposer la plate-forme d’échanges. Quatre années plus tard, l’intégration ne s’étant pas passée comme prévu, eBay cédait 65% des parts à un fonds américain pour 1,9 milliard de dollars, soit une opération à peu près blanche. Et moins de 2 ans plus tard, c’est Microsoft qui annonçait racheter l’entreprise, cette fois pour 8,5 milliards."

VIBER : une offre comparable à celle de Skype

Rakuten s'offre Viber pour 900 millions de dollars !

Avec le rachat de Viber, Rakuten s’offre une base utilisateurs de 300 millions d’individus dans 193 pays (en progression de 130% durant l’année 2013). Dans ces conditions, payer 3 dollars par utilisateur peut sembler un prix correct même si les 300 millions sont loin d’être tous actifs – comme à l’habitude dans ce genre de services.

Lire plus : http://www.linformaticien.com/actualites/id/32082/rakuten-s-offre-viber-pour-900-millions-de-dollars.aspx

WHATSAPP :

Facebook has entered into an agreement to purchase WhatsApp, the massively popular messaging client, for $16 billion in cash and stock. A document filed with the SEC today confirms the huge purchase. As was the case with Instagram, the company says WhatsApp will continue to operate independently after the acquisition — separate from Facebook Messenger — but claims the deal "accelerates Facebook’s ability to bring connectivity and utility to the world." Facebook is also throwing in an extra $3 billion in restricted stock units that will go to WhatsApp’s employees; those will vest over a period of four years after the acquisition is finalized.

More than 450 million monthly users

In a press release announcing the monumental buyout, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said, "WhatsApp is on a path to connect 1 billion people. The services that reach that milestone are all incredibly valuable." He also shared news of the deal on his personal Facebook page, saying, "WhatsApp will complement our existing chat and messaging services to provide new tools for our community." Over 450 million people use WhatsApp each month, according to statistics in the press release, with 70 percent of those users active on a given day. WhatsApp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum will join Facebook’s board of directors as part of the deal, but his team will remain stationed in Mountain View, California.

"Doing this will give WhatsApp the flexibility to grow and expand, while giving me, Brian, and the rest of our team more time to focus on building a communications service that’s as fast, affordable and personal as possible," he said in a blog post. According to Koum, users don't need to worry about ads "interrupting your communication." "There would have been no partnership between our two companies if we had to compromise on the core principles that will always define our company, our vision and our product," he said.

Announced on February 19th, Facebook's $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp was a deal sealed between the two company CEOs a few days earlier, though it took years of amicable courtship to reach the accord. Forbes has taken a look at the relationship between WhatsApp's Jan Koum and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg in the buildup to their momentous agreement. It all started with an email from Zuckerberg in the spring of 2012 and culminated with an accepted takeover offer on the Facebook boss' couch a day after Valentine's Day. The two CEOs reportedly celebrated by opening up a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Label and hugging one another.

If the story sounds familiar, that's because Zuckerberg used the same approach to woo Kevin Systrom — he and Systrom agreed the price at which Facebook would buy Instagram over a weekend at Zuckerberg's home. So the strategic approach remains the same, even if the numbers involved have ballooned.

Update: In a call with investors following the deal, Zuckerberg said he proposed the purchase to Koum on Sunday, February 9th, with the two agreeing on a price a few days later. Zuckerberg also went into more detail on why Facebook will hang on to its existing chat services, which he views as something people use to send one another messages asynchronously instead of in real-time. "We think that those are two different use cases, and that the world needed both," he said.

Analysts also asked Koum and Zuckerberg whether the deal meant that ads were coming to WhatsApp. Koum responded to by saying the two companies were more focused on growing how many people were using the app over how money will be made off it.

read more : http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/5/5472956/how-mark-zuckerberg-wooed-whatsapp

read more : http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/19/5427332/facebook-is-buying-whatsapp