Facebook hands bought Instagram for Chase mobile business?

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The world's largest social-networking site Facebook on Monday (9th) for $1 billion to buy Instagram photo sharing site, has triggered a heated public debate.

The Fortune points out that, the deal represents a new strategy for Facebook, help enhance their firepower into the mobile Internet market. Facebook in the past is a pioneer in so-called Acq-hire mergers and acquisitions strategy, buying small tech VC firms to absorb talents.

For example originally served Google jointly established and after Bret Taylor of FriendFeed social messaging integration, and the creation of Sam Lessin of Drop.io file sharing service, is after the company is acquired by Facebook to join the latter's core management team. However, this time buying Instagram is another type of acquisition. First, Facebook Executive Mark Zuckerberg published on the personal graffiti wall message, Facebook promises to maintain the Instagram the present and future development of independence.

The website user can still choose to publish photos on various social networking sites, or select only Instagram track or trace, Zu Kebo will not change. Facebook buys Instagram, what exactly is it?

The Fortune points out that as early as last November, mobile Internet market will be the next Silicon Valley networking giant for the battlefield: Apple Apple, Google and Facebook are trying to attract more mobile Internet users, when viewed in their wallets. Until now, Facebook policies were behind: mobile version of Facebook app bugs, slow and lacks like Instagram is known as the elegant simplicity of the simple interface.

Facebook even announced in February plans to include ads in the news streaming service, haven't come up with strategies on how to make money in mobile platforms. In contrast, Instagram, they represent a new generation of Internet companies, starting from mobile and Tablet app. Services provided and Instagram and, more recently, into the Google Android system from Apple's iOS operating system.

Its social networking features and growth also remain immune from any system forces to contain. As Mark Zuckerberg said in a posting, Facebook "will try to learn from Instagram experience, will be built into other products with similar characteristics." If he is serious, it would be a very smart move.

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