Jonathon Brearley

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EU Approves Facebook’s Acquisition of WhatsApp

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Facebook acquisition of WhatsApp has been approved, but don’t expect it to merge with Facebook Messenger.

I still have a hard time getting my head around the fact that lines of code can be worth $19 billion, but EU regulators have approved the Facebook acquisition of WhatsApp, the widely used cross-platform messaging app. WhatsApp is a really popular app and currently has over 500 million users. It functions over a data connection, so if you get your friends using it you can stop paying for that painfully overpriced SMS and MMS plan of yours, and, at the root of it, it basically does the same thing as Facebook Messenger.

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Sway: Microsoft’s Easy to Use PowerPoint Alternative

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Today Microsoft released a new application that is designed to help you make a functional, good-looking presentation with a focus on doing it fast. At first you might think, “PowerPoint…?” No, this new app is called Sway. The idea behind this app is that you can almost instantly turn anything you have in writing, pictures, and, well, anything really, into something presentable, pretty much right then and there. The app should be available for iOS soon, followed by Andriod and Windows at a later date.

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