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Facebook buys Instagram $1bn Facebook announced a billion-dollar-deal to buy the startup behind wildly popular smartphone photo sharing application Instagram. Facebook buys Instagram: full statement Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has hailed his $1bn acquisition of the photo-sharing app Instagram as "an important milestone" on his own Facebook page. Facebook buys Instagram user love Instagram may not have made money, but Facebook was willing to pay $1 billion for the photo sharing company Can Instagram solve Facebook's mobile problem? Facebook is fighting Google and Apple for mobile users. With Instagram, it gains a core of developers that have the mobile design chops Facebook has lacked. Instagram Is Facebook's Pinterest Killer Buying Instagram gives Facebook all it needs to battle Pinterest--and win. Facebook buying Instagram for $1 billion NEW YORK — Facebook is spending $1 billion to buy the photo-sharing company Instagram in the social network's largest acquisition ever. Facebook buys Instagram photo app for $1 bn Facebook announced Monday that it made a billion-dollar-deal to buy the startup behind wildly popular smartphone photo sharing application Instagram. Facebook Acquires Instagram: What Do You Think? [POLL] Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the social network's acquisition of Instagram on his Facebook Timeline Monday. FACEBOOK BUYS INSTAGRAM Facebook has agreed to buy photo sharing network Instagram for $1 in a combination of cash and stock, the company announced Monday. Facebook to acquire Instagram for $1 billion Facebook announced on Monday that it will acquire Instagram, a popular mobile photo-sharing application and social network, for $1 billion.
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