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Are you in it for the money or in it for the UX? James and Per reflect on Facebook’s $19bn purchase of Whatsapp, the history and future of messaging and personal correspondence as well as how the start-up ideology you adopt can affect your approach to UX.
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(Listening time: 38 minutes)Episode 68: @axbom & @beantin ask: Money or meaning? We look at the Whatsapp aquisition and start-up ideology http://t.co/iWtZ8qnRlv #ux
— UX Podcast (@uxpodcast) March 7, 2014
References:
- Wassup 2008
- Mark Zuckerberg announces the Whatsapp deal
- Famous tech acquisitions, cost per user
- The “missing” Bokado article: Whatsapp’s focus on UX
- Telegram
- 37Signals