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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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
• Whatsapp
• Mark Zuckerberg announces the Whatsapp deal
• Famous tech acquisitions, cost per user
• The “missing” Bokado article: Whatsapp’s focus on UX
• Telegram
• 37Signals

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