Facebook buys Whats App for $16 billion World's largest social network looks for ways to boost its popularity, especially among a younger crowd by buying the Whats App, a popular messaging App for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone and Nokia. Facebook said on Wednesday it will pay $4 billion in cash and about $12 billion in stock in its single largest acquisition, dwarfing the $1 billion it paid for photo-sharing app Instagram. Shares in Facebook slid 5 percent to $64.70 after hours, from a close of $68.06 on the Nasdaq. As part of the deal, WhatsApp co-founder and chief executive Jan Koum will join Facebook's board, and the social network will grant an additional $3 billion worth of restricted stock units to WhatsApp's founders, including Koum. Also, Facebook promised to keep the WhatsApp brand and service, and pledged a $1 billion cash break-up fee were the deal to fall through.
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