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Re:Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus ... by objclxt on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @05:54PM (#7267128)
> In basically all markets outside of the US, however, they are dominating the messaging space

...WhatsApp certainly isn't dominating in the Asian markets, you only have to look at WeChat.

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Re:Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus ... by yen223 on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @08:45PM (#7268221)
WhatsApp is huge in Malaysia, where I'm from. WeChat, Line, and those other messaging apps are tiny in comparison.
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Re:Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus ... by btown on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @06:20PM (#7267368)
From what I can tell, though, it's literally the two of those that are controlling the space outside the U.S.
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Re:Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus ... by rahimnathwani on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @06:46PM (#7267527)
er.. Line? KakaoTalk?
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