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Re:Ask HN: How the hell is Whatsapp worth $18 billion? on Friday February 21, 2014 @06:50AM (#7276503)
Most acquisitions should be compared from a lenses of a peer company acquisition (Peer multiples in financial-speak). If you compare the acquisition of Whatsapp with Viber a few days back, you would know why Whatsapp was such a steal.

Read more here: http://appiterate.com/whatsapp-vs-viber-who-got-a-better-dea...

Re:Whatsapp vs Viber – Who got a better deal? on Thursday February 20, 2014 @11:00AM (#7271444)
don't forget the location data.

you might see 'last seen on 14:29 at the local deli' on Whatsapp from now on!

Re:Mozilla to sell New Tab page ads in Firefox on Thursday February 13, 2014 @04:24AM (#7230375)
I dont care as long as Ad Blocker works well on this!
Re:Massively multiplayer online Flappy Bird on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @11:20AM (#7225144)
Seems a whole load of lemmings jumping off the cliff!
Gimmicky - yes.

But the larger question is whether the water is actually potable, it being in vending machines after all!

Re:Flappy Bird Typing Tutor on Monday February 10, 2014 @12:57PM (#7212500)
Would love to see a game tougher than this!
Re:Data Visualization with JavaScript on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @11:07AM (#7184510)
What I meant was users have created an extensive library of re-usable chart types. :)
Re:Show HN: iOS app generates trendy posters on the fly on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @08:10AM (#7183483)
Design of posters needs some serious working on!
Re:Nadella as Microsoft CEO: A slap in the face for Indian system on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @08:04AM (#7183464)
George Carlin eh?
Re:Smartphone batteries that never die on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @05:09AM (#7182876)
I call bullshit on whatever times of india publishes!
Re:Jamaican Bobsledders Ride Dogecoin Into Olympics on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @04:53AM (#7182821)
Shiva Keshavan, Indian luger, also received a majority of his donations in dogecoin!

http://www.ibtimes.com/dogecoin-raises-7000-send-indian-luge...

Re:Data Visualization with JavaScript on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @02:38AM (#7182428)
I've always been a D3.js fan, more so because of the extensive range of novel chart types that it has. But, this looks good when you need a simpler solution.
A classic case of underpricing your SAAS product. Maybe their pricing is up for revision just like Apptimize did a while back!
Appiterate (appiterate.com) was around even before Artisan!
Re:Facebook Paper's gesture problems on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @02:08AM (#7182351)
This! Right after I had written other apps would feel ancient when compared to Paper

(http://appiterate.com/does-your-mobile-app-feel-ancient/)