below is the list:
1. Instagram
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[Fast Fact: facebook purchased Instagram for $1 billion on April 9, 2012.]
Although Instagram was not generating revenue when facebook purchased it in 2012, it has recently been estimated to be worth $100 billion. Instagram is a social media photo- and video-sharing platform that has generated money through on-platform advertisements since 2013. It is not an exaggeration to say that the purchase of Instagram transformed facebook. First, some estimates indicate that Instagram generates more advertising revenue than its parent company, with some indicators suggesting that the company generates $8 billion or more in revenue per year. Further, Instagram helped facebook to shift its user base from the original web browser service to an app-based service, which has also coincided with dramatic growth in the overall number of Instagram app users over the years.
2. WhatsApp
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[Fast Fact: facebook acquired WhatsApp for a reported $19 billion on February 19, 2014.]
WhatsApp is a messaging and calling service available throughout the world. Founded in 2009, WhatsApp was designed as a low-cost alternative to SMS services. As of this writing, WhatsApp allows users to message and call other users of the app for no cost, regardless of location around the globe. As of February of 2018, WhatsApp had surpassed Instagram's user base, with about 1.5 billion active users.
For much of its history, WhatsApp generated revenue only through its initial purchase price of $1 or, in some locations, a yearly $1 upkeep fee. Some estimates place WhatsApp revenue at as high as $5 billion by 2020. However, the process of monetizing the app beyond the initial cost and regular fees is unclear; aside from these costs, WhatsApp remains a free messaging and calling service, and the app does not support advertising.
3. Oculus VR
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[Fast Fact: facebook acquired Oculus VR on March 25, 2014 for a reported $2.3 billion in cash and stock.]
Founded in 2012, Oculus VR is a technology company and one of the leaders in the emerging virtual reality technology space. The company is best known for Oculus Rift, its virtual reality headset hardware that was designed for video gaming. More recently, the company has launched Oculus Go, its first stand-alone virtual reality headset which does not require a console attachment. Although facebook has not revealed a revenue breakdown for Oculus, it seems clear that the company is interested in capitalizing on this purchase in an attempt to dominate the virtual reality software and hardware market.
Since facebook's purchase of Oculus VR in 2014, this subsidiary has made multiple acquisitions of its own. Perhaps the most prominent of these acquisitions was the 2015 purchase of Surreal Vision, a company specializing in 3D scene mapping reconstruction.
4. FriendFeed
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[Fast Fact: FriendFeed was one of facebook's earliest acquisitions. This company was purchased for $47.5 million in cash and stock on August 10, 2009.]
Although not currently an active brand of facebook's, FriendFeed nonetheless represents a crucial acquisition in the company's history. FriendFeed was one of the first companies that facebook purchased. FriendFeed served as an aggregator, drawing together information from social media sites, blogs, and RSS-type feeds. FriendFeed was eventually shut down in 2015, but its services and aesthetic live on in many of the features of facebook's News Feed, a core component of the facebook user experience.
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