Social networking major Facebook may acquire instant messaging service Whatsapp. According toTechCrunch, Whatsapp is in talks with Facebookover an acquisition.
The acquisition could be one the biggest deals forFacebook in recent times. Earlier this year,Facebook acquired Instagram, the photo-sharing app for over $1 billion.
The acquisition could be in line Facebook’sstrategy to enhance its mobile business. In order to develop a complete ecosystem around its mobile business, Facebook has started acquiring various apps and services. Apart from the acquisition of Instagram, the company recently bought mobile gift-card application Karma to strengthen m-commerce component of its mobile business.
In June, Facebook also acquired Israel-based start-up Face.com, a provider of face recognition technology to bolster deep integration of social networks.
Earlier, the company acquired rewards startup Tagtile, social discovery app Glancee, photo sharing app Lightbox and mobile-oriented social bookmarking service called Spool.
On July 20 this year, Facebook reportedly acquired Acrylic Software, the developer of personalized newspaper app “Pulp” and secure database app “Wallet.”