Facebook owns the social graph. Whether you’re a Boomer or GenXer using Facebook, a Millenial using Instagram & Messenger, or a Non-American using WhatsApp… the fact is, if you’re connecting with your everyday-life friends online, you’re relying on Facebook in some capacity.

I think Yahoo is smarter now about dealing with startups than they were then. We were one of the first companies they bought, and I think the idea was, back then, that what you should do with an acquisition is "integrate" it, in the same way that a sugar cube becomes integrated with your tea. We basically got dissolved within Yahoo, and a

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An aggregator like Facebook or Airbnb brings all the relevant goods, services, or information that a consumer might seek into one place, and it gathers all the consumers there, too. Netflix is a one-stop shop for film and television. YouTube is a one-stop shop for user-generated video. Uber is a one-stop shop for car rides. These aggregators amass ... See more

Facebook end up acquiring Instagram for $1 Billion in 2012.