On Friday, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), declined -0.16% to $82.04.
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) and Messenger have two separate homepages now as Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) recently launched a Messenger client on the Web. With the new move, the social network is predictable to be preparing for integrating Messenger Business, which will allow users to enter into conversations directly with companies about products and track their purchases and shipments.
Also users will be able to send stickers, photos and emojis with the new standalone browser version of Messenger for the web. If a user just needs to send a quick mail, then he can do so simply using Messenger.com without needing to access Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) completely. Settings adjustments to desktop notifications and sound can be made with the assist of a gear button located at the upper left corner.
The web version will soon be accessible in several languages other than English. A user can make use of his Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) account for logging on to Messenger.com. All the current chats of the user will be dragged and displayed in full screen by the browser. There is no surety for now on whether the chat threads will be transferred to Messenger.com from the Facebook homepage.
Facebook (FB) purchased WhatsApp in February 2014 for about $19 billion, and according to the 2014 Facebook Form 10-Q, in the nine months preceding September 30, 2014, WhatsApp generated proceed of $1,289,000. WhatsApp was founded in 2009 by Brian Acton and Jan Koum as an alternative to pricey SMS services. The app allows users to upload their contact book and message anyone who has the app installed at no cost. It is accessible for iPhones, Androids, Blackberries, Windows Phones, Nokia (NOK) phones and, most recently, desktops.
Also, Facebook, Inc. (FB) declared that the corporation’s first quarter 2015 financial results will be released after market close on Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Facebook will host a conference call to talk about its results at 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET the same day. The live webcast of the call can be accessed at the Facebook Investor Relations website at investor.fb.com, together with the corporation’s earnings press release, financial tables and slide presentation.
Facebook, Inc. operates as a social networking corporation worldwide. It provides a set of development tools and application programming interfaces that enable developers to integrate with Facebook to create mobile and Web applications.
On the other hand, Twitter (NYSE:TWTR), dropped -0.44% to $51.94, as Senior Vice President of Engineering, Alexander Roetter, sold 22,923 shares (showing 2.23% of his direct stake in Twitter) worth $1,205,374 in multiple transactions dated April 7. After selling these shares, Mr. Roetter had a remaining direct stake compriseing of 1,002,154 shares worth $52,282,374.
Twitter, Inc (NYSE:TWTR) is a global platform for public self-expression and conversation in real time. It is a real-time platform, where any user can create a Tweet and any user can follow other users. Viewers can see photos, videos and conversations directly in Tweets to get the whole story at a glance, and all in one place.
When the name of the corporation is Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), rumors can be almost about anything. At some point it was rumored that the microblogging CEO’s Dick Costolo was due to step down almost right away, but Costolo still runs the corporation to-date as CEO. Rumors also emerged that perhaps Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) or Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) are seriously pursuing Twitter for takeover, but nothing has happened to this day. However, rumors have not ceased, they have only grown.
The two main reasons Twitter attainment rumors have kept coming up are the slow growth of the corporation and falling stock prices. CEO Costolo has come under investor attacks, especially as new user attainment appears to be cooling.
Slow user growth:
TWTR’s other problem, that could be exploited by a potential buyer to tilt the balance in its favor, is the slow user growth.
Stock structure:
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) seems to be vulnerable in the stock structure perspective. The fact that the corporation lacks the so-called ‘dual-class’ stock structure means that it is more vulnerable to hostile bids.
Price tag hindrance:
As much as Twitter may be weak in many ways, its price tag could be a major challenge for any person or corporation interested in taking over the micro blogging provider.
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) and Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) are getting ready to battle the authoritarian government of Turkey, but can the social media giants really win?
In a report on CNBC, Courtney Reagan notes that both Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) and Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) have vowed to challenge a court order issued by a judge in the country last week that compels the sites, together with over a hundred other sites, to remove an image of a government prosecutor being held at gunpoint by far-left militants.
Facebook ’s co-founder and current chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, has admitted in the past that policies of the country are difficult to navigate. He has admitted, for example, that the defamation laws of Turkey that protects its founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk are part of “different legal and cultural environments” that his corporation needs to take into consideration when making their own policies governing their service.
