"You know what's cool? A billion" (quote from the movie "The Social Network")
There is no need for Facebook to wait for its initial public offering to make its first huge purchase.
The social network giant, Facebook has purchased Instagram, the popular photo-sharing application, for about $1 billion in cash and stock, the company...
OFFICIAL STATEMENT from Mark Zuckerberg can be read here:
https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10100318398827991
(NYT article here: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/facebook-buys-instagram-for-1-billion/)
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