Facebook bought ''WhatsApp'' for 16 billion dollars.



 On Wednesday, Facebook announced the purchase of the instant messaging application ''WhatsApp'' for 16 billion dollars, the largest acquisition in the history of the world's largest social network, which has just celebrated its 10th anniversary .

Of this total, $ 4 billion will be paid in cash and the remaining 12 billion in Facebook shares. The group also plans to pay $ 3 billion in shares to the founders and employees of ''WhatsApp'' over a period of four years after the closure of the operation.

"Connecting a billion people " :

" WhatsApp is going to connect a billion people. Services that reach this level all have an incredible value , "said CEO and founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg.

" WhatsApp has built a mobile messaging service in real time which has a leadership position and growing very fast," Facebook also emphasizes in its statement. The group notes that the service has more than 450 million monthly users , 70% active daily, and more than a million people open an account every day.

The volume of messages sent approach to share "the whole volume of SMS global telecom operators'',assures us that investors seemed less enthusiastic about the New York Stock Exchange , where the action Facebook declined by 4.50%, 65 dollars in evening on electronic trading after the close of the formal meeting .

Next month :The announcement of a game on PS4.


  According to a tip, which came in the recent version of Official PlayStation Magazine in UK, that the company ''Sony'' is preparing to unveil an exclusive title for the PS4 platform in the next month, belongs to a series of well-known long-awaited.




  The magazine did not give any details about the upcoming game, advising everyone waiting for the cover of next month.

5.3 million sales of PS4 around the world.


  Today, Sony announced that it was selling 5.3 million PS4 around the world since its launch last November, and the device has reached sales of 4.2 million units last January.



  Recalls that PS4 will be launched on 22th February in Japan, this package includes with load code for the game ''Knack''.

The first official details of the sixth part of Hitman series.


  After a long wait and conflicting rumors about the cancellation of the game , the development team IO Interactive publish the first official details about the Hitman VI of the Hitman series , which has not been named on the final stability yet.



  The development team did not talk about the game in depth , noting that this year will see a lot of interesting information about this series, and here is the most important details about the game so far :

1.The game is the most detailed and magnitude in the history of the series.
2. It seems that the events of the title will revert back in time, where we'll see the ''Agent 47'' at the beginning of his career , chasing his enemies around the world , and receives ongoing assistance and guidance of his help,"Diana" .
3.The game will address new weapons and tools allow the user to get rid of a huge number of enemies in different and distinctive ways.
4.The events of the game will take place in virtual environments are carefully designed and adapted from many cities around the world.
5. At the present time, title under development using the improved version of the ''Glacier 2'' engine used in the development of the previous Hitman: Absolution.
6. Style of play and events excerpted parts of a large degree from Contracts and Blood Money.
7. The game includes a new style called HORSE similar to the pattern of Contracts.
8. Some of the capabilities of the ''Agent 47'' will disappear completely, such as the ability to see enemies behind walls.
9. The game is scheduled to launch for the PC hardware and the new generation Xbox One and PS4.
10.The title includes stages characterized by voluminous and freedom, and allows each user to get rid of his opponents in the manner favored by .

Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 is coming in conference MWC 2014.


  It is expected to announce Samsung, as a number of new devices at Mobile World Congress later this month, which are Galaxy S5 and Galaxy Gear 2 . Now, there seems to be a pioneer in a new way to join the two , which is also expected to launch the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4.


  According to a recent report , the Galaxy Tab 4 will be announced at a press conference within the activities of the Mobile World Congress later this month . Apparently , it will be available 3 versions of Galaxy Tab 4 , the size of the first one will be 7 inch , 8 inch in the second , and the third one is 10.1 - all working with Android 4.4 KitKat .

  The other specifications include quad-core processor frequency of 1.2 GHz , and battery 6800 mAh, in addition to a port for memory cards ''microSD''. But so far, did not show details of the screen.


The First Photos leaked about iPhone 6.



  Spread on the Internet and exactly on the social networking site ''Twitter'' that photos attributed to the new smartphone from Apple and expected all the passion this year's iPhone 6, it is difficult to ascertain the credibility of the pictures note that the new phone will not be on the market only in September.


  New images leaked by Australian blogger ( Sony Dixon ) on his Twitter account , which is known to its competence in leaking information about Apple products , especially the iPad and iPhone , and in the pictures showing what it said about iPhone 6 from multiple angles , as these pictures prove that something about some news that spread in the past about the fact that the new phone will be larger than its predecessor both in terms of size or the level of the display as well.


  It remains difficult to confirm the credibility of these images in the absence of anything official by Apple in waiting weeks or even months ahead .



Smartphone sales exceed those of regular mobile.



   In 2013 , sales of smart phones accounted for 53.6 % of total sales of mobile devices in the year, 967.8 million on $ 1.8 billion phones sold , up to 42.3% on 2012 , according to a study by Gartner published Thursday.

Of these 967.8 million smartphones sold this year, 758.7 million were equipped created by Google Android operating system.

The South Korean manufacturer Samsung is the undisputed winner of this race equipment . It has sold nearly 300 million smartphones on the year and accounts for nearly a third of the market (31% ), followed by Apple that it sold half the units ( 150 million or 15.6% market share ) .

Apple's market share declined :

The market share of Apple fell by almost 4 percentage points in 2013, but recently signed distribution agreements with Japan's NTT Docomo one hand, and with China Mobile on the other hand should have an impact on sales in the first quarter of 2014 , says Gartner.

Chinese Huawei, telecom equipment , which decided to embark on mobile phones, is in third place with 46 million smartphones sold (4.8 % market share) in front of the South Korean LG Electronics.

Fifth , there is the Chinese Lenovo , which has just bought Motorola to Google in order to take the posted third place behind Samsung and Apple.

Cheaper products :

"This acquisition will also provide Lenovo protect its patents and allow it to rapid global growth ," says Gartner analyst Anshul Guptal , said in the statement . "This agreement not only aims to enter the United States but they managed to get him out of China ," said he .

Samsung is the leading seller of mobile phones all together, before the Finnish Nokia . Smartphones will continue to take the industry sales in 2014 according to Gartner , which expects that many manufacturers are reviewing their portfolio to focus on cheaper products .