Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg calls President Barack Obama to complain about spying. - AFP
January 13, 2014: Acquires link-sharing service, Branch. The deal was reportedly about $15 million. Branch makes it easier for friends to talk about news and current articles, and share the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, WordPress or anywhere on
April 25, 2013: Acquires Parse, a cloud-based platform providing tools for mobile app developers. Parse offers backend services, data storage, social integration tools and other features to make it easier for developers to build apps across
February 28, 2013: Acquires Microsoft’s Atlas advertiser’s suite, an online business and management service. Facebook did not disclose the price of the deal but sources say it was around $100 million. The social network looked to Atlas to help
July 14, 2012: Facebook acquires the team behind San Francisco start-up Spool in its latest talent acquisition aimed at getting better performance from its mobile business. Spool makes free Google Android and Apple iOS apps for smartphones and
June 18, 2012: Acquires Face.com, a facial recognition software that third-party developers can incorporate freely into their own apps. Facial recognition software of Face.com was purchased for $100 million and incorporated into Facebook especially
May 21, 2012: Facebook acquires gift-giving startup Karma, and it took the company just a few more months to roll out its own, fully integrated version of the service. 'Facebook Gifts' was the social network’s way to let you give real gifts — wine,
May 15, 2012: Acquires Lightbox, a company that developed a mobile photo sharing Android app designed to replace the camera app by hosting photos in the cloud. Facebook baught the company for an undisclosed sum mainly for their talent. It was
April 9, 2012: Acquires Instagram, their second most expensive purchase to date for $1 billion. The photo-sharing service lets users take a picture, apply a digital filter, and share it with followers. The focus was on integrating certain features
The picture-in-picture feature was already available on Android tablets