1. Mobile News Headlines 03/10/14 Randy Nunez Mobile Monday Detroit

2. Mobile News Headlines Facebook to buy WhatsApp for $19B The Flap About Flappy Birds 2

3. Facebook to Buy WhatsApp for $19B $4B cash, $12B stock WhatsApp will continue to operate independently Has over 450M users, adding 1M users/day Facebook Messenger will continue to co-exist with WhatsApp 3

4. Facebook to Buy WhatsApp for $19B WhatsApp is on a path to connect 1 billion people. The services that reach that milestone are all incredibly valuable. – Mark Zuckerberg Privacy groups file complaint with FTC concerned about WhatsApp and Facebook having incompatible privacy models 4

5. Facebook to Buy WhatsApp for $19B Discussion Starters: Why so much money? Was Facebook trying to make a statement with this purchase? How will Facebooks ad model and WhatsApps anti-ad model co-exist? 5

6. The Flap About Flappy Birds Developed in 2013 by Dong Nguyen Most downloaded game in Apple App Store at the end of January 2014 Reportedly bringing in $50,000/day On February 10, 2014, creator removed from Apple App Store and Google Play 6

7. The Flap About Flappy Birds Reasons: couldnt cope with fame, couldnt take criticism… Handhelds with Flappy Birds apps were reportedly commanding thousands of dollars (though you cant sell copyrighted material w/o permission) Forbes interview: addictive 7

8. The Flap About Flappy Birds? Discussion Starters: What were the real reasons? Addictive? Fame? Criticism? Copyright concerns? Publicity stunt? Doesnt this seem like old news, although it just happened a month ago? 8

9. And thats the news! 9