MADRID: Facebook's US$19bil (RM62.83bil) takeover of smartphone messaging service WhatsApp staked the social network's place in dramatic fashion as a pivotal player in the mobile world.
The US social networking giant's 29-year-old founder Mark Zuckerberg snatched the limelight ahead of his debut as the star speaker on the opening day of the Feb 24-27 World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
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