WhatsApp Denies Facebook Talks

UPDATED 4:05 p.m. ET: Mobile messaging application WhatsApp denied a report in TechCrunch saying that it was in talks with Facebook about being acquired by the social network, telling AllThingsD, "The TechCrunch article is a rumor and not factually accurate. We have no further information to share at the moment."

UPDATED 4:05 p.m. ET: Mobile messaging application WhatsApp denied a report in TechCrunch saying that it was in talks with Facebook about being acquired by the social network, telling AllThingsD, “The TechCrunch article is a rumor and not factually accurate. We have no further information to share at the moment.”

Facebook, meanwhile, told AllThingsD, “We don’t comment on rumors or speculation.”

Sources told TechCrunch WhatsApp and Facebook are in talks, with no word on how advanced those discussions are, or on a possible price tag for the deal.

TechCrunch pointed out that WhatsApp is currently the No.

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