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Events on Monday 9 April 2012 1
2012Facebook acquires InstagramPhoto-sharing app bought for roughly $1 billionFacebook announced it would acquire the photo-sharing startup Instagram, then just two years old with no revenue, in a deal of cash and stock. The purchase was widely seen as a defensive move to secure Facebook's position in mobile photo sharing.