Facebook is planning to merge Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp by letting users message one another across all the services, according to the New York Times. Scroll down for videoFacebook is planning to merge the chat functions of Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp into one app. Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 billion in 2012, then WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014. A TIMELINE OF FACEBOOK'S WHATSAPP AND INSTAGRAM ACQUISITIONS Few of Facebook's acquisitions have attracted more attention that when it purchased Instagram and WhatsApp Facebook has acquired dozens of companies in the years since it was founded in 2004. Here is a timeline of Facebook's WhatsApp and Instagram acquisitions: April 2012: Facebook acquires Instagram for a whopping $1 billion.

Source: Daily Mail January 25, 2019 15:08 UTC