Purchase of popular photo-sharing app values nimble startup as highly as 800 AOL patents
Facebook's $1bn (£630m) cash and stocks purchase of mobile photo-sharing app Instagram ushers in an X-Factor culture of instant fame for bright ideas. Like the X-Factor itself, the deal distorts...
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