11 Dumbest Tech Acquisitions of All-Time


Bangalore: So yes, Facebook acquired Instagram very unexpectedly, in a matter of 48 hours, for a billion dollars. But reactions haven’t been all that good with those who had accounts on the photo-sharing site—those who were worried about Facebook mixing up their photos with the wave of ‘friend-spam’ even deleted their accounts.

What will happen to Instagram, and how Facebook will make use of the acquisition is yet to be seen; but this one buy took us down memory lane, to re-visit the worst tech-acquisitions of all time (as named by Business Insider)

Read on for the 11 dumbest acquisitions in the history of technology