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WhatsApp founders Brian Acton and Jan Koum at their headquarters in Mountain View. (PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Gallagher for Forbes)

Facebook says it has wrapped up its landmark $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp, a deal that was hashed out in Mark Zuckerberg’s house over the course of a few days in February and sealed over a bottle of Jonnie Walker scotch.

WhatsApp has continued to run its operation completely independently since then, but the closing of the deal marks the start of a gradual int

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