Monday 23 December, 2024

BBC's amazing WhatsApp Twitter typo

WHAT’S Mark Zuckerberg paying for?

WE WERE ALL a little shakey of the finger when we learned yesterday that Facebook has bought the messaging service WhatsApp for $16 billion.

BILLION!

Someone on the BBC News Twitter account seemed unsure at first what all that cash was actually paying for:

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“Massaging”. Snigger.

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BBC's amazing WhatsApp Twitter typo

This epic Guardian headline may be the typo of the year>

Arctic Monkeys give two baffling and wonderful speeches at the Brits>