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What Does Zuckerberg Have To Say About Snapchat?

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Zuckerberg is most commonly known as the man who founded Facebook and has redefined the way people can keep in touch with each other and share media files. What Facebook and Snapchat both have in common is that they allow people to share videos, pictures and text messages regardless of their location in the world and, as Zuckerberg himself states, Snapchat truly is a very interesting phenomenon.

Zuckerberg has discussed a lot about both Facebook and Snapchat when he was invited for an hour-long chat at the Stanford University, where he approached a variety of other topics as well. In a nutshell, Zuckerberg surely seems to have very big plans for Facebook, but the most important one for the world’s largest social media platform is to hit one billion users. Right after that, he plans to connect the rest of the world to the Internet and to help the developing countries.
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Why are Big Tech Companies Interested in Snapchat

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Snapchat is one of the most widely used mobile apps that allow its users to send photos that will automatically delete after a few seconds. This has taken the market by storm as there are very many teens who love to use it. It has been in the market for about two years with more than 350 million photos sent every month. Despite the fact that it has no revenue, there are a number of companies that are after it such as Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) which offered $3 billion and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) which offered $4 billion. Why you may ask? Read on to find the reasons.
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How Can Facebook Affect Snapchat’s Popularity?

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In spite of the fact that these two are different when it comes to their area of application, it does seem that Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) can take its toll on Snapchat, the latter being a photo messaging application through which users can send text messages, videos, photos as well as other media files, more commonly known as “snaps”.

Facebook, on the other hand, is a social networking platform that connects people from all around the world to a different level. How can one affect the other one?
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Would Google consider Snapchat bid?

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Eric Schmidt, current chairman and former CEO of Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) has regretted not being able to partake in the social media cake. It is because of this blunder from the search engine giants that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is still in business. The statement by Schmidt is the first from Google this year. But will Google continue whining over the missed opportunity or will it pull a fast one on Facebook? This, of course, is the big question.

Since Google missed a shot at the social media, its social media product, Google Plus, has been playing catch-up to Facebook. Given the popularity of Facebook, one thing is clear: Google has its work cut out in terms of attaining the same heights that Facebook has attained. But knowing Google, you can be sure that they are not the ones to sit on their laurels. Having said that, it is not entirely impossible to predict the line of action that Google may take to counter its late social media forays as well as a subsequent lost opportunity.
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