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Last week Twitter virtually exploded, when thousands of users shared their opinion on what was a major surprise in the IT world – to put it mildly.
That was Facebook paying one billion dollars for a company that has only as many employees as a football team. If you add the coach and his deputy.
What’s going on here? We talk about that with David Battersby, Global Technology Analyst at Redmayne-Bentley.
Also on the programme: the latest austerity measures in Spain and the much-awaited turnaround plan at troubled electronics giant Sony.
More about: Austerity, Company buyout, Facebook, SpainCopyright © 2013 euronews
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