The Great Messaging War of 2013

By Noah J. Nelson (@noahjnelson) Oh, we're in it now. The past few weeks have seen a series of moves and counter-moves in what has become the hottest visible war in Silicon Valley: image messaging. The first shot across the bow were reports that Facebook was willing to throw down three billion dollars for the upstart Snapchat. The offer was rebuffed by Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel, leading many to wonder just what the hell the Snapchat founder was thinking. (More on that in a moment.) Snapchat, for those of you who are over the age of 25 is a service



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