Why Facebook have to buy Android app Lightbox? What is the main reason for Facebook to do it?

I really wonder why this big companies like FB, Google etc. start acquiring products from other companies, now Why Facebook have to buy the Android app Lightbox? What is the main reason behind it?

Related Discussions:

• Why Facebook have to buy the Lightbox app in Android? Why don’t they create their own version to use it along with the Facebook app to view photos in Android?
• What has to be done for tagging photos uploaded into Facebook app on android device?
• What changes can be experienced with the new Facebook 2.0 app for android?
• Facebook App not working Properly
• How to change the cover using Facebook app on Android phone
• Best third party Facebook app for my android phone than the official one?
• Trouble in accessing Facebook through rooted Motorola Triumph Android smartphone
• How to delete photos and videos from Facebook in Android App?
• Facebook App slowed down the speed of my Android Mobile?
• How to view and delete comments on Facebook account using Android Facebook app?

Hello Friend,

The answer to your question is simple It's the profit and expand-ability factors which makes market giants to acquire smaller firms.Light Box is one of the famous photo sharing app which had a growing no of users every day.It's always better to improve the existing product rather developing it from scratch.Considering the large USer base of Light Box Facebook made a decision to acquire the Light Box as it would help in promotion of Facebook as well.It would also save them from investor in the R&DE for developing Light Box like app and hence would result in large profits.

Hope It Helps!

Thanks and visit again.

If the facebook apps asks to buy the light box app with you to access facebook with many other options and the reason for this is to earn money from that application and to increase their users of the website.you need not to download or buy that app if you don't want it.so it will be better for you to access facebook with out light box.