The tech world is still grappling with this week’s announcement of Twitter’s acquisition by the world’s richest man, Elon Musk for a whooping sum of $44 billion, but that’s not the first acquisition to raise the dust in the tech world. 

Listed below in no particular order are 8 major much talked about acquisitions in tech History.

ELON MUSK ACQUIRES TWITTER

MICROSOFT ACQUIRES LINKEDIN

FACEBOOK BUYS WHATSAPP 

GOOGLE ACQUIRES YOUTUBE 

MICROSOFT BUYS SKYPE 

FACEBOOK ACQUIRES INSTAGRAM 

SALESFORCES BUYS SLACK 

GOOGLE BUYS FITBIT