With WhatsApp selling to Facebook for $16 billion, its over-the-top communications rivals were bound to get plenty of attention. It looks Tango is the first to benefit. The video chat and messaging specialist announced late Wednesday it has closed a $280 million funding round, with $215 million coming from Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.
Alibaba Holding Group — which is kind of an Amazon, eBay, PayPal and online international trade broker rolled into one – already has big plans in the U.S., planning an IPO on a U.S. stock exchange…