hatsApp cofounder Brian Acton ... did question and “probe” ways to offer businesses analytical insights on WhatsApp users in an encrypted environment. Facebook’s plans remain unclear.

A high-profile co-founder of the WhatsApp messaging service, which was acquired by the huge social network in 2014, has joined the voices calling for people for quit Facebook. "It is time.

WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton proposed that users get charged by the message. The proposal was rejected by Facebook, Acton says, in favor of advertising. WhatsApp has previously charged a yearly ...

WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton left Facebook Inc. last year. Now he’s saying others should do the same. In a tweet Tuesday, Action said: “It is time. #deletefacebook,” referencing the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes ... Also ironically, is the twist here that WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton put $50 million into Signal ...

When he tweeted that message, Acton had been away from Facebook for more than a year after he stepped down in 2017 over a disagreement regarding monetizing WhatsApp. When asked why he decided to ...

A $19bn one to be precise. In the summer of 2009 Facebook turned down WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton for a job. Like any other dejected interviewee, he used Twitter to express his glass half full ...

His co-founder, Jan Koum, left the company in April in a loss ... and Facebook managers questioned and probed ways to offer businesses analytical insights on WhatsApp users while keeping the encrypted ...

WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton has also joined as the foundation's executive chairman, his first new role since leaving WhatsApp last fall. And Acton's not only devoting the next phase of his ...

WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum is leaving Facebook, four years after selling his company to the Menlo Park-based social media giant for $22 billion. WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum is leaving Facebook ...