Brian Acton: News
18 Jan 2021
AndroidSignal users report encryption errors; Company claims chat security unaffected
Signal, the privacy-centric messaging service, spent long hours battling a global outage last weekend. The disruption is reported to have been caused by a high influx of new users.
17 Jan 2020
FacebookFacebook taking U-turn, drops plan to show WhatsApp ads: Report
For more than a year, we have been hearing about Facebook's highly ambitious plan to monetize WhatsApp by showing ads.
29 May 2019
Bill GatesMacKenzie Bezos to donate half her $35bn fortune to charity
MacKenzie Bezos (48), the ex-wife of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos (55), has become the newest billionaire to sign The Giving Pledge - a philanthropy group of the world's wealthiest people.
27 Nov 2018
FacebookAnother high-profile exit of WhatsApp: Chief Business Officer Neeraj quits
In what is sure to hurt WhatsApp and its parent company Facebook, Neeraj Arora, the Chief Business Officer of the messaging app, announced on Monday that he will leave the company.
01 Nov 2018
IndiaYou'll soon start seeing ads on WhatsApp: Details here
In what might come as a disappointment to many WhatsApp users, as well as WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton, the messaging platform is getting ready to serve advertisements to users around the world.
04 Oct 2018
FacebookThis is how WhatsApp will start monetizing
WhatsApp, the biggest messaging service in the world, is planning to roll out targeted Ads in its status feature as part of its monetization efforts.
27 Sep 2018
FacebookWhatsApp co-founder left $850mn for his morals: Here's why
Since WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton quit Facebook a year ago and then went on to bite the hand that fed him, tweeting, "It is time. #deletefacebook", many questions had remained unanswered.
24 Mar 2018
Facebook#DeleteFacebook: Elon Musk deletes Facebook pages of Tesla, SpaceX
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has deleted both the companies' Facebook accounts after he responded to WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton's tweet urging people to support the #deletefacebook movement.
21 Mar 2018
FacebookWhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton wants everyone to delete Facebook
In 2014, Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion, which increased the net worth of one of the co-founders of the chat app, Brian Acton, to $6.5 billion.
22 Feb 2018
WhatsAppWhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton invests $50mn in messaging app Signal
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton has invested $50 million in encrypted instant messaging app Signal.
13 Sep 2017
FacebookWhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton to leave company
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton took to Facebook to announce he is leaving the company.
04 Apr 2017
IndiaWhatsApp prepping for digital payments segment entry in India
According to FactorDaily, WhatsApp is prepping up to launch peer to peer payments in India.
04 Apr 2017
WhatsAppWhatsApp's encryption veils terrorists?
The Government of UK is creating pressure on WhatsApp for access to encrypted communications after the Westminister attack.
25 Feb 2017
FacebookWhatsApp may soon enter digital payments- CoFounder
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton has indicated that the popular messaging app may soon venture into digital payments space.
