Neeraj Arora was widely believed to be the frontrunner to replace former CEO Jan Koum, who left the company shortly after co-founder Brian Acton earlier this year.
View More WhatsApp’s chief business officer is leavingCategory: Jan Koum
WhatsApp is finally adding stickers
WhatsApp is finally adding stickers to its hugely popular messaging app. The company said today that support for stickers will roll out to Android and iOS users over “the coming weeks.” Initially, the app’s 1.5 billion users will have a seemingly limited selection with the first packs provided by WhatsApp’s own design team and some “other […]
View More WhatsApp is finally adding stickersFacebook’s ex-CSO, Alex Stamos, defends its decision to inject ads in WhatsApp
Alex Stamos, Facebook’s former chief security officer, who left the company this summer to take up a role in academia, has made a contribution to what’s sometimes couched as a debate about how to monetize (and thus sustain) commercial end-to-end encrypted messaging platforms in order that the privacy benefits they otherwise offer can be as widely […]
View More Facebook’s ex-CSO, Alex Stamos, defends its decision to inject ads in WhatsAppFacebook poisons the acquisition well
Who should you sell your startup to? Facebook and the founders of its former acquisitions are making a strong case against getting bought by Mark Zuckerberg and Co. After a half-decade of being seen as one of the most respectful and desired acquirers, a series of scandals has destroyed the image of Facebook’s M&A division. That […]
View More Facebook poisons the acquisition wellWhatsApp founder, Brian Acton, says Facebook used him to get its acquisition past EU regulators
WhatsApp founder, Brian Acton, who left Facebook a year ago — before going on to publicly bite the hand that fed him, by voicing support for the #DeleteFacebook movement (and donating $50M to alternative encrypted messaging app, Signal) — has delved into the ethics clash behind his acrimonious departure in an interview with Forbes. And for leaving a cool […]
View More WhatsApp founder, Brian Acton, says Facebook used him to get its acquisition past EU regulatorsFacebook’s plan to let companies it buys live independently has failed
Mark Zuckerberg was quick to realize that Facebook, the largest social network in the world, doesn’t have a monopoly on all users nor can it bank on holding its position as top dog forever. Thus he instituted a policy of buying up promising rivals and integrating them into the Facebook ‘group’ in a strategy designed […]
View More Facebook’s plan to let companies it buys live independently has failedRebuilding employee philanthropy from the bottom up
In tech circles, it would be easy to assume that the world of high-impact charitable giving is a rich man’s game where deals are inked at exclusive black tie galas over fancy hors d’oeuvre. Both Mark Zuckerberg and Marc Benioff have donated to SF hospitals that now bear their names. Gordon Moore has given away $5B […]
View More Rebuilding employee philanthropy from the bottom upWhatsApp now allows group voice and video calls between up to 4 people
WhatsApp has added a much-requested new feature after it began to allow users to make group voice and video calls. It’s been just over three years since the company, which is owned by Facebook, introduced voice calls and later a video option one year later. Today, WhatsApp counts over 1.5 billion monthly users and it says […]
View More WhatsApp now allows group voice and video calls between up to 4 peopleWhatsApp’s Jan Koum won’t stand for re-election to Facebook’s board
After announcing his departure from Facebook yesterday, the parent company filed an SEC document stating that former WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum will no stand for re-election to Facebook’s board of directors. That confirms the Washington Post‘s report that Koum would exit Facebook’s board. “On April 30, 2018, in connection with his resignation from his position as […]
View More WhatsApp’s Jan Koum won’t stand for re-election to Facebook’s boardWhatsApp CEO Jan Koum quits Facebook due to privacy intrusions
“It is time for me to move on . . . I’m taking some time off to do things I enjoy outside of technology, such as collecting rare air-cooled Porsches, working on my cars and playing ultimate frisbee” WhatsApp co-founder, CEO, and Facebook board member Jan Koum wrote today. The announcement followed shortly after The Washington Post reported […]
View More WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum quits Facebook due to privacy intrusionsFacebook hit with shareholder lawsuits over data misuse crisis
The lawsuits are piling up against Facebook in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data misuse and political ad targeting scandal. According to SF Gate the company has been hit with four suits in federal courts so far this week following fresh revelations about how Facebook’s app permissions were abused to surreptitiously suck out vast amounts […]
View More Facebook hit with shareholder lawsuits over data misuse crisis