Acton and fellow co-founder Jan Koum sold the messaging service WhatsApp to Facebook in 2014 for $22 billion. Acton received about $3 billion in the deal, and has a net worth of about $5.5 billion, according to Forbes. After staying on for three years, Acton quit Facebook in September, and …

SAN FRANCISCO – Brian Acton, a co-founder of WhatsApp, which Facebook bought in 2014, on Tuesday (March 20) urged people to delete their accounts on the giant social network, USA Today reported. "It's time," tweeted Acton, who quit Facebook earlier this year to start a foundation. He added the … Read …

"It is time. #deletefacebook," Brian Acton, whose messaging app was purchased by Facebook in 2014, tweeted on Tuesday evening. Brian Acton, the co-founder of messenger application WhatsApp, called for followers to delete Facebook in a tweet on Tuesday evening. "It is time. #deletefacebook … Read More

Until very recently almost every YC startup pitched itself as a version of a billion-dollar entity, be it Airbnb, Uber, Paypal, WhatsApp or Alibaba. Now that framing is not gone, but much diminished, as many earlier knockoffs have failed to produce lasting value. The mega-companies remain unchallenged, … Read More

The messages were included in a private WhatsApp group and were shared on social media by student Arsalan Motavali. He reported the matter to the university and guild before publishing the messages on social media. The messages include references to sending black people home, using the most … Read More

In 2014, Facebook bought WhatsApp for $16 billion, making its co-founders — Jan Koum and Brian Acton — very wealthy men. Koum continues to lead the company, but Acton quit earlier this year to start his own foundation. And he isn't done merely with WhatsApp — in a post on …

More than 29 million messages were sent via WhatsApp in 60 seconds on average in 2017. That's over 1.7 billion messages per hour or more than 40 billion messages per day. Even for an app with around 1.3 billion active monthly users, these numbers are staggering. Clearly, everything can change …

"When I was first shown the WhatsApp messages I was initially shocked but then there was also a realisation of being disappointed but not surprised. "I think people get a bit complacent when talking about the attitudes of university students. "When you look at society in general there are always …

Facebook on Tuesday gave Indian fintech experts 50 million reasons to doubt the safety of its ongoing experiment in India, WhatsApp Pay. The social media giant is caught in the middle of a data breach controversy. It allegedly shared data of up to 50 million users with a political data …

Law students called for 'race war' and used 'racist slurs' in WhatsApp group. Harley TamplinTuesday 20 Mar 2018 6:15 pm. Share this … Law students have been accused of using extreme racist language and slurs in a WhatsApp group chat. The group of Exeter University students – future lawyers, … Read …