You Searched For "Jan Koum" and got 20 results
Sort By:
WhatsApp is forcing users to share personal data with Facebook, and Elon Musk is urging people to switch to Signal, a smaller encrypted messaging app
If users don't agree to let Facebook collect their WhatsApp data, they will lose access to the app,…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
Facebook's $19 billion WhatsApp acquisition might not have happened if it wasn't for Mark Zuckerberg's Hungarian sheepdog, Beast
One of the private messaging app's co-founders Brian Acton left Facebook in September 2017 after cl…
Nick Bastone
Facebook will reportedly stop pushing to sell ads on WhatsApp, more than a year after its founders resigned in protest of the effort
And the decision comes more than 18 months after WhatsApp cofounders Brian Acton and Jan Koum left …
Bani Sapra
The billionaire co-creator of WhatsApp is leaving Facebook to collect cars and play ultimate frisbee
Koum has remained in charge of WhatsApp following the acquisition, and also has a seat on the Faceb…
Matt Weinberger
The billionaire cofounder of WhatsApp is 'resting and vesting' - showing up to Facebook and barely working in order to collect a $450 million payday
"I've actually had a number of people, including today at Google X ... send me pictures of themselv…
Kif Leswing
The head of a major auto auction house explains why the Porsche 911 is the next hot collectible
There's no question that for some time now, the collectible car auction market has been ruled by …
Matthew DeBord
The departure of WhatsApp's founder has 'potentially significant implications' for Facebook
"We've been told by many of our checks over the last few years that 'once Jan leaves, that's when t…
Jacob Sonenshine
WhatsApp may lose its flavour as Facebook CEO integrates apps
WhatsApp has so far been a great experience for billions of users globally where there are no ads i…
What you need to know in advertising today
Four U.S. trade associations released a letter Monday addressed to Google CEO Sundar Pichai critici…
Tanya Dua
WhatsApp's cofounder could be leaving $1 billion on the table by quitting Facebook
I'm leaving at a time when people are using WhatsApp in more ways than I could have imagined. The t…
Kif Leswing
Signal or WhatsApp? Here's how the messaging apps differ and how to decide which one to use.
While Signal offers users more privacy, WhatsApp has customizable features that allow for easier us…
Allana Akhtar
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton invested $50 million into the Signal app - here's how he spends his $6.9 billion fortune
Acton and his WhatsApp co-founder, Jan Koum, started the company after leaving Yahoo, and it has si…
Hillary Hoffower
10 things in tech you need to know today
10. A weird Instagram hack is locking users out of their accounts and people are furious. Users are…
Jake Kanter,Jake Kanter
What you need to know in advertising today
Everson said that she spent the weekend contacting advertisers and answering their questions. Impor…
Lauren Johnson
WhatsApp's chief business officer is the latest exec to leave Facebook
"I've been blessed to work with a small set of talented people and see how maniacal focus can creat…
Rob Price
The Instagram founders snubbed Mark Zuckerberg in their original goodbye letter
"Mike and I are grateful for the last eight years at Instagram and six years with the Facebook team…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Isobel …
Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook won't merge the backends of WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram until at least 2020
"People really like this in WhatsApp. I think it's the - it's the direction that we should be going…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Isobel …
WhatsApp co-founder and Signal investor Brian Acton targets 100-200 million Signal users in India
Elated at Indians, including top entrepreneurs and celebrities, rushing to join his encrypted messa…
Some Facebook employees reportedly resent WhatsApp engineers for their bigger desks and nicer bathrooms
For starters, some members of the WhatsApp team were reportedly turned off by the restaurants and s…
Prachi Bhardwaj
Facebook's former security chief says it was 'foolish' to believe WhatsApp wouldn't be monetized
Acton's most explosive anecdote involved Zuckerberg. During his interview with Forbes, Acton recall…