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WhatsApp Had No Plans to Compete With Facebook, Co-Founder Says
- Wednesday May 21, 2025
- Kurt Wagner and Sabrina Willmer, Bloomberg News
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said that the messaging app had no plans to compete with Facebook. Acton was present at a federal courthouse in Washington to testify in the ongoing US Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust trial against Meta Platforms.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Had No Plans To Compete With Facebook: Co-Founder Brian Acton
- Wednesday May 21, 2025
- World News | Kurt Wagner, Sabrina Willmer, Bloomberg
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said that his messaging company had no plans to build social networking features to compete with Facebook before he sold the company to Mark Zuckerberg.
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www.ndtv.com
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Signal's Moxie Marlinspike Quits, WhatsApp Co-Founder Brian Acton to Take Over as Interim CEO
- Tuesday January 11, 2022
- Reuters
Signal's Founder and CEO Moxie Marlinspike said in a blog post on Monday that he will step down and WhatsApp Co-Founder Brian Acton will become the interim CEO.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Signal Back Up: Users May See Some Errors, Company Says Will Be Fixed in Next Update
- Sunday January 17, 2021
- Gadgets Staff With Inputs From Reuters
Signal said it had restored its services a day after the application faced technical difficulties as it dealt with a flood of new users after rival messaging app WhatsApp announced a controversial change in privacy terms.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Signal to Ramp Up Hiring After WhatsApp Controversy Drives Download Surge
- Thursday January 14, 2021
- Reuters
Signal, the privacy-focused instant messaging app, is looking to hire more staff to support the "unprecedented" growth it has seen following a controversial change in rival WhatsApp's privacy terms.
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www.gadgets360.com
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"Where Signal Absolutely Scores Above WhatsApp Is...": Co-Founder To NDTV
- Wednesday January 13, 2021
- India News | Reported by Roobina Mongia, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Signal, the secure messaging service rapidly emerging as an alternative to WhatsApp, "absolutely scores over" the Facebook-owned platform in the battle to ensure the privacy of user data, co-founder Brian Acton told NDTV on Tuesday.
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www.ndtv.com
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‘If You Build for India, You Build for the World’: Signal Co-Founder Brian Acton on WhatsApp and Future of Private Messaging
- Wednesday January 13, 2021
- Gadgets 360 Staff
Signal Co-Founder Brain Acton in an interview to NDTV talks about how the app is handling its meteoric rise as users increasingly favour it as a WhatsApp alternative. He explains what Signal stands for, how it plans to raise money, and the plans the company has for the Indian market.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Signal Tops App Store and Google Play Charts in India and US, Thanks to WhatsApp Privacy Change
- Monday January 11, 2021
- Tasneem Akolawala
Signal is on the top position on Google Play top charts in the US, UK, Germany, Lebanon, and France regions. In Brazil and Singapore, Signal sits on the third position on Google Play similar to the Indian market.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Decides Not to Sell Ads on WhatsApp: Report
- Friday January 17, 2020
- Indo-Asian News Service
Facebook has reportedly decided not to sell ads on WhatsApp - a controversial plan that forced Brian Acton and Jan Koum, who founded the mobile messaging service, to quit nearly two years ago.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Drops Plan To Sell Ads On Whatsapp: Report
- Friday January 17, 2020
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
Facebook has reportedly decided not to sell ads on WhatsApp - a controversial plan that forced Brian Acton and Jan Koum, who founded the mobile messaging service, to quit nearly two years ago.
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www.ndtv.com
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WhatsApp Had No Plans to Compete With Facebook, Co-Founder Says
- Wednesday May 21, 2025
- Kurt Wagner and Sabrina Willmer, Bloomberg News
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said that the messaging app had no plans to compete with Facebook. Acton was present at a federal courthouse in Washington to testify in the ongoing US Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust trial against Meta Platforms.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Had No Plans To Compete With Facebook: Co-Founder Brian Acton
- Wednesday May 21, 2025
- World News | Kurt Wagner, Sabrina Willmer, Bloomberg
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said that his messaging company had no plans to build social networking features to compete with Facebook before he sold the company to Mark Zuckerberg.
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www.ndtv.com
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Signal's Moxie Marlinspike Quits, WhatsApp Co-Founder Brian Acton to Take Over as Interim CEO
- Tuesday January 11, 2022
- Reuters
Signal's Founder and CEO Moxie Marlinspike said in a blog post on Monday that he will step down and WhatsApp Co-Founder Brian Acton will become the interim CEO.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Signal Back Up: Users May See Some Errors, Company Says Will Be Fixed in Next Update
- Sunday January 17, 2021
- Gadgets Staff With Inputs From Reuters
Signal said it had restored its services a day after the application faced technical difficulties as it dealt with a flood of new users after rival messaging app WhatsApp announced a controversial change in privacy terms.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Signal to Ramp Up Hiring After WhatsApp Controversy Drives Download Surge
- Thursday January 14, 2021
- Reuters
Signal, the privacy-focused instant messaging app, is looking to hire more staff to support the "unprecedented" growth it has seen following a controversial change in rival WhatsApp's privacy terms.
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www.gadgets360.com
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"Where Signal Absolutely Scores Above WhatsApp Is...": Co-Founder To NDTV
- Wednesday January 13, 2021
- India News | Reported by Roobina Mongia, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Signal, the secure messaging service rapidly emerging as an alternative to WhatsApp, "absolutely scores over" the Facebook-owned platform in the battle to ensure the privacy of user data, co-founder Brian Acton told NDTV on Tuesday.
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www.ndtv.com
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‘If You Build for India, You Build for the World’: Signal Co-Founder Brian Acton on WhatsApp and Future of Private Messaging
- Wednesday January 13, 2021
- Gadgets 360 Staff
Signal Co-Founder Brain Acton in an interview to NDTV talks about how the app is handling its meteoric rise as users increasingly favour it as a WhatsApp alternative. He explains what Signal stands for, how it plans to raise money, and the plans the company has for the Indian market.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Signal Tops App Store and Google Play Charts in India and US, Thanks to WhatsApp Privacy Change
- Monday January 11, 2021
- Tasneem Akolawala
Signal is on the top position on Google Play top charts in the US, UK, Germany, Lebanon, and France regions. In Brazil and Singapore, Signal sits on the third position on Google Play similar to the Indian market.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Decides Not to Sell Ads on WhatsApp: Report
- Friday January 17, 2020
- Indo-Asian News Service
Facebook has reportedly decided not to sell ads on WhatsApp - a controversial plan that forced Brian Acton and Jan Koum, who founded the mobile messaging service, to quit nearly two years ago.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Drops Plan To Sell Ads On Whatsapp: Report
- Friday January 17, 2020
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
Facebook has reportedly decided not to sell ads on WhatsApp - a controversial plan that forced Brian Acton and Jan Koum, who founded the mobile messaging service, to quit nearly two years ago.
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www.ndtv.com