HIGHLIGHTS Acton had disagreements with Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg He spent eight years with WhatsApp before leaving the company His co-founder, Jan Koum, left the company in April WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton had disagreements with Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerbergand […]
Denying WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton’s claims that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tried to undermine the instant messaging app’s encryption technology, a top Facebook executive called Acton “low-class”. Acton started WhatsApp with Jan Koum. Facebook acquired the messaging service about four years ago for […]
Flipkart Co-Founder Sachin Bansal Seeks Level-Playing Field for Local Firms Highlighting the rise of “selective globalisation”, Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal on Wednesday said a level-playing field is needed to ensure that local companies can build […]
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Becomes Chairman as Co-Founder Steps Down Spotify co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek is consolidating power over the world’s largest music streaming service, taking on the role of chairman ahead […]
Apple confirmed Tuesday that it has employed robotics superstar and Google X lab co-founder Yoky Matsuoka to work on fitness tasks. Matsuoka, a winner of the MacArthur genius award, ultimate 12 months left her process […]
Opera co-founder and former CEO Jon von Tetzchner on Wednesday announced that the Vivaldi browser has hit its first stable version. Vivaldi v1.0 is now available to download from the company’s website for Windows, OS […]
Shares of Pandora plunged Monday as news that co-founder Tim Westergren was returning as chief executive failed to ignite confidence in the group’s long-term prospects. Westergren, who helped found the Internet radio service in the […]
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick speaks to students during an interaction at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campus in Mumbai on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters Mumbai: The chief executive and co-founder of the world’s most valuable […]
The company that has raised over $100 million in capital from investors like SoftBank, nexus venture partners, changed its business model in November from being a listing portal to focus on only buying and selling […]
The company raised $11 million in 2015. Mumbai: Online baby clothes and products company Hit The Mark Inc., which owns and operates as Hopscotch.in, said on Monday that it has raised $13 million in a […]