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The Indian Express
Zuckerberg Plans to Integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger
The Indian Express
5 min read · From 2019 · Facebook’s chief executive has asserted control over its sprawling divisions and mandated the social network’s messaging services be knitted together.
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Forbes
Exclusive: WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton Gives The Inside Story On #DeleteFacebook And Why He Left $850 Million…
Forbes
~15 min read · From 2018 · Facebook’s $22 billion WhatsApp purchase
made Brian Acton one of the richest people in America. But his idealism clashed with Mark Zuckerberg’s financial juggernaut. For the first time, Acton explains why he left.
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How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist — Medium
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~16 min read · From 2016 · When using technology, we often focus optimistically on all the things it does for us. But I want you to show you where it might do the opposite.
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ProPublica
How Facebook Undermines Privacy Protections for Its 2 Billion WhatsApp Users
ProPublica
20+ min read · 2021-09-07 · WhatsApp assures users that no one can see their messages — but the company has an extensive monitoring operation and regularly shares personal information with prosecutors.
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WIRED
WhatsApp Has Shared Your Data With Facebook for Years, Actually
WIRED
2 min read · 2021-01-08 · A pop-up notification has alerted the messaging app's users to a practice that's been in place since 2016.
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Indie Hackers
I never had money to scale startups so I learned 5 principles for growth hacking startups with…
Indie Hackers
2 min read · May 10th · 1. Spend 10% of your time on high-risk, high-reward activities. Ask: which action requires least input and will bring me the highest output? Go through...
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Guardian Tech
What's wrong with WhatsApp
Guardian Tech
~18 min read · From 2020 · The long read: As social media has become more inhospitable, the appeal of private online groups has grown. But they hold their own dangers – to those both inside and out
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Design Doesn’t Scale.
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8 min read · From 2016 · Design Doesn’t Scale is a statement that has bothered me for the last four-years.
Reader View · Shared by 288, including Mark Kaigwa, Casey Smith, Nicolas Berg, Rodrigo Prior, Chris Messina, Niklaus Gerber, Courtney Bolton ★, Victor Tolosa, Pizza 🍕, Christophe Jean, Andreas Spiegler, Alejandro Vidal, Adrian Zumbrunnen, Oleg Baskov, Klaus Eck, Brian, Tris Hussey, Dominik Grolimund, Michelle Boisson, Thomas Power
Paul Graham
Do Things that Don't Scale
Paul Graham
~16 min read · From 2015 · July 2013One of the most common types of advice we give at Y Combinator is to do things that don't scale. A lot of would-be founders believe that startups either take off or don't. You build…
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