The cofounders of WhatsApp resisted ads in the app for years, including after the company was acquired by Meta for $22 billion in 2014. Brian Acton and Jan Koum left the company in 2017 and 2018, ...

It’s official, ads are coming to WhatsApp. However, depending on how you use the popular messaging app, you may never see one. Hot on the heels of the welcome addition of a proper WhatsApp iPad App, ...

They will appear in only one part of the Meta-owned messaging service, it said. The move is potentially lucrative, while raising questions about user privacy. By Eli Tan and Mike Isaac Reporting from ...

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Meta must have spent big bucks to get some of the Modern Family crew back for its new WhatsApp ad. Meta must have spent big bucks to get some of the Modern Family crew back for its new WhatsApp ad. is ...

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After years of providing free services without any bells attached, WhatsApp is now going to start showing ads on the popular chat app. To be clear, users will only see ads on the Status screen — the ...

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Right from the time popular messaging app WhatsApp burst onto the scene in 2009, the platform was steadfast on one thing: offering an ad-free experience to its users. A famous 2012 blog post ...

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