Eli Tan

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Eli Tan |Mike Isaac

Technology|WhatsApp Introduces Ads in Its Apphttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/technology/whatsapp-ads.htmlYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. 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.

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Eli Tan |Mike Isaac |NYT Business

When Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014, the messaging app had a clear focus. No ads, no games and no gimmicks. For years, that is what WhatsApp’s 2 billion users -- many of them in Brazil, India and other countries around the world -- got. They chatted with friends and family unencumbered by advertising and other features found on social media. Now that is set to change. On Monday, WhatsApp said it would start showing ads inside its app for the first time.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Eli Tan |Mike Isaac

NowTurn This ChatGPT Prompt Into A Six-Figure Passive Income StreamEveryone knows that ChatGPT is one of the most powerfully amazing productivity tools one can find. But just how well are you using it? The level of productivity that you can achieve with this AI tool is only just as good as how effective and specific your prompts are.

1 week ago | editorandpublisher.com | Eli Tan |Mike Isaac

Posted Monday, June 16, 2025 11:05 am When Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014, the messaging app had a clear focus. No ads, no games and no gimmicks.

2 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Eli Tan

Cam Higby, an online creator, appears live on Fox News during immigration protests in downtown Los Angeles. Photo / Philip Cheung, the New York TimesAs protests in Los Angeles against the Trump Administration stretched into their fifth day today NZT, social media creators have at times outnumbered the traditional press corps at rallies. And they have played an outsize role in sharing media about what has happened on the ground.