Facebook is making its first serious move to monetize WhatsApp

as informed in Facebook is making its first serious move to monetize WhatsApp Ads that link Facebook users to WhatsAppFacebook is getting serious about monetizing WhatsApp after the social network reported sluggish earnings growth last Wednesday. At the same time, Facebook will now display ads of businesses that link out to WhatsApp. WhatsApp opened up its platform to business users last September. Today's announcement sounds like Facebook is making new tools to entice businesses to stay on the platform as it begins to monetize WhatsApp. As additional ways to boost stagnating profits, Facebook can monetize from Instagram's ads in Stories, for instance, and also potentially from WhatsApp businesses that are taking out ads.

Workers give first glimpse of Facebook dating app

TechWorkers give first glimpse of Facebook dating appWith everything Facebook knows about its users, it makes perfect sense for it to play Cupid. The company knows where you live, what you look like, what your interests are, everyone you socialize with and much more. We've got our first glimpse of what Facebook Dating will look like after mobile code researcher Jane Manchun Wong shared images of the signup pages on social media over the weekend. If you opt in to Facebook Dating you'll be able to browse potential matches based on all the info Facebook knows about you. But when signing up, Facebook employees were met with a message warning against too much fraternization.

Nasdaq posts first 5-day winning streak since May, Facebook rises more than 4%

referring to Stocks rose on Monday, led by gains in Facebook, as investors continued to bet on technology stocks as they pored through more corporate earnings results. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.6 percent to 7,859.68 as Facebook shares gained 4.5 percent, their biggest one-day rise since April. "The positive surprises in the earnings season are strong and that's helping the overall sentiment in the market," said Quincy Krosby, chief market strategist at Prudential Financial. The biggest takeaway from this earnings season is that "tax cuts were clearly a positive for the bottom line but ... the top line has also been good." Investors came into this earnings season with high hopes as FactSet had forecast year-over-year profits to grow by 20 percent in the second quarter.

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