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Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter, things have been chaotic at the social media platform — with sudden feature announcements and the pullbacks, mass layoffs, resignations en masse, and an exodus of users. Amid this commotion, many Twitter users are looking for alternatives, with Mastodon already emerging as a worthy competitor. Now, India’s own microblogging platform Koo is also emerging as an option for more users and trying to position itself as the next Twitter, should the now Elon Musk-controlled…

Homegrown microblogging platform Koo App on Monday said it has received a strong response from users in Brazil, logging over 1 million downloads within 48 hours of launch in that market.Twitter-rival Koo aims to further cement its position globally by making the app available to more countries and launching in multiple global languages.The announcement comes at a time when billionaire Elon Musk has taken over Twitter, setting in motion massive changes and sacking many employees.In a statement on Monday, Koo said, "India's…

New Delhi, November 18 As Twitter’s new boss Elon Musk has laid off employees in a series of firings, homegrown microblogging platform Koo has offered to hire the affected Twitter employees. Koo co-founder Mayank Bidawatka, in a tweet on Friday, offered to hire some of the Twitter ex-employees. “Very sad to see #RIPTwitterAand related # to this going down. We’ll hire some of these Twitter ex-employees as we keep expanding and raise our larger, next round,” Bidawatka…

Koo, a homegrown microblogging…

Image Source : KOO Koo Homegrown micro-blogging platform Koo on Friday announced four new features -- 10 profile pictures, save a Koo, schedule a Koo and save drafts. In a statement, the platform said that the "10 profile pictures" feature will allow users to upload up to 10 images which can be auto-played when someone visits the user's profile. "We are the first ones…

Koo — the made-in-India rival of Twitter — will not charge users for a verification badge, its co-founder and CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna said as he took on the larger rival for allegedly first creating bots and now charging users for verification.Koo, which allows users to express views in Indian languages, has already crossed 50 million downloads and is now flying into the rival's nest, starting a campaign on Twitter by making itself prominently visible on verified handles and offering them better deals on its platform at…

Koo developers revealed the total platform downloads as well as other metrics. Here is all you need to know. Is Koo beating Twitter? Koo, the Indian alternative to Twitter, has been around since 2020 and offers a multilingual micro blogging platform for users across the subcontinent. With Elon Musk taking over Twitter last week after completing the $44 billion deal, Koo has now released the metrics, showing a notable growth. Koo has reached a total download figure of 50 million, which is substantial for a phone that…

Homegrown microblogging platform Koo has announced that the total download for its application has crossed the 50 million (5 crore) mark. The platform was launched in early 2020 with an aim to become an alternative to other available microblogging options, including Twitter.It is a multi-lingual, micro-blogging platform to enable Indians to express themselves online in their mother tongues.Currently, Koo is available in 10 languages including Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Assamese, Bengali and…

Homegrown Twitter rival Koo has laid off at least 40 people, mostly from its operations and backend teams, and the micro-blogging platform said on Thursday that it is realigning its workforce aceto the current business requirements".The development was first reported by leading startup news portal Inc42, which said that Koo CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna is currently abroad, seeking a fresh round of funding.A Koo spokesperson told IANS thatAthe platform is at a phase of rapid growth as it steers digital inclusion for native…

The Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) 45th AGM includes an immersive 3D interactive experience zone in the Metaverse.RIL thus aims to be among the first global majors to use a Virtual Reality (VR) platform, while also being live on five leading social media platforms, plus the official JioMeet broadcast.Powered by Team GMetriXR, the AGM VR platform is designed for a user to virtually walkthrough a lounge, explore business-wise highlights of the Integrated Annual Report 2021-22 in an interactive manner from different…