Snap ropes in ex-Google executive Pulkit Trivedi as India managing director
Pulkit Trivedi will report to Ajit Mohan, who joined Snap last year as Asia Pacific Head.
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WhatsApp introduces 'silence calls' feature for unknown callers
The feature will provide protection against spam calls, scam calls, and unknown callers. The feature is available on both Android and iOS devices.
WhatsApp banned 74.53 lakh Indian accounts in April
The instant messaging platform received a total of 4,377 complaints in relation to a possible privacy infringement, of which actions were taken against 234 accounts.
Twitter to stop two-factor authentication for non-Twitter Blue subscribers
Two-factor authentication is an extra layer of security provided by Twitter so that only the user can have access to the respective Twitter account.
Meta appoints Vikas Purohit to head global business group in India
An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Varanasi, Purohit last worked as the chief executive officer of Tata CLiQ.
Twitter begins purging spam accounts, followers count might drop: Elon Musk
Prior to acquiring the social media platform, Musk had alleged that the social media platform was misrepresenting the actual number of bot accounts on its platforms, which he said were more than 5%.
Twitter bans over 44,000 accounts in India in Sept-Oct period
Twitter received 582 complaints in its grievances redressal mechanisms pertaining to abuse and harassment. Of which actions have been taken against 20 URLs.
Elon Musk pauses relaunch of Twitter Blue subscription indefinitely
The development comes days after the social media platform’s new chief executive officer announced that the Twitter Blue verification mark will be launched on November 29.
Koo wants to take on Twitter. Can it succeed?
Koo’s reading is that people across the world including in the US are looking for alternatives and the company wants to leverage this opportunity by placing Koo as a free alternative to Twitter.
Twitter India’s net loss widens to ₹32 crore for FY22
The company posted a surge in its revenue from operations by 86% to ₹156.75 crore for the year-ended on March 31, 2022, as against ₹86.36 crore in FY21.
