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Twitter shuts 'Moments' feature that allowed curated collection of tweets

The company said that the existing Moments will stay on the platform but users will not be able to create new ones

Paid Telegram Premium service tops 1 mn subscribers, says CEO Durov

Telegram in October reduced the subscription cost of its premium tier in India from Rs 469 to Rs 179

Telegram shares user info with Delhi High Court in copyright case

The plea was filed by Neetu Singh and KD Campus, seeking to restrain users from sharing their videos, lectures, and books on Telegram. The matter will be heard again on February 14 next year

Twitter to show you more tweets from people you don't follow: Report

Twitter will now show you more tweets from people you don't follow, as Elon Musk continues to tinker with the platform inorder to woo more users and make more money.

Meta pledges $1 mn for extended reality fellowship programme in India

Initiative will help developers contribute to open-source projects on XR technology and lay the foundation for affordable, appropriate India-specific solutions localised to Indic languages

YouTube removed 1.7 mn videos in India in July-Sept, most in world

Around 5.6 million videos were removed globally for violating platform's community guidelines

Microblogging site Twitter may increase character limit from 280 to 1000

The character limit has been one of the prime differences between Twitter and other social media services

Twitter rolls out update to better identify 'low quality' Community Notes

The latest update will better identify and lock out more contributors who aren't writing helpful content

Snapchat debuts on the Microsoft Store for Windows users: Details here

Snapchat is coming as a Progressive Web App (PWA), which will run through Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating system-based computers

Twitter loses entire Brussels office after Musk's hardcore working culture

The small office of six employees was cut to two in recent weeks following Elon Musk's dramatic culling of staff, according to people with knowledge of the exits

Does Koo have it to emerge as an alternative to Elon Musk's Twitter?

The Brazil launch has shown the multilingual platform has potential

Musk refuses to reimburse 'millions of dollars' owed to Twitter vendors

This comes amid, several cost-cutting measures by Musk to make Twitter more profitable, including layoffs across Twitter offices around the world

Explained: What is Post.news, the emerging easy-to-use Twitter alternative

Post.news is a microblogging platform set up by Noam Bardin, former CEO of Waze and an ex-Google employee

Musk's top-down approach will harm Twitter, says Manish Maheshwari

Large platforms can also go into exponential decay if the network effect stops working in their favour, Maheshwari said

Meta is India's largest media company: A look at the ten big firms in 2022

A look at the ten big media firms in the financial year ending 2022

A banker turned tech maven: Meet Sandhya Devanathan, Meta India head

Devanathan takes over the India operations after the previous incumbent, Ajit Mohan, resigned to join social media company Snap Inc

After Musk's takeover, Twitter alternative Hive sees surge in new users

Twitter alternative Hive has seen a boost in new sign-ups since users started switching to other social media platforms after Elon Musk's takeover of the micro-blogging platform.

Chingari introduces new content monetisation plan for creators, users

Creators and users will be offered daily, weekly and monthly subscription plans for monetisation for as low as Rs 20

Koo records over 1 mn downloads within 2 days of launch in Brazil

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 multilingual microblogging platform, Koo App, was launched in Brazil with the addition of the Portuguese language, making it available in 11 native languages now". Within 48 hours of launch, the platform received a "tremendous response" from Brazil users with over 1 million user downloads, Koo further said. Koo occupied the number one spot on both the Android Play Store and Apple App Store for the last few days, it added. "With a blockbuster entry of an open

Meta introduces new privacy features for protecting its young users

All those under age 16 (or under 18 in some countries) will be defaulted into more private settings when they join Facebook, Meta says