Koo founders Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka wrote in a LinkedIn post that since talks for a strategic partner fell through, they have decided to cease operations.
Co-founders Aprameya Radhakrishna & Mayank Bidawatka said the platform will discontinue its services as partnership talks failed with multiple larger internet firms, media houses.
Koo's co-founder Mayank Bidawatka said about 20% of the platform's users actively create content on the app and the ChatGPT integration could help increase that figure.
Some don't care for it, others say it's a 'good backup for India'. According to CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna, parties can use it to reach wider audience in their native language.
The banned handle was used to tweet updates about its process of designating user accounts of eminence with a yellow verification badge, similar to Twitter’s blue verification badge.
Koo became the top app in Brazil just 48 hours after it was launched in the South American country of over 160 million internet users, the company announced on 21 November.
When Kangana Ranaut faced a permanent ban on Twitter last year, she turned to Koo. Aprameya Radhakrishna, Koo’s CEO, tells ThePrint why he doesn’t believe in such permanent bans.
The 16-month-old Koo allows users to send tweet-like posts in English & 7 Indian languages. It saw about 85% of users join since February, when Twitter’s disputes with Modi govt escalated.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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