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Indian social apps make a dash for online commerce

Social commerce platforms are an easy way for traditional retailers to move online, since they are investment light, simple to use and have the ability to build trust with consumersRoposo, is in talks with beta partners to integrate payments and logistics services on its platform

2 min read10 Sep 2020
Technology

TikTok's Indian rivals use competitions, prizes to engage users

Indian social media platforms like Chingari, Trell, Roposo and Mitron are seeing lower user engagement compared to TikTok, says a report by KalaGato Indian social media platforms are using competitions and in-app features to drive user engagement

3 min read26 Jul 2020
Technology

Give up Facebook for a month in exchange of $50 and help economists fix GDP

The economists estimate that the social network by itself could add as much as 0.11 percentage points annually to US' GDPIf Facebook, Twitter, GPS map services and a host of other apps on your smart phone come at zero cost, then they won’t show up in GDP

2 min read6 Jan 2020
Opinion

Opinion | Be very afraid of the dangers of ‘deepfake’ technology

Driven by AI, it produces videos of real people doing fictitious things and these are hard to detect

4 min read17 Mar 2019
Technology

Beware! Smartphone apps put your privacy at stake

Granting random permissions to smartphone apps without examining why they want them can be risky

2 min read20 Jul 2018
Technology

Popular apps with social media features that you may have missed

The option to chat, share files and location is no longer exclusive to social media and messenger apps

2 min read16 Nov 2017
Industry

Snapchat denies Evan Spiegel comments, says grateful to Indian users

Snapchat refuted the allegations surrounding CEO Evan Spiegel's alleged comments on India and said the app is for everyone

1 min read17 Apr 2017
News

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat have much more to offer than you think

Your favourite social media app has cool features that you may not be aware of

5 min read28 Mar 2017

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