Month: April 2020
WhatsApp’s new limit cuts virality of ‘highly forwarded’ messages by 70%
WhatsApp’s bid on cutting virality of messages circulating on its platform by introducing an additional limit earlier this month has already started to pay off. The Facebook -owned service said on Monday that spread of “highly forwarded” messages sent on WhatsApp had dropped by 70% globally in weeks after introducing…
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Break the monotony of lockdown: Checkout these free e-books sites
Not just this Covid-19 induced lockdown, anytime is actually good for reading books (or hearing books, now that audiobooks are also popular.) In these stressful times, many online platforms, bless them, have thrown open free their e-libraries for people to read or download select books. And these books cover a…
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Vivo overtakes Samsung in Indian smartphone sales
Vivo shipped more smartphones in India than Samsung for the first time ever last quarter, according to data from Canalys. The company’s sales to vendors nearly doubled year-on-year to 6.7 million units, almost 20 percent of the market, securing it second place behind Xiaomi’s 10.3 million units and 31-percent share.…
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Shine adds invoice insurance to its freelancer bank account
French startup Shine is adding a new option today. If you think there’s a chance that a client is not going to pay your next invoice, you can insure that invoice to avoid any bad surprise. Shine is building a challenger bank for freelancers and small companies. It lets you…
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Vietnamese online pharmaceutical marketplace BuyMed raises $2.5 million
BuyMed, a Vietnamese startup that wants to fix Southeast Asia’s complex pharmaceutical distribution networks, announced today it has raised $2.5 million in pre-Series A funding. Investors include Sequoia Capital India’s Surge early-stage accelerator program, and Genesia Ventures. Returning investor Cocoon Capital also participated. Founded in 2018, BuyMed operates Thuocsi.vn, a…
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Reliance and Facebook pilot JioMart orders on WhatsApp
JioMart, an e-commerce venture run by India’s most valued firm, is testing an “ordering system” on WhatsApp, giving us the first peek at the collaboration between Facebook and Indian telecom giant Reliance Jio Platforms. Users in Navi Mumbai, Thane and Kalyan, three cities in Indian state Maharashtra, can use JioMart’s…
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