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Koo to Shut Down Four-Year-Old Service After Acquisition Discussions Fail
Koo is shutting down, co-founders Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka announced on Wednesday. Four years ago after it was launched as a competitor to Twitter (now known as X), Koo will cease operations after acquisition talks with "multiple larger internet companies, conglomerates and media houses" failed, according to the app's founders.
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Koo Not Competing Against X, Meta's Threads by Meta; Going After Deeper, Regional Audiences: Co-Founder
Koo is not competing head-on against X (formerly Twitter), or even the recently-launched Threads by Meta, and is instead going after regional audiences with its language-based approach, co-founder of the homegrown platform, Aprameya Radhakrishna, has said. Radhakrishna said Koo can be social-media-as-a-service, tailoring itself in compliance with ...
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Amid Twitter Chaos, Koo Offers To Migrate Tweets To Escape 'Intellectual Assassination'
Koo -- the Made-in-India rival of Twitter -- has offered to migrate all historic tweets of any Twitter user willing to shift to its platform that will continue to not charge users for verification badge.
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Twitter Responsible for Creating Bots, Encouraged Them in Past, Says Koo CEO
Koo — the made-in-India rival of Twitter — will not charge users for a verification badge, its co-founder and CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna said. Since taking over Twitter, billionaire Elon Musk has set in motion massive changes, sacking employees and talking of levying a $8 (nearly Rs. 650) charge for 'verified' handles. Bots are a problem of Tw...
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Koo Clocks 50 Million Downloads in Just Over 2 Years; Sees Large Increase in Users, Engagement Since January
Koo, the homegrown microblogging platform launched in 2020 as a competitor to Twitter, announced on Thursday that it had crossed the 50 million download mark. With over 5 crore users, the service has a massive potential for growth, considering the 80 crore internet user base in India, Koo CEO and Co-Founder Aprameya Radhakrishna said. The service ...
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User Should Be Given Context: Koo CEO After Twitter Locks Minister's Account
Direct action on an account without giving the user the full context of the alleged violation and a chance to contest is akin to social media platform taking final judgement call and not acting as an intermediary, Koo CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna said.
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Koo Launches Assamese Service, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Shares Post in the Language
Koo launched the app in Assamese with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday releasing the first message in Koo in the language.
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Koo to Shut Down Four-Year-Old Service After Acquisition Discussions Fail
Koo is shutting down, co-founders Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka announced on Wednesday. Four years ago after it was launched as a competitor to Twitter (now known as X), Koo will cease operations after acquisition talks with "multiple larger internet companies, conglomerates and media houses" failed, according to the app's founders.
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Koo Not Competing Against X, Meta's Threads by Meta; Going After Deeper, Regional Audiences: Co-Founder
Koo is not competing head-on against X (formerly Twitter), or even the recently-launched Threads by Meta, and is instead going after regional audiences with its language-based approach, co-founder of the homegrown platform, Aprameya Radhakrishna, has said. Radhakrishna said Koo can be social-media-as-a-service, tailoring itself in compliance with ...
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Amid Twitter Chaos, Koo Offers To Migrate Tweets To Escape 'Intellectual Assassination'
Koo -- the Made-in-India rival of Twitter -- has offered to migrate all historic tweets of any Twitter user willing to shift to its platform that will continue to not charge users for verification badge.
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Twitter Responsible for Creating Bots, Encouraged Them in Past, Says Koo CEO
Koo — the made-in-India rival of Twitter — will not charge users for a verification badge, its co-founder and CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna said. Since taking over Twitter, billionaire Elon Musk has set in motion massive changes, sacking employees and talking of levying a $8 (nearly Rs. 650) charge for 'verified' handles. Bots are a problem of Tw...
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Koo Clocks 50 Million Downloads in Just Over 2 Years; Sees Large Increase in Users, Engagement Since January
Koo, the homegrown microblogging platform launched in 2020 as a competitor to Twitter, announced on Thursday that it had crossed the 50 million download mark. With over 5 crore users, the service has a massive potential for growth, considering the 80 crore internet user base in India, Koo CEO and Co-Founder Aprameya Radhakrishna said. The service ...
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User Should Be Given Context: Koo CEO After Twitter Locks Minister's Account
Direct action on an account without giving the user the full context of the alleged violation and a chance to contest is akin to social media platform taking final judgement call and not acting as an intermediary, Koo CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna said.
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Koo Launches Assamese Service, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Shares Post in the Language
Koo launched the app in Assamese with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday releasing the first message in Koo in the language.
