Koo, which was launched in March 2020, has won the challenge in the social networking category.
Left_Mayank Bidawatka and Right_Aprameya Radhakrishna
Koo, which is claimed to be India’s answer to Twitter for non-English users, was selected as one of the winners of the government’s Digital India Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Innovate Challenge on Friday. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s (MeitY) innovation challenge was aimed to help identify the best Indian apps in eight categories that were already available for use and scale them to world-class standards. Koo, which was launched in March 2020, has won the challenge in the social networking category.
Koo has been co-founded by serial entrepreneurs Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka. The micro-blogging platform is currently available in four Indian languages including Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. Koo allows users to “speak their mind” through 400 characters of text or 1-minute short audio or video “Koos.” You can also follow people, send 1-1 direct messages and use hyper local hash tags on Koo.
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Make in India Twitter alternative Koo wins Indian government’s app innovation challenge in social media category
Made in India app Koo, which has been promoted as India’s answer to Twitter for non-English users, has won government of India’s Digital India Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Innovate Challenge.
Made in India app Koo, which has been promoted as India’s answer to Twitter for non-English users, has won government of India’s Digital India Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Innovate Challenge. The winners were declared on Friday. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s (MeitY) innovation challenge was aimed to help identify the best Indian apps in eight categories that were already available for use and scale them to world-class standards.
Launched in March 2020, the platform was awarded in the social networking category. The platform was started by Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka.
It is currently available in four Indian languages including Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. Just like Twitter, Koo allows users to express themselves with a set character limit. As of now, the users are allowed to “speak their mind” through 400 characters of text or 1-minute short audio or video “Koos.”
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