Skip to main content

Featured Post

AMD to invest $400 million in India by 2028: Here’s what we know

US chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices said on Friday it will invest around $400 million in India over the next five years and will build its largest design center in the tech hub of Bengaluru. AMD’s announcement was made by its Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster at an annual semiconductor conference that started Friday in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat. Other speakers at the flagship event include Foxconn Chairman Young Liu and Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra. Despite being a late entrant, the Modi government has been courting investments into India’s nascent chip sector to establish its credentials as a chipmaking hub. AMD said it will open its new design centre campus in Bengaluru by end of this year and create 3,000 new engineering roles within five years. “Our India teams will continue to play a pivotal role in delivering the high-performance and adaptive solutions that support AMD customers worldwide,” Papermaster said. The new 500,000-square-foot (55,5...
1 comment
Read more
Labels

Vocal for local: 5 popular made in India social media apps you must try out

Last year, the Indian government banned several Chinese apps in the country including the very popular game PUBG Mobile, short video platform TikTok, and others apps such as Camscanner, PUBG Mobile Lite, Shein, and more. Since the ban of hundreds of Chinese apps, the Indian government has been pushing Indian app developers to build and develop made in India alternatives of popular global apps.

The government has been promoting “vocal for local” since the ban on these Chinese apps. Since last year, several Indian app developers and startups have introduced TikTok rivals including Chingari, Mitron, Moj, Roposo, among others. There have also been several developers who introduced alternatives to PUBG Mobile, such as FAU-G, among others.

On the occasion of the 75th Independence Day 2021, we have listed out 5 made in India social apps that you must download on your mobile device right now if you do not use them already. Check out the list here.

Moj – Short video app

Moj is one of the popular short video platforms available in the country right now. After TikTok was banned in India last year, creators moved to made in India short video applications and Moj is one of them. Moj is available for download on both Google Play store as well as Apple App store.

Chingari app

Chingari app

Several Indian developers have launched alternatives to TikTok since the ban last year. Chingari is one of them. The short video platform Chingari is available for download on both Google Play store and Apple App store. The app developers have been relentlessly working to bring exclusive features for the creators out there. On Google Play store, the Chingari app has been downloaded by one crore Android users.

Koo app

The popular microblogging site Twitter also has a made in India rival as Koo. The Koo app has gained wide popularity in the country in the last few months especially when there was a battle going on between the microblogging site Twitter and Indian government over new IT rules. Koo app is available for download on both Google Play store and Apple App store. On the Google Play store, Koo app is downloaded by over 5,000,000 users.

Koo App

Bharatam app

Bharatam is available on Google Play store for download and gaining popularity with every passing day. With Bharatam, the app developers aim to take on the likes of other popular social media platforms available in the country including Facebook, Instagram, among others.

Sandesh app

Sandesh has been developed by NIC eGov Mobile Apps and is available for download on Google Play store and Apple App store. With Sandesh, the idea is to take on the likes of popular instant messaging platform WhatsApp, developed by Facebook. Sandes was initially available only for government employees but is now available for everyone.

The post Vocal for local: 5 popular made in India social media apps you must try out appeared first on BGR India.



from BGR India https://ift.tt/3jTMX21
via IFTTT
Email Post
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

add