India is the centrepiece of Oppo's global growth strategy: India president Charles Wong

Wong's comments follow the departure of the company’s India managing director Yi Wang amid widening of losses and intense competition in India. Analysts attributed the losses to high marketing spends in the country.

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Instagram's new feature allows users to share Stories with a select group

Starting today, users can create a list of their close friends and share more personal moments with them. This feature will be available on Instagram's iOS and Android apps.

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PhonePe users can now directly book IRCTC train tickets on the app

PhonePe has partnered IRCTC to launch a micro-app on its platform, three months after signing a deal to facilitate digital payments on IRCTC app.

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Grab, Go-Jek wage street fight for SE Asia 'super-app' supremacy

The goal is to become the indispensable "super-app" for countries with a collective population of over 650 million

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Oppo India MD quits amid widening losses, intense competition in market

Oppo Mobiles' India managing director, Yi Wang, has stepped down from the post amid widening losses for the Chinese smartphone maker and growing competition in the local market.

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Vivo plans to invest over Rs 4,000 crore in India

Vivo’s existing plant over 50 acres in Greater Noida has completely localised production, with even components such as printed circuit boards being manufactured locally. The company has invested Rs 300 crore in this facility.

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Are Chinese video apps violating the Indian law?

The apps have benefited mightily from the short-video craze that’s taken hold among preteens and adolescents but this is putting them in danger from predators, experts said.

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Ad buyers skeptical as Snap looks beyond teens for growth

Wooing older people to Snapchat, known for disappearing messages and cartoon selfie photo filters, could alienate its cult following of youngsters, ad buyers have warned the company

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WhatsApp to add two new features in the next beta update

The features are reportedly available for Android users with beta versions 2.18.362 and 2.18.363, respectively along with iOS users.

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Indian smartphone sales grew a record 26% during Diwali, online channels sell half the devices

The top three smartphone brands - Xiaomi, Samsung and Realme - captured 57% of the overall Diwali festive season smartphone sales.

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Xiaomi India nears Rs 23,000 cr in revenue within 4 years of operations

Xiaomi, which has unseated Samsung from volume leadership in the smartphone market in late 2017 and has now unshackled the TV industry with aggressive pricing, is bigger in revenue than combined sales of local operations of Sony and Panasonic.

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Snapchat launches Discover in India with 10 new partners

This is the first time Snapchat has offered local publisher content in India, and follows recent announcements of other expanded Discover offerings within the last month in the UK, France, Germany, Norway, and the Middle East.

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Chinese smartphone brand Comio to exit India

Comio had entered India in September 2017 and had plans to invest over Rs 500 crore in the country by 2019, including manufacturing, R&D and marketing.

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Xiaomi in active talks with two new component partners for local production: Manu Jain

Xiaomi is in active discussions with two more component partners to set up factories to support its growing operations in the country, especially its smartphones business where it has emerged as the market leader.

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Lenovo's India smartphone sales at Rs 6,881 crore for FY18

Lenovo’s profit last fiscal was Rs 95 crore as compared with Rs 105 crore in FY17, reflecting the profitability of the PC business.

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Chinese apps become a hunting ground for paedophiles

The videos — and there are at least 560 more of them — were posted on the account, 'Gaon ki Bachchiya' (Village Girls), which has nearly 98,000 followers.

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GOQii raises $30M-$35M funding led by Mitsui & Co, may enter Japan next year

GOQii CEO Vishal Gondal said they are looking to enter Japan next year and would work extensively with Mitsui & Co to establish its footprints in Asia’s second-largest economy.

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Niki.ai is breaking even on all transactions: CEO Sachin Jaiswal

Niki.ai enables users to book cabs, buses and hotels, as well as perform services such as bill payments on a chat and voice interface.

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