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Melt In A Minute | WhatsApp India Reports Rs6.84 crore Revenues For FY19 & More

Madhuwanti Saha, November 27, 2019

Twitter will delete inactive accounts of over six months from December 11

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  1. WhatsApp India reports Rs6.84 crore revenues for FY19
    WhatsApp reports India revenues of 6.84 crore rupees for the first time for fiscal 2019 and a profit of 57 lakh rupees for the financial year under review, as reported by The Economic Times. This is a year after the launch of Whatsapp Business app in India.
  2. An ad-tech company sues Google over alleged ‘anti-competitive’ practices
    Inform, a US-based adtech company is sueing Google as it claims to be driven out of the digital advertising market by search engine’s anti-competitive practices. Google is already under scrutiny for the same by state and federal officials.
  3. Twitter to delete dormant accounts of over six months
    Twitter will delete accounts that have been inactive for more than six months starting from December 11, to improve credibility. The first batch of deleted accounts will involve those registered outside of the US.
  4. Cannes Lions See It Be It 2020 opens up for application
    The Cannes Lions 2020 has opened up applications for its curated learning program See It Be It, in partnership with Spotify. Swati Bhattacharya, Chief Creative Officer, FCBUlka, has been appointed as its Ambassador.
  5. Jayanta Jenkins to lead  Samsung Mobile creative at Cheil Worldwide
    The Cannes Lions 2020 has opened up applications for its curated learning program See It Be It, in partnership with Spotify. Swati Bhattacharya, Chief Creative Officer, FCBUlka, has been appointed as its Ambassador.