{"id":3767,"date":"2022-11-25T09:15:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T01:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3767"},"modified":"2022-11-25T09:15:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T01:15:22","slug":"daily-markup-640-koo-crosses-50m-downloads-by-users-in-100-countries-aims-to-take-on-english-speaking-world-to-reach-100m-and-more-from-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3767","title":{"rendered":"Daily Markup #640: Koo crosses 50M downloads by users in 100+ countries, aims to take on English-speaking world to reach 100M, and more from this week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/dUkX4LY7gSY0aQEmYqDSJUE00l8RirPysAE-z-4b6RvUaIle53Dq--eCdkR7tVdfGawoDpT_kLizqzP13iPQ7T2Bq6pote7XmbcL1z3FIh16zSfBHaLV-2JZtIFeDfBR60HYyST_TdE6IrdAT75Ns2uT9YQoCjwSTG7w40gZKhN7MN3PzAR3pY910I0aPg\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credit: Koo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Taking flight to new destinations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Is last week\u2019s mass resignation from Twitter prompting former employees and Tweeples to flock to an alternative micro-blogging platform? 500-backed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kooapp.com\/\">Koo<\/a> is certainly wooing them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cGiven what\u2019s happening at Twitter where users will be charged for features that we provide for free, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3VlJ7zT\">there\u2019s a good opportunity for us to make Koo available to the English-speaking world as well<\/a>,\u201d said Co-founder Mayank Bidawatka.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Founded in 2019, India-based Koo is known for its multi-language micro-blogging platform, which&nbsp; the team shares has <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3UfWbpL\">users in over 100 countries<\/a>, including the United States, the United Kingdom, India, Iran, Singapore, Canada, UAE, Nepal.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What\u2019s more? 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