Sudha K Varadarajan’s career spans several decades. The Co-founder and CTO of Skava, where she pioneered mobile commerce technologies for the world’s largest retailers, she has recently founded asynchronous audio social media platform Swell.
Sudha K Varadarajan and Arish Ali had earlier founded San Francisco-based Skava, a company that scaled up to profitable growth and made a $120 million exit to Infosys. The duo then explored the audio and voice space and just launched Swell, an asynchronous audio social media platform, in India.
Audio apps have been adopted by a range of users, including stock traders, content creators and musicians, as the medium is convenient and flexible to interact with others globally.
Facebook begins testing Hotline app, a combination of Clubhouse and Instagram live
The social media company on Wednesday rolled out the beta version of the experimental app Hotline, which is a combination of Q&A, Clubhouse and Instagram live.
Ankita Chakravarti | April 8, 2021 | Updated 09:35 IST
Highlights
Hotline is a blend of Clubhouse and Instagram Live.
This app allows the audience to ask questions to the host via audio and text.
Facebook has been long rumored to be working on a Clubhouse rival. The company on Wednesday rolled out the beta version of the experimental app Hotline, which is a combination of Q&A, Clubhouse, and Instagram live. This app contains the features of Clubhouse and Instagram Live. This app allows the audience to ask questions to the host via audio and text. However, users can also turn on the cameras as this is not an audio-only app.
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