India Leading World On How People, Business Embraced Messaging: Mark Zuckerberg
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Announcing the line-up of key offerings for WhatsApp, Mark Zuckerberg said the company has continued to innovate with its messaging formats, group chats and broadcast channels.
Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg today said India is leading the world on how people and businesses have embraced messaging as a better way to get things done, as the social media giant unveiled a slew of new tools aimed at supercharging businesses using WhatsApp.
Announcing the line-up of key offerings for WhatsApp, Mark Zuckerberg said the company has continued to innovate with its messaging formats, group chats and broadcast channels.
"India, (is) a country that's at the forefront of a lot of what we're going to talk about today. You're (India is) leading the world in terms of how people and businesses have embraced messaging as the better way to get things done." Mr Zuckerberg said during a virtual address at Conversations event in Mumbai.
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