NEW DELHI: After the announcement of the paid services of Twitter by its owner Elon Musk, the microblogging site started the feature in different parts of the world, including India.
As of now, the paid feature is available only on iPhones. Named as the 'Blue', this service will include a verification tag in the form of the usual Blue Tick without having to undergo any verification process. The service is said to cost Rs 719 per month in India, which is higher compared to the announced $8 in the United States.
Some users in the country took to social media to report about receiving a prompt from the app to subscribe to the paid Twitter Blue feature. A large number of citizens expressed their discontent regarding the matter while many more have raised questions regarding pricing differences.
Also, the major e-commerce player Amazon has started its own layoff process. According to reports, they have started with the people who are working in their non-profit-making endeavours. The economic slowdown has been named as the reason for the hiring freeze started by the tech and ecom player that started last week.
Reports taken from the data provided by LinkedIn, more than 3500 people were employed under the robotics division of the brand. But exact data is known about how many of them have been told to vacate their desks.
Beth Galetti is the senior vice president of People Experience and Technology at Amazon. He mentioned that this hiring freeze may go on for a couple of months.
Beth Galetti mentioned, "With the economy in an uncertain place and in light of how many people we have hired in the last few years, Andy and S-team decided this week to pause on new incremental hires in our corporate workforce."
"We anticipate keeping this pause in place for the next few months, and will continue to monitor what we're seeing in the economy and the business to adjust as we think makes sense," she added.
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