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By Sanchita Dash Sep 25, 2018

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1. Instagram co-founders call it quits. Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have resigned from their respective positions to explore their creativity again.

2. Facebook India has a new boss. The social media giant has appointed Hotstar CEO Ajit Mohan as its new managing director and vice-president for India.

3. Snapchat is working on "point-and-buy' strategy with Amazon. The photo-sharing app might soon allow the users to use its camera to shop directly from Amazon.com.

4. Oyo pockets another billion. The hotel room chain has raised $800 million from Softbank Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed for overseas investment with commitment of another $200 million.

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In the business of news for 5 years now. Making my way across India thanks to my career. A media graduate from Symbiosis, Pune, I have earlier worked with Deccan Chronicle (South India's leading English daily), T-Hub (India's largest incubator) and Anthill Ventures (a speed-scaling platform).

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