WhatsApp partners with PayU to roll out prepaid mobile recharges in India; it remains a marginal payments player in India despite launching payments in 2020 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: WhatsApp partners with PayU to roll out prepaid mobile recharges in India; it remains a marginal payments player in India despite launching payments in 2020 — WhatsApp is adding prepaid phone recharges in India in a move to get more users to transact within the app, even as it struggles …

WhatsApp says it is testing a new subscription called WhatsApp Plus, which includes features like expanded pinned chats, custom lists, and new chat themes (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
Meta unveils Live Chats on Threads for real-time conversations during cultural events, launching first within the NBA Threads community during the playoffs (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
India produces 1.5M+ computer science graduates annually, but scale is no longer an advantage with the rise of AI coding; Infosys revamps hiring to focus on AI (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)
Counterpoint: India's smartphone shipments fell 3% YoY in Q1 2026, a six-year low, as price hikes weigh on sales; 80+ smartphone models saw price hikes of ~15% (Abhinav Parmar/Reuters)

Source: Techmeme | 2026-04-23

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