Amazon users in Bangalore can now sell used products for a nominal fee. The ecommerce giant is looking at expanding the service to other Indian cities and will likely prove to be a worry for Olx, eBay and other such companies. This will also help Amazon to differentiate itself from Flipkart, its rival. #ecommerce #Amazon
Snapchat is bringing more controls and features to advertisers and it is using machine learning to do so. Advertisers just need to decide how much they want to spend and Snapchat will optimize the bidding to suit the advertiser’s needs. This goal-based bidding identifies users who are most likely to engage. #social #marketing
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In a growing sign of technology arriving to academia, the Jammu and Kashmir government has announced School Management Information System (SMIS), an internet-based technology framework. This helps to automate end-to-end management of school education across the state. It also helps in data collection, analyzing and reporting of educational data from across the state. #edutech #SMIS
