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Threads begins trials on in-app camera shortcut and unpublished documents

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Meta said Thursday that it has started to test two “most requested” features: drafts and in-app camera. You can write the post you might want to post later in the composer, and just swipe down to save the draft. The Threads app also shows a different composer icon in the bottom bar when there is a saved draft that you haven’t posted yet. Along with the new drafts feature, Mark Zuckerberg posted a photo through the new camera shortcut that opens in the composer. This shortcut makes it easier if you want to quickly post a photo to Threads.

“Silent Removal: China Takes Down Proposed Gaming Regulations from Online Platform”

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Beijing has quietly pulled the proposed curbs on the video game industry from the official website, weeks after the draft guidelines wiped tens of billions of dollars off the market value of local titans. The link to the draft rules was no longer accessible as of this morning, as first reported by Reuters. The move follows Beijing also removing a key official – the head of the publication bureau of Communist Party’s Propaganda Department – over the handling of the release of the draft rules, which caught investors and gaming giants by surprise. Local media reported in recent weeks — after the wipeout — that authorities may be open to walking back on some of the proposed rules. Last month, China’s video game regulator proposed new measures to curb excessive time and money spent on computer and smartphone games.

“FirstCry, Backed by SoftBank, Aims to Secure $220 Million through India IPO”

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E-commerce startup FirstCry is seeking to raise $218 million through issue of fresh shares in its initial public offering, the 13-year-old startup said in a draft prospectus filed with the market regulator Thursday, becoming the latest Indian startup to explore the public markets. FirstCry earlier sought to raise as much as $700 million in its Mumbai IPO, but deterred the plan as the market conditions worsened. Brainbees Solutions, the parent firm of online baby product marketplace FirstCry, said that some investors including SoftBank. The startup is eyeing a valuation of about $4 billion, down from previous $6 billion ambitions, according to a person familiar with the matter. FirstCry said it hadn’t set the price in its draft prospectus.