Anand Chowdhary

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New Google Play Badges

August 31, 2019

When you’re advertising your smartphone app, perhaps the first thing you show off are platform badges. They’re the easiest and most familiar way to tell users where they can find your app. All major platforms, Apple’s App Store, Google Play, and Microsoft Store have official badges which are somewhat consistent with each other. However, these badges aren’t that consistent.

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State of the Podcasts 2019

June 12, 2019

This is the second year of my annual State of the Podcasts list, where I highlight my daily drivers of audio content. This time last year, I published State of the Podcasts 2018, and not too much has changed. Let’s see what has. New and noteworthy These are the podcasts I’ve started listening to in the past year. Made by Ratik Sharma (who is my good friend, full disclosure), Unbox is the πŸ† Best New Podcast of 2019.

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Introducing Agastya 4 + Augmenta11y

May 6, 2019

11 months ago, we launched Agastya 3, with the promise of a privacy-first accessibility widget. Today, we bring the next major version of Agastya with a focus on user customization, along with an entirely new app. Like the last update, Agastya 4 is currently available to our Pro 1M customers, and will be available to everyone this summer. The Road to Agastya 4 The first version of Agastya was launched in 2016 when Nishant, Mahendra, and I founded Oswald Labs (we called it Oswald