Twitter is a testing a new feature on its platform that will add the ability to write descriptions for uploaded images. The feature is being tested on Android, iOS, and Web, and it designed to improve the experience for assistive tech, for people with low-bandwidth, and more.
Earlier this week, Consumer Technology Association announced that CES 2022 will take place in person on January 5-8 in Las Vega as planned. Following the announcement, several companies including Google, Twitter, Lenovo, Intel, Meta and T-Mobile have backed out of the in-person presence at the CES due to the public health concerns related to the … Continue reading “Google, Twitter, Lenovo, Intel, Meta and others cancel in-person CES 2022 presence”
Twitter has made its first acquisition under its new CEO, Parag Agrawal. The microblogging site Twitter announced that it has acquired Slack-competitor Quill to help improve its direct messaging tools.
Twitter has updated its private information policy to disallow users from sharing photos and videos of private people without their permission.
Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey announced on Monday that he is stepping down from his position, however, he will stay on the board of the company until his term expires in 2022. The company board has appointed Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Parag Agrawal as his successor with immediate effect.
Live streaming has been popular among users across various social media platforms including Twitter. Companies are introducing new ways to let users interact during the live stream with call to action buttons and on similar lines now, Twitter has introduced Live Shopping on its platform in collaboration with Walmart.
Twitter Blue, a monthly subscription service that was rolled out first to Australia and Canada earlier this year, is now rolling out to the U.S. and New Zealand. With the rollout, the service is also getting a couple of new features such as Ad-free articles, custom navigation options, Labs features and more.
A couple of months ago, Twitter introduced their subscription service called Twitter Blue that offered a selection of premium features. Subscribers can now access two new features – pinned conversations on iOS and longer video uploads on the desktop client.
Social media giant Twitter has released their earnings report for Q3 2021, which records an earnings of $1.28 billion in revenue, and a 13% YoY growth in Monetizable Daily Active Usage (mDAU). As part of the total revenue, Advertising revenue contributed $1.18 billion, while Data licensing and other revenue totaled $143 million.
Social media giant Twitter has reportedly acquired a London-based startup company called Sphere that is known for their group chat app service. The team from Sphere will be joining Twitter and will work on various services within Twitter such as Communities, Direct Messages, and Creators initiatives.
It isn’t uncommon for public conversations on social media platforms to become heated, intense and toxic. To help reduce the chances of having a negative interaction, Twitter is testing a new prompt that will warn users of the possibility of the conversation to become heated or intense.
A couple of months ago, Twitter began testing a new feature called Tips that would allow users to directly send money to their favourite account. The company has now begun rolling out the feature to iOS users first, supporting multiple payment services and multiple types of currency, including crypto.
Twitter is testing yet another visual tweak to their mobile experience on iOS, where videos, photos and GIFs will now stretch from edge-to-edge on the display. The test comes nearly a month after Twitter introduced a number of visual changes on both its mobile and web platforms.
Twitter appears to be quite invested in their their Spaces feature as they have announced new features in the Twitter API that will provide developers with tools to make Spaces more discoverable. Along with this, Twitter is also working on features for the future such as reminders and various tools for Spaces Hosts.
Over the last few months, Twitter has been introducing a number of smaller visual changes and updates to their platform. The latest update now adds support for their ‘Chirp’ font, an updated colour palette to draw attention to the content on the platform and more.
