Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has withdrawn his plans to join the board of Twitter, his preferred social media platform. Musk said on Twitter on Saturday morning that he would not be joining the board of directors. On Sunday, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal said that Musk still owns a lot of the company and that the company will keep listening to him. Continue reading “Parag Agrawal: Elon Musk will not join Twitter’s board”
Twitter has revealed that it is testing the much-anticipated “unmentioning” function, which would allow users to opt out of conversations in which they do not wish to participate. Previously, the company’s privacy designer, Dominic Camozzi, hinted at the development of this functionality in June 2021. Continue reading “Twitter is testing “Unmentioning” feature; rolls out ALT badge globally”
Twitter confirmed today that it is working on an edit button, days after jokingly mentioning it in a tweet. In fact, the firm stated that it has been testing the function since last year and will start piloting it with Twitter Blue members “in the coming months.” Continue reading “Twitter confirms edit button is coming soon”
Elon Musk has joined the board of directors of Twitter, having recently purchased significant shares in the company. Twitter’s CEO, Parag Agarwal, was the first to break the news with a tweet. Continue reading “Elon Musk joins Twitter’s board of directors”
The Android version of Twitter’s app is rumored to be getting the ability to select text within tweets. The firm is working on bringing a text selection feature to its Android app, according to popular app reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong’s latest tweet. Continue reading “Twitter for Android will soon support selecting text in a Tweet”
Twitter first showed off the direct message keyword search feature in May, when it added the search feature for Android phones to its service. Now, Twitter has announced the much-anticipated feature for direct messaging, which lets users do keyword searches for chats or conversations. Users can simply enter a word from the message they’re looking for. Continue reading “Twitter rolls out keyword search to Direct Messages”
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.
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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. Continue reading “Twitter acquires Slack-rival Quill to improve its messaging tools”
Twitter has updated its private information policy to disallow users from sharing photos and videos of private people without their permission. Continue reading “Twitter updates private information policy; bans sharing photos and videos without consent”
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. Continue reading “Jack Dorsey steps down as Twitter CEO, CTO Parag Agrawal to replace him”
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. Continue reading “Twitter partners with Walmart to introduce Live Shopping”
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.
Continue reading “Twitter Blue introduces Labs feature with two new experimental features”
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.
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