Threads is the new Twitter we don’t need
What was there before the wheel, like the wheel? Nothing. And before the iPhone, similar to the iPhone? Very little. Was there anything similar to Threads before Threads? Yes, Twitter. This…
Twitter/X, the predictable disaster of a guru who has lost his touch
A perfect disaster. There are no other words to define Twitter’s first year under Elon Musk‘s control, which has characterised the platform by the many changes it has made. First of…
Twitter violated contract by failing to pay millions in bonuses, US judge rules
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twitter violated contracts by failing to pay millions of dollars in bonuses that the social media company, now called X Corp, had promised its…
Why rebranding Twitter to X was not a good idea?
When Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022, a flurry of changes followed. He transformed the team, revised features, and altered many elements that made Twitter an iconic social media platform. The most…
Goodbye Twitter, hello X
Musk’s new direction begins with a name and logo change: gone is Twitter’s bluebird, and in comes the letter X, dear to the social media patron and destined to replicate…
TikTok launches text-only posts to rival Elon Musk’s Twitter
By Aditya Soni and Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) – Chinese short-video app TikTok is allowing users to create text-only posts, in the latest attempt by a social media firm to capitalize…
Twitter blue bird has flown as Musk says X logo is here
By Supantha Mukherjee and Martin Coulter Twitter blue: STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Elon Musk and Twitter Chief Executive Officer Linda Yaccarino unveiled a logo for the social media platform on Monday…
Elon Musk says Twitter’s cash flow still negative as ad revenue drops 50%
By Jahnavi Nidumolu and Krystal Hu (Reuters) – Twitter‘s cash flow remains negative because of a nearly 50% drop in advertising revenue and a heavy debt load, Elon Musk said…
Meta’s Twitter rival Threads overtakes ChatGPT as fastest-growing platform
By Katie Paul and Akash Sriram (Reuters) – Meta Platforms’ Twitter rival Threads crossed 100 million sign-ups within five days of launch, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday, dethroning ChatGPT…
Suspended Twitter account tracking Elon Musk’s jet moves to rival Meta’s Threads
By Jyoti Narayan in Bengaluru (Reuters) – Jack Sweeney, the creator of an account tracking Elon Musk’s private jet in real time, has moved to Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter-rival Threads after…