Twitter Acquires Laskie

Elon Musk’s plans to transform Twitter into an ‘everything app’ are slowly starting to take shape, with Twitter (or its parent company X Corp, more specifically) recently acquiring job-matching startup Laskie for a yet-to-be-disclosed sum. As Axios reports, Laskie, which describes itself as a ‘job-matching platform where tech jobs apply to candidates’, allows managers to […]

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New Twitter Video Playback Speed Controls

It seems that Elon Musk’s intentions to make Twitter more video-centric are in motion. Just recently, Twitter has added new playback speed controls for videos, which is another step in its video development roadmap that looks set to become an even bigger focus under incoming CEO Linda Yaccarino. Twitter already added longer video uploads for […]

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How Twitter Can Change Under A New CEO

So, will Twitter undergo feasible, drastic change under another new CEO? Well, if Twitter managed to continue operating even when Elon Musk had cut its overall staff by over 80%, then new leadership might just be able to turn around its current deterioration. Let’s not jump to conclusions just yet – the newly chosen CEO […]

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Elon Musk Hired A New CEO?

Here’s perhaps the biggest Twitter news of this year – Chief Twit Elon Musk recently announced that a new CEO will be taking over for him in 6 weeks. Yep, that fast. Also worth noting is his mention of his would-be next level and eventual successor of Twitter, ‘X’, or what he calls his ‘everything […]

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Twitter Launches Initial Version of DM Encryptions

After literal years of testing, Twitter has finally released what it’s calling stage 1 of its rollout of encrypted DMs, which Twitter itself says is not as secure just yet, but will soon become so over time. That sort of defeats the purpose, and it does seem a bit misleading, but this is where things […]

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Direct Responses in Twitter DM Threads

Twitter has released two new updates for DMs, which have been under the hammer within Twitter’s workshops over the last few months. Now, these new updates are getting a full launch in the app. Is Twitter stepping up its DM game? Well, isn’t that something? Straight Response To start, users will now be able to […]

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The Twitter Purge Begins

Now might be the perfect time to grab that Twitter username you’ve always wanted, which, for the longest time, has remained unavailable in the app, with Chief Twit Elon Musk announcing that the company is currently in the process of purging its system of inactive profiles, freeing up handles, and providing new opportunities for users […]

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Twitter Expands Voice Recordings in DMs

Attention all Twitter users! Here’s something new for you all, but not really something new for Twitter itself. Last week, a couple of Twitter users in the US began seeing a new option to add a voice note to their DMs. So while Twitter might not be as big about audio social now, it’s still […]

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Cheaper Twitter Business Verification Packages?

Here’s one for the brands on Twitter – SMBs are no longer required to sign up for the new $1000 per month Verification for Organizations program to receive an in-app gold check mark. Twitter has been pushing for brands to confirm their official presence by signing up for the program. However, according to Chief Twit […]

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Twitter’s New Profiles ‘Highlights’ Tab

The updates keep rolling in at Twitter 2.0, with Chief Twit Elon Musk keen on releasing new tweaks and changes based on user feedback. This, with way less staff, means that there’s also a higher risk of these new rollouts going awry, and causing outages and other issues that thorough testing would have mitigated before […]

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