Twitter Threatens Lawsuit Over Meta’s ‘Copycat’ Threads App, Report Says [unable to retrieve full-text content] Semafor, Thursday, reported that Twitter’s attorney Meta accused, in a lawsuit, of misusing “trade secret and intellectual property of Twitter” to build its Threads rival app. The company claimed to have attracted millions to sign up for Threads.
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This is interesting timing, considering the current restrictions on viewing tweets. Yesterday, with no warning, Meta’s new Twitter-esque message board app – which is apparently going to be called ‘Threads’ – appeared in the Google Play Store in some regions. I personally don’t understand how ‘Threads’ is the name that it’s going with, given that […]
In February, Google added a “Business” tab to the Android Google Maps app for those who have verified Google Business Profiles. Now that feature is live in the iOS version of the Google Maps app. If you open your Google Maps app and you are signed in with the account you manage Business Profiles with, […]
So what to make of new Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino‘s PR-speak version of her approach to managing the app? Yesterday, Yaccarino published a series of tweetsin which she outlined why she chose to come work for Twitter under new owner Elon Musk, and what will guide her decision-making at the app. And most of what […]
This past Thursday, June 8, Meta revealed to its employees a preview of the company’s new app to compete with Twitter. The app was shown off during an all-hands meeting by Chief Product Officer Chris Cox, who called it “our answer to Twitter.” Below you can see some screenshots published by The Verge: Image: Playback/The […]
The popular iOS app Apollo, known for its seamless Reddit browsing experience, is being forced to shut down due to the escalating costs associated with the platform’s new API pricing. The announcement has sent shockwaves through the Reddit community, leaving both content creators and users concerned about the implications of this decision holds. On June […]
It’s been coming for a while, but Twitter has confirmed today that Twitter Blue subscribers – all 650k of them – can now upload videos up to two hours long in the app. as per Twitter: “Subscribers can upload videos up to 2 hours long (1080p) on twitter.com and Twitter for iOS. Subscribers can upload […]
Instagram’s testing out a new option that will help brands discover relevant UGC in the app that they can then share as examples to better promote their products in-stream. As you can see in this example, shared by Yolande Haynes on LinkedInInstagram is now prompting some shop managers to ‘Add user-generated content’ to their product […]
Google is testing a version of the Android app that include additional search buttons, many of which the iOS app has had since last year. These buttons include solve homework, identify a song, shop for products, translate text and more. This was spotted by Glenn Gabe and he posted some screenshots on TwitterI made those […]
The next stage for Twitter 2.0 could potentially include a name change for the app, with Twitter Inc. now officially no morewith the company being rolled into another corporate entity called ‘X Corp’, under Elon Musk’s ownership. The merger was revealed in documents court tendered as part of legal action being taken against the app. […]