That Elon Musk certainly is proving to be a rascal, as he continues to seek a way to wriggle out of his $44 billion Twitter takeover deal. With the Twitter v. Musk trial scheduled for October 17th – just 34 days away – Musk’s legal team has been desperately seeking either a delay of the […]
Evan Henshaw Plath poses at the MIT Media laboratory in October 2022. He discussed decentralized social networks during the Imagination In Action Event. He is co-hosted with Link Ventures, MIT Connection Science, and SME. Katherine Taylor When Twitter emerged in 2006, with its revolutionary 140-character microblogging platform, it didn’t take long for it to grow […]
Twitter’s looking to better facilitate the spread of tweets beyond its own platform via a new WhatsApp sharing button for users in India, along with a new LinkedIn sharing option, with dedicated tweet presentation in the app. First off, on the new WhatsApp button – given WhatsApp is by far the most used messaging app […]
Twitter has long been a key companion for trending TV shows, with around six TV show related tweets sent every single second in the app. For years, Twitter has worked to capitalize on this, in various ways, including through direct integration of live video content into the platform, and the incorporation of variable tweet displays […]
Bydgoszcz (Poland), 20 June 2016, Twitter announced live streaming via its platform … [+] site. Periscope integration has made Twitter the most popular streaming platform in live streaming, making Meerkat almost obsolete. (Photo taken by Jaap Ariens/NurPhoto via Getty Images. NurPhoto via Getty Images How do you feel when you wake up in the morning […]
Podcasts are the content phenomena of recent years. According to Podcast Insights24% of the population (at least 68 million people) listen to different podcasts weekly. And even though Spotify and Apple have a big slice of this pie, it’s YouTube that takes the largest share of listeners — so it’s no surprise that the platform […]
Twitter’s future could be in jeopardy even if Musk manages to get out the deal for the platform purchase. … [+] challenges. getty Elon Musk’s legal counsel has been trying to find ways for Musk to renegotiate his $44 million deal to purchase social media platform Twitter. Musk’s attorneys filed an extra notice on Tuesday […]
Twitter’s slowly adding more options to its Professional Accounts tools, with new, variable link CTAs now being rolled out to business users in the app. As you can see in this example, posted by app researcher Nima OvjiTwitter’s adding another new profile ‘Spotlight’ option, with a customized ‘Link’ display, in which you can choose from […]
Keep your eyes on the delete key on modern, silver-colored computer keyboards. getty Are we at the end of the age when people are willing to share personal data and create content for social media sites that makes money? These are great questions to be asking right now, given the shocking allegations regarding Twitter’s security […]
The hashtag icon glows in the dark getty It’s not a lament or ode to Twitter. It’s an attempt to understand how my favorite social media network could have become such a disaster. Recently, a whistleblower named Peiter “Mudge” Zatko revealed rampant security improprieties at Twitter. According to the former security chief, the social media […]