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App Review, Applications

Apple halts all advertising on X after Musk agrees with antisemitic post

November 17, 2023

Via: 9to5Mac

According to a new report from Axios, Apple is pausing all advertising on Twitter, the social media platform currently known as X. The move comes after a report on Thursday highlighted that ads from Apple and other companies were shown […]


App Review, Applications

Paris Hilton is getting a special deal to post on X

October 2, 2023

Via: The Verge

X, the company formerly known as Twitter, has made a special revenue sharing deal with Paris Hilton and her media company, 11:11. It even includes a custom hashtag for a word that Hilton has been trying to popularize since at […]


App Review, Applications

Twitter has officially changed to ‘X’ in the App Store

July 31, 2023

Via: BGR

Twitter is not only ‘X’ on its own website. It’s ‘X’ on the App Store as well. Up until today, while the logo for Twitter changed to ‘X’ on its website and its icon on the App Store and Google […]


App Review, Applications

Twitter takes its algorithm ‘open-source,’ as Elon Musk promised

March 31, 2023

Via: The Verge

Twitter has released the code that chooses which tweets show up on your timeline to GitHub and has put out a blog post explaining the decision. It breaks down what the algorithm looks at when determining which tweets to feature […]


News and Press

Elon Musk plans to step down as CEO of Twitter by the end of this year

February 15, 2023

Via: BGR

Elon Musk says that he plans to find someone else to run Twitter by the end of this year, but we all know how best-laid plans go! As reported by Bloomberg, the Tesla/SpaceX/Twitter CEO was virtually in attendance at the […]


App Review, Applications

Twitter is officially discontinuing free access to its API and will instead roll out a paid tier

February 3, 2023

Via: PhoneArena

Tweeting from its developers’ account, Twitter has now revealed that, as of next Tuesday, February 9th, it will no longer provide developers with free access to its API. Soon, a new, more affordable “basic” tier will be available at a […]


App Review, Applications

Twitter API appears to be down, breaking Tweetbot and third-party clients

January 12, 2023

Via: 9to5Mac

The past several weeks since Elon Musk’s takeover have seen Twitter in turmoil as rapid changes hit the platform, and tonight it appears something is going on with the Twitter API as Tweetbot and many third-party Twitter clients are down. […]


App Review, Applications

Twitter forcing algorithm timeline in your face in latest iOS update

January 11, 2023

Via: 9to5Mac

It has been a long time since Twitter started showing users tweets based on suggestions rather than chronological order, which was heavily criticized at the time. But after many complaints, the platform let users choose whether they wanted to see […]


App Review, Applications

Twitter restores suicide prevention feature after Elon Musk reportedly ordered its removal

December 27, 2022

Via: BGR

Twitter has restored its suicide prevention feature after it was reportedly removed under orders from current CEO and new owner Elon Musk. As reported by Reuters, the feature was removed from the social media platform, apparently under the direction of […]


App security, Applications

Former Twitter head of trust and safety argues that Apple and Google have the most sway on policy

November 18, 2022

Via: 9to5Mac

Yoel Roth briefly worked alongside Elon Musk as Twitter’s head of trust and safety. Roth resigned for reasons he explains in the New York Times today. In the piece, Roth argues that Apple and Google app stores ultimately govern what […]


News and Press

Why Elon Musk is so desperate for Twitter to make money

November 2, 2022

Via: The Verge

It’s been six days since Elon Musk took ownership of Twitter, and the changes have been both furious and fast. He’s proposed cataclysmic layoffs — somewhere between 50 percent and 75 percent of the company’s staff, depending on which reports […]


App Review, Applications

Twitter verification is the line between order and chaos

October 31, 2022

Via: The Verge

Elon Musk wants Twitter to make money, and apparently, the first place he’s looking is its power users. Over the weekend, we learned that Musk plans to charge $20 per month for a Twitter verification badge, an update that might […]


Networking, Tech

Starlink satellite internet for moving vehicles launches in December

October 25, 2022

Via: The Verge

SpaceX has announced that its Starlink for RVs satellite internet service will be available for moving vehicles starting in December 2022. While you’ve been able to mount one of the satellite dishes onto or outside of a stationary vehicle for […]


Networking, Tech

SpaceX Unveils Starlink Internet Services for Private Jets

October 19, 2022

Via: CNET

SpaceX on Wednesday unveiled Starlink Aviation, a satellite internet service that will offer in-flight Wi-Fi on private jets. Starlink, a venture founded by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, aims to sell internet connections to almost anyone on the planet by way […]


News and Press

Elon Musk is buying Twitter, probably?

October 7, 2022

Via: The Verge

Okay. So it looks like I don’t need to go to Delaware this October. There’s a stay in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Twitter — which is meant to give the parties time to close the deal. If the deal doesn’t […]


App Review, Applications

Twitter had a new plan to fight extremism — then Elon arrived

September 2, 2022

Via: The Verge

It had been a long pandemic for Twitter’s research team. Tasked with solving some of the platform’s toughest problems around harassment, extremism, and disinformation, staffers absconded to Napa Valley in November 2021 for a company retreat. Despite a tumultuous change […]


News and Press

There’s a wonky number at the core of Elon Musk’s case against Twitter

August 24, 2022

Via: The Verge

Listening to the lawyers representing Elon Musk and Twitter argue over which documents need to be provided as part of legal discovery today, I began to wonder if it is possible to measure anything at all. The arguments centered on […]


News and Press

The best burns Twitter’s lawyers deployed to deny Elon Musk’s claims

August 4, 2022

Via: The Verge

So I don’t know entirely what’s in Elon Musk’s counterclaims against Twitter — they are still under seal — but I did get an inkling today, when Twitter dropped its response. It’s spicy! Rather than let Musk get his complaints […]


App Review, Applications

The Twitter Blue subscription is getting more expensive

July 28, 2022

Via: The Verge

People frequently express their amazement that Twitter is free, but for some people, it isn’t — Twitter Blue launched last year in several countries, tacking on a few extra features for anyone willing to pay $2.99 per month. Today the […]


News and Press

Twitter says it’s going to sue Elon Musk for trying to back out of the deal

July 8, 2022

Via: The Verge

Twitter’s message to Elon Musk after his attempt to bail on his $44 billion agreement to buy the company: we’ll see you in court. “The Twitter Board is committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon […]