Micro-blogging
- Business
Twitter Blue users now get ‘prioritised rankings in conversations’
San Francisco: Micro-blogging platform Twitter has updated the list of features for its Blue service, which mentioned that subscribers paying for the $8 per month service will now get “prioritised rankings in…
- Technology
Twitter to increase 280 character limit to 4,000, says Musk
San Francisco: Twitter CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that the micro-blogging platform will increase the tweet character limit from 280 to 4,000. It all started when a user asked Musk, “Elon is…
- Technology
Wasn’t Twitter supposed to die by now or something, asks Elon Musk
New Delhi: Elon Musk on Wednesday shrugged off the #RIPTwitter hashtag again, saying that the micro-blogging platform under him is actually growing and is not going to die as projected. Despite too…
- Technology
Instagram testing TikTok-like fullscreen feed
San Francisco: Meta-owned photo sharing platform Instagram is experimenting with full-screen vertical home feeds. In a video posted on micro-blogging site Twitter, Instagram head Adam Mosseri confirmed the test and said that…
- Technology
Twitter starts rolling out pinned direct messages to everyone
San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter has started rolling out pinned direct messages to everyone on Android, iOS, and the web. Twitter is now rolling out a feature to pin up to six…
- Technology
Twitter launches dedicated search prompt for HIV
New Delhi: Micro-blogging site Twitter on Wednesday expanded its #ThereIsHelp notification service with a dedicated search prompt for HIV-related information. The notification prompt will provide valuable and authoritative resources around HIV and…
- Technology
Twitter shows off new concepts for filtering, limiting replies
San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter is working to limit the toxic replies users can get on its website by offering tools that allow them to be more proactive in preventing them from going…
- Technology
Twitter is beginning to test labels for bot accounts
San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter has announced that it is beginning to roll out labels for automated accounts (or bot accounts). “Examples of automated accounts you might see on Twitter include bots…
- India
Twitter interim grievance officer for India quits
New Delhi: Twitter’s interim resident grievance officer for India has stepped down, leaving the micro-blogging site without a grievance official as mandated by the new IT rules to address complaints from Indian…
- Technology
Homegrown micro-blogging app Koo raises $30M
Mumbai: Homegrown micro-blogging platform Koo on Wednesday said it has raised $30 million in Series B funding, led by Tiger Global. Koo has garnered nearly 60 lakh downloads in just a year…
- Technology
Twitter might be working on its subscription-based service named Twitter Blue
Washington: Micro-blogging site Twitter had previously confirmed that it is exploring a paid subscription model for some features, and recently speculations have come to light about how much this new subscription-based service…
