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After Meta, X cuts support for NFTs

Twitter silently took away a perk available to the people who were subscribed to its paid Twitter Blue service. The feature removed, earlier allowed X users to set…

SRIHARI RISHABH — 3 MIN READ
APPS

X tests three tiers of premium subscription

X, formerly known as Twitter, is on the brink of introducing a revamped pricing structure for its premium service, X Premium. Leaked details from the app’s backend code…

SOUMYADEEP SARKAR — 2 MIN READ
APPS

X to put audio and video calls behind paywall: Report

In a development that could possibly result in further alienation of user, social media giant X will not be making audio and video calls available to all users.…

SOUMYADEEP SARKAR — 2 MIN READ
X outage hits India, US users
CULTURE & POLICY

Twitter restores Blue checkmarks for several accounts with over 1Mn followers, even if they didn’t pay

The drama at Twitter continues to unfold. Barely a few days after it purged the legacy checkmarks from numerous accounts, the micro-blogging site began restoring the Blue Tick…

SOUMYADEEP SARKAR — 3 MIN READ
EU issues first DSA penalty to X
CULTURE & POLICY

Several celebs lose legacy Twitter Blue tick verification badges, including Shah Rukh Khan, the Pope among others

Twitter has started the removal of legacy blue checkmarks from users on its platform, and already, the situation has delved into chaos. Marking the end of an era…

SOUMYADEEP SARKAR — 3 MIN READ
EU issues first DSA penalty to X
APPS

Twitter launches support for tweets up to 10,000 characters for Blue users

Twitter is swiftly moving from its focus on short, snappy messages to posts that are thousands of characters in length. From the original character limit of 140, the…

SOUMYADEEP SARKAR — 2 MIN READ
CULTURE & POLICY

Twitter will only show verified accounts on its ‘For You’ algorithmic timeline, says Musk

Yet another day, yet another strange-sounding stuff coming in from Twitter’s new owner — Elon Musk. In a tweet, Musk has announced that starting April 15th, “only verified…

GLOBAL STAFF @ THE TECH PORTAL — 1 MIN READ
CULTURE & POLICY

Twitter reportedly working on new govt ID-based verification

Verification is a tricky subject for Twitter, more so since Elon Musk bought the social media company and promptly changed the verification tick process, numerous times. Now that…

SOUMYADEEP SARKAR — 2 MIN READ
EU issues first DSA penalty to X
APPS

Twitter brings longer, 4000 character tweets for ‘Blue’ subscribers in the US

Elon Musk has been promising longer tweets for a while, and now, he has delivered. The social media company has introduced a longer tweet feature, giving ‘Twitter Blue’…

SOUMYADEEP SARKAR — 2 MIN READ
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INTERNET

Twitter Blue goes live in India, Brazil and Indonesia

Twitter is continuing to gradually expand the roll out of its paid verification service, Twitter Blue. After having launched it in most developed markets, the service has now…

GLOBAL STAFF @ THE TECH PORTAL — 1 MIN READ
EU issues first DSA penalty to X
APPS

Twitter launches Blue in six more countries, launches new Spaces tab

Twitter Blue, which went through a phase of utter confusion during the early days of the Musk era, has now been expanded to more countries. According to a…

SOUMYADEEP SARKAR — 2 MIN READ
BUSINESS

Twitter launches ‘Twitter Blue for Business’, Musk restricts major policy decisions to Twitter Blue subs

Twitter has made the headlines multiple times over the past month, but this time, the news is not as controversial as several others have been. In a tweet,…

SOUMYADEEP SARKAR — 2 MIN READ
APPS

Twitter Blue rolls out at $8/month for web and $11/month on iOS, includes Blue Tick checkmark, Edit Tweet, and more

After an abrupt (but not expected) halt last month due to the rise of numerous fake accounts on the platform, Twitter Blue is officially making a comeback. In…

SOUMYADEEP SARKAR — 2 MIN READ
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INTERNET

Twitter Blue could cost $11/month via iOS app store, $7/month on the web

In the next phase of Twitter Blue’s journey in the Musk era, it will have a variable cost for potential subscribers. If users subscribe to it through the…

SOUMYADEEP SARKAR — 2 MIN READ
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CULTURE & POLICY

Twitter to relaunch Verified service next week with multicolour check marks, certain banned accounts to be restored

Twitter’s verification service has been in a state of confusion ever since Elon Musk bought the platform for $44 billion. And after a multitude of tos and fros,…

SOUMYADEEP SARKAR — 4 MIN READ
APPS

Fake accounts surge leads to further delay in re-launch of Twitter Blue

As Twitter tries to continue to navigate the minefield it has found itself in this month, its new owner – and CEO – Elon Musk has announced that…

SOUMYADEEP SARKAR — 2 MIN READ
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INTERNET

Musk announces Twitter Blue to cost $8/month, comes with paid verification, priority in replies, fewer ads, and more

Twitter Blue, as reported earlier, is getting a revamp, and now, Elon Musk has revealed more details about what the new Twitter Blue could look like. If users…

SOUMYADEEP SARKAR — 2 MIN READ
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BUSINESS

Elon Musk’s Twitter plans could include a costlier Twitter Blue, paid verification and ofcourse, layoffs

It’s not been a week after Twitter passed into Tesla+SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s hands, and already, there are changes to the company’s existing policies. This time, it is…

SOUMYADEEP SARKAR — 2 MIN READ
APPS

Twitter expands available options across its ‘Status updates’ test, but Twitter Blue subscribers left out

This July, it was discovered that Twitter was testing a feature that would let users tag posts with more expressions – that is, add status updates to them…

SOUMYADEEP SARKAR — 2 MIN READ
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APPS

Twitter is acquiring Threader, a platform that eases users in finding popular tweet threads

Twitter has been making acquisitions left and right this year, and Threader is the latest name on the list. Coming only a week after the launch of Twitter…

SOUMYADEEP SARKAR — 1 MIN READ
APPS

Twitter announces ‘Twitter Blue’-its first subscription service with premium features, live in Canada and Australia

Twitter may be the biggest public forum on the internet, but it’s not happy with its current positioning. The firm, which relies on advertising for most of its…

UPNEET SINGH — 2 MIN READ
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