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Meta’s Twitter rival ‘Threads’ crosses 95 mn posts, 50 mn profiles
San Francisco: Meta’s Twitter rival, Threads, has reached over 95 million posts and more than 50 million accounts. Users have already posted more than 95 million threads and dropped about 190 million…
- Business
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over ‘copycat’ Threads platform
San Francisco: Alarmed at Instagram Threads’ steep rise, Elon Musk-run Twitter has threatened to sue Meta for allegedly using its trade secrets and poaching its former employees to build the new “copycat”…
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Another Twitter rival Bluesky raises $8 mn, announces paid service
New Delhi: As Meta launched its Twitter rival Threads on Instagram on Thursday, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey-backed Bluesky has announced it has raised $8 million to support its mission and growth. Bluesky…
- Technology
Twitter quietly removes login requirement to view tweets
San Francisco: Twitter has quietly removed the login requirement for viewing tweets on the micro-blogging platform. This means that users can now open Twitter links in a browser without an account, reports…
- Technology
Meta’s Twitter rival ‘Threads’ now live, crosses 2mn sign-ups in two hours
San Francisco: Meta’s Twitter rival, Threads, is now available for download on Android and iOS in 100 countries, and has crossed two million sign-ups in just two hours after it was launched.…
- Technology
Meta’s Twitter competitor ‘Threads’ arrives on web
San Francisco: Meta’s Twitter competitor, Instagram Threads, seems to have made its web interface available for exploration ahead of time. It offers a sneak peek into the upcoming Threads app, set to…
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Twitter clarifies sudden move to ‘temporarily’ apply rate limits
San Francisco: Twitter has clarified its sudden move to “temporarily” apply rate limits on the micro-blogging platform. The company said on its Business blog: “To ensure the authenticity of our user base…
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Meta’s Twitter competitor ‘Threads’ may not launch in EU
London: Meta (formerly Facebook) will reportedly not launch its new Twitter competitor “Threads” in Ireland or the European Union (EU) in the foreseeable future. According to Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) spokesperson,…
- Technology
Twitter rival Bluesky reopens sign-ups
San Francisco: Twitter rival Bluesky, backed by Jack Dorsey, announced that it has reopened the sign-ups that the company disabled a few days back. “We just enabled account sign-ups again, so any…
- Technology
Twitter changes impact tweet search results on Google
San Francisco: Twitter’s recent changes have affected Google’s ability to display tweets and Twitter pages in search results. “We’re aware that our ability to crawl Twitter.com has been limited, affecting our ability…
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Meta’s Twitter competitor ‘Threads’ to launch on Thursday
San Francisco: Meta’s Twitter competitor, Instagram Threads, is expected to launch on Thursday, according to an App Store listing for the application. “Say more with Threads — Instagram’s text-based conversation app. Threads…
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Twitter says only verified users can access new TweetDeck after 30 days
San Francisco: Micro-blogging platform Twitter has launched a new and improved version of the social media dashboard application for management ‘TweetDeck’ globally, and said that after 30 days only verified users will…
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Twitter faces lawsuit over unpaid bills in 4 countries
San Francisco: Elon Musk-owned Twitter is facing a lawsuit after being accused of failing to pay for services for offices located in London, Dublin, Sydney and Singapore. A Sydney-based infrastructure company Facilitate…
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Twitter to soon let users upload over 3-hr videos
San Francisco: Micro-blogging platform Twitter will soon allow users to post over 3-hour long videos. When Twitter-owner Elon Musk responded to the American comedian and podcaster Theo Von’s tweet, “Comedy is legal…
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Elon Musk restricts Twitter reading posts to avoid data scraping
New Delhi: As millions of users were left in the lurch due to “extreme” backend changes at Twitter, Elon Musk on Saturday said that he has applied temporary limits on who will…
