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Twitter to Soon Allow Voice & Video Chats

Guwahati: Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, added new features on Wednesday, saying that the microblogging network would soon offer audio and video chat capabilities for improved communication among users around the world. He made announcement while revealing that users would be able to use emojis to react to any post in a thread through […]

Twitter Starts Removing ‘Legacy’ Verified Blue Tick

Guwahati: Microblogging platform Twitter on Thursday removed the traditional blue verified tick from verified accounts. Elon Musk, the company’s CEO, had already declared the deadline to compel users to subscribe to Twitter Blue, a premium subscription service. Only individual Twitter users who pay for Twitter Blue, which costs $8 per month via the web and […]

Elon Musk’s Twitter Labels BBC as ‘Government Funded Media’

Guwahati: Twitter CEO Elon Musk has caused a stir following the BBC’s designation on the microblogging platform as “government funded media.” However, the national broadcaster of Britain spoke out right away about the classification. The BBC’s other accounts, such as BBC News (World) and BBC Breaking News, have not yet received the moniker. It has […]

India 3rd on Forbes’ list of nations with most billionaires

Guwahati: India ranked third among the nations with the most billionaires when Forbes published their 2023 rankings of the world’s wealthiest people ahead of European powerhouses like Germany and Russia. There are 2,640 billionaires on the Forbes 2023 rich list, hailing from a total of 77 nations or territories. The order of the top three […]

Bird is back! Elon Musk reinstates Twitter logo days, ‘Doge’ Out

Guwahati: The blue bird has been restored to the platform on Friday just a few days after billionaire and owner of the microblogging site Elon Musk surprised everyone by replacing the Twitter bird emblem with the Dogecoin logo. Notably, Twitter’s mobile app still uses the original logo. Many users flooded social media with comments about […]

Blue Bird from Twitter replaced with new logo

Guwahati: The ‘doge’ meme of the Dogecoin cryptocurrency has taken the place of the classic blue bird emblem of Twitter that served as a home button on the web version. Twitter CEO Elon Musk tweeted a hilarious image from his account after the company’s logo underwent a change, showing the ‘doge’ meme—which depicts the face […]

Elon Musk strikes deal to buy Twitter for $44bn

In one of the world’s biggest deals in the tech world, billionaire Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter. The deal will see Musk acquire the social network for $44 billion with shares valued at $54.20. Musk had announced his takeover bid on April 14, calling it his ‘best and final offer’. But his bid […]