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Elon Musk Says Apple Has Mostly Stopped Advertising on Twitter
29Nov By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk Says Apple Has Mostly Stopped Advertising on Twitter

[ad_1] Elon Musk’s tumultuous month atop Twitter Inc. has already included firing most of the company’s employees, tinkering with key features and restoring banned accounts. Elon Musk's tumultuous month atop Twitter Inc. has already included firing most of the company's employees, tinkering with key features and restoring banned accounts. Now he's embarking on what could be his riskiest gambit yet: a war with Apple Inc. The billionaire attacked the iPhone maker with a flurry of tweets Monday, saying the company had cut its Twitter advertising and threatened to bump the social network from Apple's app store. He asked whether Apple hated free speech, criticized its app fees and even pondered whether the tech giant might go after another of his companies, Tesla Inc. In taking aim at...
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Twitter owner Musk signals new ‘war’ against Apple
29Nov By adminNo Comments
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Twitter owner Musk signals new ‘war’ against Apple

[ad_1] Twitter owner Elon Musk on Monday opened fire against Apple over its tight control of what is allowed on the App Store. Twitter owner Elon Musk on Monday opened fire against Apple over its tight control of what is allowed on the App Store, saying the iPhone maker has threatened to oust his recently acquired social media platform.Musk also joined the chorus crying foul over a 30 percent fee Apple collects on transactions via its App Store -- the sole gateway for applications to get onto its billion plus mobile devices. A series of tweets fired off by Musk included a meme of a car with his first name on it veering onto a highway off-ramp labeled "Go to War," instead of continuing onwards towards "Pay 30%." The billionaire CEO also tweeted that Apple has "threatened to withhold Tw...
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Musk’s Twitter Slides Say ‘We’re Recruiting’ Following Job Cuts
27Nov By adminNo Comments
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Musk’s Twitter Slides Say ‘We’re Recruiting’ Following Job Cuts

[ad_1] Twitter Inc. is hiring, according to slides from a company talk tweeted by owner Elon Musk, following sweeping job reductions in a cost-cutting drive since the billionaire took over the social network. Twitter Inc. is hiring, according to slides from a company talk tweeted by owner Elon Musk, following sweeping job reductions in a cost-cutting drive since the billionaire took over the social network. The first slide had the words “We're recruiting” with no further details. Musk, who didn't say when he gave the talk, has undertaken a dramatic restructuring that initially cut the firm's headcount in half. Hate speech impressions on the social network are lower and reported impersonations have fallen, according to the slides which cited data with mid-November dates. New use...
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Elon Musk and the Confessions of an Ayn Rand Reader
27Nov By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk and the Confessions of an Ayn Rand Reader

[ad_1] As boys, we dream of being John Galt or Howard Roark. As men, most of us move on. If we don’t, that’s a problem. I'm fed up reading about Elon Musk and Twitter. If you think about it, neither the spoiled-brat serial entrepreneur nor the spoiled-brat social network he bought matters a whit in a world where millions are fighting for sheer survival against evil imperialists, famine or other disasters. And yet I also confess to a voyeuristic reflex that does make me glance at headlines about Musk and Twitter, as I might rubberneck when passing a car wreck. Will they self-destruct in a meteoric flameout? Will they turn things around against all odds like action heroes staring down the apocalypse?  Upon reflection, I recognize this won't-look/must-look cognitive dissonance. It goes b...
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For political activists, Twitter packs a vital punch
25Nov By adminNo Comments
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For political activists, Twitter packs a vital punch

[ad_1] From the Arab Spring uprisings to the MeToo movement, Twitter has proven itself a formidable ally for political activists and opposition groups. From the Arab Spring uprisings to the MeToo movement in which women spoke up about sexual assaults, Twitter has proven itself a formidable ally for political activists and opposition groups, one whose reach and impact would be difficult to replace.Other social media platforms may have more users, but the network now owned by the billionaire Elon Musk dominates the global conversation -- even as Twitter's future is being called into doubt. "Twitter is clearly very influential in getting the media and officials to pay attention. So it has a very special and unique place in that way," said Mahsa Alimardani, a senior researcher at the huma...
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After Fiasco, Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Relaunch Verified Service Next Week
25Nov By adminNo Comments
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After Fiasco, Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Relaunch Verified Service Next Week

[ad_1] Elon Musk has said Twitter Inc will launch its new Verified services next Friday, after a series of delays and mishaps over fake accounts. Elon Musk has said Twitter Inc will launch its new Verified services next Friday, after a series of delays and mishaps over fake accounts.Twitter had earlier suspended the $8 subscription program to combat a growing problem of users impersonating major brands. Twitter Verified is Musk's attempt to distinguish between different classes of users, and drum up much needed revenue.  Companies will now receive a gold check mark, protecting them from accounts with blue check marks changing their name and photo to that of a brand.During the initial roll out, one account claiming to be Nintendo Inc. posted an image of Super Mario holding up a middle ...
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Thinking of breaking up with Twitter? Here’s the right way to do it
22Nov By adminNo Comments
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Thinking of breaking up with Twitter? Here’s the right way to do it

[ad_1] After a few chaotic weeks it’s clear Elon Musk is intent on taking Twitter in a direction that’s at odds with the prevailing cultures of the diverse users who call it home. After a few chaotic weeks it's clear Elon Musk is intent on taking Twitter in a direction that's at odds with the prevailing cultures of the diverse users who call it home.Musk has now begun reinstating high-profile users – including Donald Trump, Alex Jones and Kanye West – who had been removed for repeated violations of community standards. This comes off the back of a mass exodus of Twitter staff, including thousands that Musk unceremoniously fired via email. The latest wave of resignations came after an ultimatum from Musk: employees would have to face “extremely hardcore” working conditions (to fix the ...
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Musk Welcomes Ye Back to Twitter After Inviting Trump’s Return
21Nov By adminNo Comments
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Musk Welcomes Ye Back to Twitter After Inviting Trump’s Return

[ad_1] American musician Ye has returned to Twitter after a two-week hiatus from the social network, and new owner Elon Musk welcomed him back on the platform. American musician Ye has returned to Twitter after a two-week hiatus from the social network, and new owner Elon Musk welcomed him back on the platform.Posting from an iPhone on Sunday, the artist formerly known as Kanye West first tested that he was still unblocked -- his account had been temporarily suspended and restored at the end of October, which Musk said was not his decision -- before following up with “Shalom : )”. Ye's earlier suspension had been due to an antisemitic tweet. The hip hop artist last month agreed to buy social media platform Parler, embraced by conservatives as an alternative to Twitter. Musk responded ...
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Intoxicated with attention, Elon Musk heralding era of more chaos, less money for Twitter
21Nov By adminNo Comments
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Intoxicated with attention, Elon Musk heralding era of more chaos, less money for Twitter

[ad_1] “Twitter is ALIVE.”That was Elon Musk's most recent Twitter post at the time of writing, several hours after announcing he would reinstate former President Donald Trump to the site.   It's a move that epitomizes the chaos Musk has wrought at his new social media company, as well as his inability to keep his word or stick to a plan. On Oct. 27, for instance, he promised Twitter's increasingly dubious advertisers that Twitter would not “become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences.” The following day, Musk said he would form a “content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints” to look at high-profile, banned accounts like Trump's. 'No major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes,” he said.Th...
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What could a world without Twitter look like?
20Nov By adminNo Comments
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What could a world without Twitter look like?

[ad_1] Twitter's future seems highly uncertain, with users -- and everybody else -- increasingly asking one question: What would a world without the so-called bird app even look like? After another chaotic week of mass staff departures and policy reversals, Twitter's future seems highly uncertain, with users -- and everybody else -- increasingly asking one question: What would a world without the so-called bird app even look like?With about 237 million daily visitors at the last count in late June, Twitter's user base is still smaller than Facebook's nearly two billion, TikTok's one billion plus and even Snapchat's 363 million. But in Twitter's 15 years of existence, the platform has become the predominant communication channel for political and government leaders, businesses, brands ...
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