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Twitter Blue signups unavailable after raft of fake accounts
12Nov By adminNo Comments
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Twitter Blue signups unavailable after raft of fake accounts

[ad_1] Twitter's relaunched premium service was unavailable Friday after the social media platform was flooded by a wave of imposter accounts it itself had approved. Twitter's relaunched premium service — which grants blue-check “verification” labels to anyone willing to pay $8 a month — was unavailable Friday after the social media platform was flooded by a wave of imposter accounts it itself had approved.It's the latest whiplash-inducing change to the service where uncertainty has become the norm since billionaire Elon Musk took control two weeks ago. Prior to that, the blue check was granted to government entities, corporations, celebrities and journalists verified by the platform — precisely to prevent impersonation. Now, anyone can get one as long as they have a phone, a credit c...
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Elon Musk gets Twitter’s blue tick verification shock, beats retreat
12Nov By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk gets Twitter’s blue tick verification shock, beats retreat

[ad_1] In yet another shock move, Elon Musk has paused the recently announced $8 Twitter Blue tick subscription. Twitter Inc's new CEO Elon Musk has suspended the recently announced $8 blue check subscription service due to the shocking recent increase in the number of fake accounts on the social networking platform. Musk has also brought back the 'official' badge to some Twitter users. It can be known that Twitter's blue check mark was used to denote a verified account and was previously mostly reserved for famous personalities like accounts of politicians, journalists, and other public figures.However, with the announcement of the $8 subscription option, it became easier for any Twitter user to get a verified blue tick mark added to their account. Musk had rolled out the subscriptio...
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Elon Musk’s First Email to Twitter Employees Ends Remote Work
10Nov By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk’s First Email to Twitter Employees Ends Remote Work

[ad_1] New Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk emailed his workers for the first time to prepare them for “difficult times ahead” and ban remote work unless he personally approved it. New Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk emailed his workers for the first time late Wednesday to prepare them for “difficult times ahead” and ban remote work unless he personally approved it.Musk said there was “no way to sugarcoat the message” about the economic outlook and how it will affect an advertising-dependent company like Twitter, according to the email reviewed by Bloomberg News. The new rules, which kick in immediately, will expect employees to be in the office for at least 40 hours per week, he added. Twitter has been under Musk's leadership for close to two weeks, in which time he has dismissed roughly ha...
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Bad news for iPhone users from Twitter Inc!
6Nov By adminNo Comments
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Bad news for iPhone users from Twitter Inc!

[ad_1] Elon Musk led Twitter has updated its iOS app for Apple iPhone users and it is not good news at all. Elon Musk led Twitter has updated its iOS app for iPhone users and it is not good news at all. Musk's newly acquired micro-blogging platform Twitter  has included the new $7.99 per month Blue subscription. Now, iPhone users will have to pay up front for the Twitter Blue Tick.In the Apple App store, Twitter posted this, "Get Twitter Blue for USD 7.99/month if you sign up now Blue checkmark: Power to the people: Your account will get a blue checkmark, just like the celebrities, companies, and politicians you already follow." Soon after the news went viral, Esther Crawford, a product manager at micro-blogging site said that the new Blue tick "isn't live yet". "The new Blue isn't li...
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Twitter Plans to Raise Monthly Subscriber Price to $19.99: Verge
31Oct By adminNo Comments
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Twitter Plans to Raise Monthly Subscriber Price to $19.99: Verge

[ad_1] Twitter Inc. plans to raise its optional Twitter Blue monthly subscription price to $19.99 from $4.99. Twitter Inc. plans to raise its optional Twitter Blue monthly subscription price to $19.99 from $4.99, and launch new features including paid user verification, the Verge reported late Sunday. Under the plan, verified users would have 90 days to subscribe or they would lose their blue checkmark, according to the report, which cited unidentified people familiar with the matter and internal correspondence it had seen. Staff working on the project were told they will be dismissed if they don't meet the Nov. 7 launch deadline, the Verge said. After the report, investor Jason Calacanis queried Twitter users in a poll on how much they would spend to get verified, with options...
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