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Threads may get an Instagram-powered DM, but the path to a separate one is murky

15Nov

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Threads may get an Instagram-powered DM, but the path to a separate one is murky

[ad_1] It has been about 4 months since Threads launched as an alternative to the volatile and ever-so-changing landscape of X (formerly Twitter), and it has managed to provide a comfortable home to users owing to its fast deployment of new features, paying attention to user feedback and the fediverse support. For the unaware, fediverse, a portmanteau of "federation" and "universe", is a decentralized social media infrastructure. However, one area where users feel left out is DMs or direct messages. It has been one of the biggest requests from users, but it appears that neither developers nor decision-makers of the social media platform are sure how to tackle it because of some serious complications.Earlier today, November 15, Platformer's Casey Newton posted speculating that Threads wi...

Threads gets two new features! You can now edit posts and send Voice Threads

13Oct

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Threads gets two new features! You can now edit posts and send Voice Threads

[ad_1] The X-rival (formerly Twitter) social media platform by Meta called Threads has been adding new features to the platform on a regular basis. Recently, the company added a web client and the functionality to search for posts using keywords to the platform. And just hours ago, it received two new big features. The Instagram-powered platform has now added the feature to edit posts and add audio posts which are being called Voice Threads. Interestingly, the edit feature is available for free, unlike X, which is offering it only to X Blue subscribers who pay a monthly fee of $7.99. The feature update was given by Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, in a Threads post, where he said, “Rolling out two new features for Threads this week. You can edit a thread for up to five minutes after pos...

26Jul

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Amid Twitter rebranding chaos, Threads rolls out a massive update on Android

[ad_1] At a time when Elon Musk is busy driving Twitter's rebranding to X, the Instagram-powered Threads has quietly rolled out one of the biggest Android updates so far. The update added a crucial feature to the text-based social media platform that was missing so far. The new update will add a chronological ‘Following' tab to the app, that will now enable the users to see a separate feed with posts from only those who the user is following. This has been one of the biggest requests from Threads users ever since the launch of the app, and now the developers have duly obliged. Before the addition of this feature, Threads only showed new posts on its original algorithmic feed that had a combination of posts from accounts that you follow and the account the algorithm believes you would be...

Mark Zuckerberg trains with UFC champs! Cage fight with Elon Musk on?

12Jul

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Mark Zuckerberg trains with UFC champs! Cage fight with Elon Musk on?

[ad_1] The two tech titans who have been the most in the news recently, look to be really limbering up for an actual physical encounter. The training is also being backed up by the bytes from both. Notably, the war of words between Twitter executive chair Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been the talk of the town ever since Musk challenged the latter to a cage fight and Zuckerberg asked for the location in response. The two have been taking digs at each other ever since Meta began working on its Twitter-like platform Threads. The app reached the 100 million users milestone on Monday, becoming the fastest consumer app to achieve it. In response, Musk also bragged about possibly making an all-time record for cumulative user-seconds per day this week. Now, fueling the speculation...

Amid Thread’s success, Elon Musk says Twitter can hit ‘an all-time record’

11Jul

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Amid Thread’s success, Elon Musk says Twitter can hit ‘an all-time record’

[ad_1] Meta's newest social media project Threads has been making all the right headlines ever since its launch on July 6. The app has become the fastest consumer app to reach 100 million users yesterday, July 10, beating ChatGPT which reached the milestone in two months. But it appears that despite the mind-numbing success of Threads, Twitter is still doing well and is set to create some new records of its own. If you go by company executive chair and CTO Elon Musk, and CEO Linda Yaccarino's words, that is.A few hours ago, Yaccarino tweeted, “Don't want to leave you hanging by a thread… but Twitter, you really outdid yourselves! Last week we had our largest usage day since February”. She added, likely taking a dig at Threads, and the other Twitter-like platforms, “There's only ONE Twit...

Amidst Twitter’s lawsuit threat to Threads, Elon Musk continues war of words with Mark Zuckerberg

10Jul

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Amidst Twitter’s lawsuit threat to Threads, Elon Musk continues war of words with Mark Zuckerberg

[ad_1] Elon Musk's war of words with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg continues to rage on following the launch of the new Twitter rival called Threads. Both Musk and Zuckerberg have been exchanging blows on their respective microblogging platforms with threats of lawsuits, cryptic posts, and even the possibility of a cage match. In this latest feud, Musk called the Meta CEO a “cuck” on Sunday, in response to a screenshot of Zuckerberg's reply to a post by the American fast food chain Wendy's on Threads.The official Threads handle of Wendy's posted on Sunday, “Hey @Zuck, you should go to space just to make him really mad lol”, to which the Meta CEO replied with a laughing emoji. Twitter user @fentasyl noticed the conversation and posted a screenshot of the same on Twitter, writing that Elon: Pr...

Twitter issues big warning to Threads; says will sue for stealing trade secrets

7Jul

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Twitter issues big warning to Threads; says will sue for stealing trade secrets

[ad_1] In a shocking turn of events, Meta's Instagram-powered social media platform Threads has received a warning from Twitter where it has alleged that the former has stolen trade secrets and intellectual property of the latter. As per reports, Twitter has expressed concerns over Meta's “systematic, willful, and unlawful misappropriation” of Twitter's confidential data and codes to build Threads.The contents of a leaked email by Twitter to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, has been obtained by Semafor, which states, “Based on the recent reports regarding your recently launched ‘Threads' app, Twitter has serious concerns that Meta Platforms (“Meta”) has engaged in systematic, willful, and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter's trade secrets and intellectual property”. Twitter threatens to ...

Threads vs Twitter: Why is Instagram taking on Elon Musk? Adam Mosseri reveals the truth

6Jul

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Threads vs Twitter: Why is Instagram taking on Elon Musk? Adam Mosseri reveals the truth

[ad_1] The timing of the launch of Threads could not be any better. On Saturday, Elon Musk announced the decision to put a rate limit on the number of tweets viewed by users per day - something that has been seemingly revoked in a hurry. The decision, which was taken temporarily to curb “extreme data scrapping”, was met with an uproar, and the days following saw a big spike in incoming users on alternative platforms like Mastodon and Bluesky. It could be that Threads also wanted to take a big piece of that pie and that's why it preponed its own launch schedule, but just buy a few hours. However, the real reason runs far deeper. Adam Mosseri has revealed why Threads was created in the first place and why Meta-owned Instagram has decided to take on Elon Musk's social media platform.In an ...

Twitter rival Threads leaked on Google Play! Is Instagram set to launch new platform?

2Jul

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Twitter rival Threads leaked on Google Play! Is Instagram set to launch new platform?

[ad_1] Instagram is rumoured to launch a Twitter-like text-based social media platform called 'Threads'. And it may have well have previewed it recently. A tipster named Alessandro Paluzzi took to his Twitter handle to announce that Instagram released the Threads app on Google Play Store. He has also shared a link to the Play Store, but the app is not available there any longer. However, Paluzzi also shared some screenshots that purportedly show glimpses of the app.So, how will Threads be different from Twitter? What features will it bring? The biggest change that is expected from Threads is that it will be a "... platform that is sanely run," The Verge quoted a top executive as telling employees. Considering that Twitter has had a roller-coaster ride for years and the same does not see...