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29Jul

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‘X’ logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violation

[ad_1] The city of San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant “X” sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters as owner Elon Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform.City officials say replacing letters or symbols on buildings, or erecting a sign on top of one, requires a permit for design and safety reasons. The X appeared after San Francisco police stopped workers on Monday from removing the brand's iconic bird and logo from the side of the building, saying they hadn't taped off the sidewalk to keep pedestrians safe if anything fell. Any replacement letters or symbols would require a permit to ensure “consistency with the historic nature of the building” and to make sure additi...

Affirm CEO Sees Little Appetite in the US for Elon Musk’s Everything App

29Jul

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Affirm CEO Sees Little Appetite in the US for Elon Musk’s Everything App

[ad_1] Elon Musk's vision of an everything app that includes banking capabilities may not be what Americans are looking for, said Max Levchin, who co-founded PayPal Holdings Inc. with the world's richest man.“I do think that the everything app worked really well in a place, in a time, in a different country,” Levchin, now chief executive officer of financial-technology firm Affirm Holdings Inc., said Friday on Bloomberg Television. “I don't think the US consumer is looking for a version of a Tencent product.” Musk wants Twitter, which he bought in 2022, to be more like Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s WeChat, a messaging service that also allows users to send each other funds, pay for goods and services and borrow money. The app is used daily by more than a billion people in China, but attempts ...

Elon Musk says X, the new Twitter, will have just the Dark mode soon

28Jul

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Elon Musk says X, the new Twitter, will have just the Dark mode soon

[ad_1] It has become hard to predict what goes on in the mind of X (formerly known as Twitter) owner Elon Musk ever since he muscled an entire rebranding campaign onto the platform within just 3 days. And the successful maneuvering of the move has perhaps made the billionaire even more 'unhinged', at least that is what social media is insinuating. Yesterday, he announced in a tweet, that going forward, the platform will only support dark mode, bringing an instant worry to all those who do not prefer it since reading light-colored text on a dark background can be difficult sometimes. But Musk said, “It is better in every way”.On July 27, Musk tweeted. replying to an unrelated quote retweet about whether changing the blue tick to the black tick (a fan request) would not make sense in dark...

28Jul

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After Twitter rebranding, Elon Musk takes @X handle from user; offers merch in return

[ad_1] Ever since its rebranding, X (formerly known as Twitter) appears to be caught in new controversies every day. After headlines reported on authorities putting a temporary halt to the removal of the Twitter logo from the company headquarters in San Francisco, now a new controversy has engulfed the Elon Musk-owned platform. A user, who held possession of the coveted @x username, has reported that it was taken from him by the company, and he was only offered some merchandise and a tour of the company along with a meeting with the management.According to a report by Telegraph, the account belonged to Gene X Hwang, a San Francisco-based photographer, who joined the social media site in 2007 and was among one of the earliest users. Ever since registering for the platform, he has kept hi...

26Jul

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In big U-turn, Elon Musk changes Twitter X logo AGAIN, then reverses decision

[ad_1] It appears that Elon Musk is still experimenting with the design of the new logo for X (formerly known as Twitter) that was unveiled on Sunday. The ‘X' logo was created by a user of the microblogging platform after Musk said if someone submitted a “good enough” design, the logo would be taken live the next day. But now, just hours ago, X changed its logo again, this time adding thicker lines to the logo. The new logo even made it to the Twitter homepage on the website, and Musk changed his profile picture to match it as well. But then just hours later, he announced that he did not like the thicker lines and was reverting to the older design.Replying to a tweet about the introduction of the new logo, Musk said, “I don't like the thicker bars, so reverting. The logo will evolve ove...

25Jul

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From Twitter to X: Elon Musk explains the reason behind the name change

[ad_1] In an unprecedented move, Twitter has completed its rebranding to X (bar minor hiccups in removing the logo), in just three days. On Saturday, the company owner Elon Musk tweeted that he will be changing the logo for the microblogging platform from Larry the Bird to the letter X. On Sunday, he showcased the new logo and revealed that the domain x.com will also redirect to Twitter. Finally, on Monday, he added the new logo, completing the digital makeover. While many have wondered the reason behind this move, the company did not reveal the need for the brand redesign, particularly considering how iconic the Twitter brand is. But just hours ago, Musk explained the reason.In a tweet, Musk said, “Twitter was acquired by X Corp both to ensure freedom of speech and as an accelerant for...

25Jul

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Elon Musk’s Twitter logo removal from HQ runs into police trouble

[ad_1] It has been an exciting 3-day period for Twitter, which is now known as X, as it completed its rebranding exercise by changing the company logo, getting an x.com redirection to Twitter, and planning big moves for a future ‘super-app'. But while the changes were easy to make online, the company struggled to do the same in the real world. As the microblogging platform's San Francisco headquarters began removing the old logo (instead of blowtorching them as Elon Musk promised), police showed up at the site to temporarily halt the process, as per a report.According to a report by The Verge, independent photographers present at the site confirmed that the logo removal process was interrupted by cops. While some claimed that it was stopped because the company did not have permits to ca...

24Jul

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As Twitter becomes X, here’s what is in store for subscribers

[ad_1] Twitter is no more! While that might be an overstatement, the Elon Musk-owned microblogging platform has now been officially rebranded as X. This does not come as a surprise as yesterday, the Twitter chief himself had asked his followers to create mockups for the new logo, and a “good enough” one would be chosen and be made live worldwide. Musk has now fulfilled that promise and Twitter is now officially known as X. The change has now been made live with the X affiliate badge alongside the blue tick on Musk's profile.Sharing the new logo, Twitter (now X) CEO Linda Yaccarino tweeted, “X is here! Let's do this.” In a subsequent tweet, Yaccarino shared the X logo projected on a building, with the caption, “Lights. Camera. X!” Amidst the myriad of changes that the microblogging platf...