Twitter acquires group chat app Sphere
Incorporated in 2016, Sphere started out as a real-time question and answer app that involved micropayments before it pivoted to become more of a group chat app, CNBC reported. Between 2017 and 2019, it raised around $30 million from investors including Index Ventures, Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky, Tinder co-founder Sean Rad and Sequoia venture capitalist Mike Moritz.
Rights activist sues Twitter for sharing his info with Saudi govt
In his lawsuit, Ali Al-Ahmed, head of the human rights advocacy organization Institute for Gulf Affairs, claimed that Twitter did not have the right to disclose or share his private information under its own privacy policy and should have done more to protect his information.
Rights activist sues Twitter for sharing his info with Saudi govt
In his lawsuit, Ali Al-Ahmed, head of the human rights advocacy organization Institute for Gulf Affairs, claimed that Twitter did not have the right to disclose or share his private information under its own privacy policy and should have done more to protect his information.
Twitter testing ads right in your replies amid monetisation push
"Starting today, we're trying something different and testing a new ad format in Tweet conversations," Bruce Falck, Twitter's revenue product lead, said on Wednesday. "If you're a part of this test (which is global; on iOS and Android only), you'll see ads after the first, third or eighth reply under a Tweet," he informed. Twitter sees here a big opportunity to build an ad offering that "creates value and aligns incentives for creators and advertisers".
Open internet more at risk now than ever before: Twitter
Stating that open internet is more at risk now than ever before, Twitter said that the harassment of employees of service providers is a worrying norm, accelerated by proposals to require local staff to be liable for decisions rather than the corporate entity.
Twitter launches new tool to remove unwanted followers without blocking them
To soft block a follower, head to your profile, click followers, click the three-dot menu next to a follower, and then click the option "Remove this follower". A follower you remove won't be notified of the change, reports The Verge. This is different than blocking someone, which keeps them from viewing your tweets and direct messaging you (and keeps you from doing the same with them).
Twitter testing prompts to warn users before potentially 'intense' conversation
In one example, there's a prompt dropped right into a conversation in progress that says "conversations like this can be intense", reports The Verge. In another, which seems like it appears if users try to reply to one of those intense conversations, is titled "let's look out for each other" and lays out three bullet points to encourage empathetic and fact-based conversations, it added.
Twitter shows off new concepts for filtering, limiting replies
In the future, those tools could include a feature that lets you filter potentially offensive replies and another that lets you limit potentially unwelcome accounts from replying, Engadget reported on Saturday. Twitter Senior Product Designer Paula Barcante has released a sneak peek of the features, which are merely concepts at the moment, to seek input from users.
Twitter will let users send, receive Bitcoin tips
The company is opening up tipping to all its users globally and for the first time will allow users to send and receive tips in Bitcoin, reports Engadget. With the update, Twitter users around the world will have access to tipping, which allows users to send each other cash through apps like Venmo, Cash App, or Bandcamp, GoFundMe and PicPay, a Brazilian mobile payments platform.
Twitter says it will fix disappearing tweets issue
According to The Verge, if you were looking at a tweet on your timeline, and at the same time someone else you follow replied to it, or the original tweeter threaded it, the app would suddenly refresh, while the tweet disappeared from view. That's obviously not ideal, so Twitter plans to make changes over the next two months to fix the problem, the report said.
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