Internet needs a native currency like Bitcoin: Twitter CEO
"If the Internet has a native currency, a global currency, we are able to move faster with products such as Super Follows, e-commerce, Subscription, Tip Jar and we can reach every single person on the planet," Dorsey said during the Q2 investors' call on Thursday. A staunch supporter of Bitcoin, Dorsey said that the world of cryptocurrency allows speed, a lot more innovation and opens up entirely new use cases.
Twitter testing upvote, downvote buttons on replies to tweets
Currently under testing with a select group of iOS users, the feature is available in various styles (up and down arrows, a heart icon and a down arrow, and thumbs up and thumbs down icons). "Some of you on iOS may see different options to up or down vote on replies. We're testing this to understand the types of replies you find relevant in a convo, so we can work on ways to show more of them," Twitter posted on Thursday.
Twitter rejigs social media dashboard TweetDeck
TweekDeck is a social media dashboard which many Twitter users are not aware of, and the company may turn its into a new subscription service in the near future. The new features in TweetDeck include "a full Tweet Composer, new advanced search features, new column types, and a new way to group columns into clean workspaces," Twitter Product Lead Kayvon Beykpour said in a tweet on Tuesday.
Twitter Beta now lets users log in with Google Account
Google Account integration with Twitter is definitely long overdue, with the social media platform similarly working on Apple Account sign-in for those on the iOS side of the fence, reports 9To5Google. The new integration allows users to log in or create an account with existing details, therefore bypassing the need to fill in basic information of the user.
Square opens new Bitcoin business named TBD: Jack Dorsey
Called ‘TBD,' the new business joins existing payments services like Seller, Cash App and Tidal) "with the sole goal of making it easy to create non-custodial, permission-less, and decentralised financial services, Dorsey said in a tweet. "Our primary focus is #Bitcoin. Its name is TBD," he added. Doresy said that like its new Bitcoin hardware wallet, the company is going to do this completely in the open.
Twitter adds captions for voice tweets
According to The Verge, now, when users make a voice tweet, currently available on the iOS app right now, captions will be automatically generated in supported languages. "As part of our ongoing work to make Twitter accessible for everyone, we're rolling out automated captions for Voice Tweets to iOS," said Gurpreet Kaur, Twitter's head of global accessibility
Twitter finally appoints India-based grievance officer
The micro-blogging platform had informed the Delhi High Court last week that it will take eight weeks to appoint a resident grievance officer in compliance with the new IT rules. Prakash comes with a public policy background and will work towards easing off the ongoing tension between Twitter and the IT Ministry, which now has a new minister in Ashwini Vaishnaw who made it clear on Day One that Twitter has to follow the law of the land.
Twitter working on implementing Sign in with Apple support: Report
According to researcher Jane Manchun Wong, if Twitter ends up fully rolling it out to the public, this feature would allow users to sign in to Twitter using their Apple ID. Wong has discovered a variety of different pieces of evidence suggesting that Twitter is developing support for Sign in with Apple. One piece of evidence is a new "Connected accounts" option that lists Apple as an option for signing in, 9To5Mac reported.
Twitter 'privacy check-in' to let you hide account from searches
Twitter's 'privacy check-in' feature would take users through a series of questions that help them think about how public or private they want to be on the platform. "For example, they could choose whether everyone can see their tweets or not, who's allowed to send them direct messages, or who can tag them in photos," reports TechCrunch.
Facebook testing Twitter-like 'threads' feature
"When the new post appears on followers' News Feeds, it will be shown as being connected to the other posts in a thread," the report said on Friday. Social media consultant Matt Navarra first spotted this feature in action. Facebook is currently testing the feature with a small group of "public figures" on the platform.
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