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Twitter Blue for Business now allows companies to identify their employees
Twitter launched “Blue for Business” last week alongside relaunching Twitter Blue. At that time, the social network had assigned a gold checkmark to businesses. Now it’s offering some more details.…
Elon says Twitter will remove all legacy verifications ‘in a few months’
Twitter will remove all legacy blue checkmarks “in a few months,” according to a tweet from CEO Elon Musk. “The way in which they were given out was corrupt and…
Twitter launches Blue for Business, grants gold checkmarks to ‘corporate entities’
Alongside of the relaunch of Twitter Blue, Twitter’s controversial subscription service, Twitter has begun rolling out a new offering called Blue for Business that adds a gold checkmark to company…
Twitter will require phone number verification to purchase a Twitter Blue subscription
After announcing the relaunch of Twitter Blue over the weekend, Twitter updated its terms to require phone number verification for users who want to purchase the subscription. The company said…
Twitter Blue to relaunch with actual verification process, higher price for Apple users
Update 12 December 2022 10:00 AM PT: Twitter has updated its terms to specify that users will need to verify their phone numbers before purchasing the Twitter Blue subscription. What’s…
Twitter will reportedly charge $11 on iOS for Blue subscription to offset App Store fees
Twitter Blue plan is on halt right now but when it resumes you will have to pay an increased price of $11 per month if you subscribe from iOS, according…
New Twitter accounts will have to wait 90 days before buying a subscription
Twitter has published a policy change saying that newly created Twitter accounts will have to wait 90 days before being allowed to subscribe to the new Twitter Blue plan and…
A few days ago, new Twitter owner Elon Musk said that the company will try a lot of dumb things in the coming days. And that seems to be the…
The motto over at Twitter is clearly a throwback “move fast and break things” at the moment under new ruler Elon Musk, and the latest thing to break is the…
Twitter safety head suggests further ‘identity verification’ beyond paid verification may later be required
Twitter’s head of Safety and Integrity Yoel Roth admitted in a Twitter thread that the company may have to further invest in “identity verification” that goes beyond the paid verification…
Twitter to delay verification check mark rollout until after US midterm elections
Twitter is reportedly delaying the rollout of verification check marks to subscribers as the social network attempts to steer clear of possible impact to Tuesday’s midterm elections. The Elon Musk-owned…
Twitter Blue subscription with verification may launch in India in ‘less than a month’
Twitter may extend its subscription service to India in “less than a month,” its owner and chief executive Elon Musk said, offering a glimpse at just how aggressively he plans…
Twitter begins rolling out $7.99 Twitter Blue plan with verification, fewer ads
Update: It appears that the launch might’ve been premature. According to a tweet by Esther Crawford, a product lead at Twitter, the new Twitter Blue plan isn’t live yet but…
Elon Musk floats $8 Twitter subscription that includes verification, long-form video and audio posting and fewer ads
After much uncertainty around Twitter Blue’s revamp, Elon Musk laid out the company’s approach. He said that the new paid plan will cost $8 per month — something that he…
Twitter to end ad-free news articles as part of its revamp of the Twitter Blue subscription
It’s public knowledge now that one of the first things Elon Musk is concentrating on after taking over Twitter is revamping the Twitter Blue program. While a lot of attention…
Twitter’s edit button will reach all US subscribers by end of today
Just a few days after Twitter said its new “Edit” button would launch to its paying subscribers in select markets, the company today announced the feature would begin to roll…
Twitter’s edit button is rolling out to Blue subscribers in Canada, Australia and New Zealand
Twitter is rolling out the ability to edit tweets to Twitter Blue subscribers in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the social network announced on Monday. The company says the edit…
Twitter is rolling out its redesigned Spaces tab, which includes podcasts, to Twitter Blue subscribers on iOS. The social network says Blue subscribers on Android will get access to the…
Twitter announced a much-anticipated feature last week — the ability to edit tweets. The company said that once the feature is available users will be able to edit their tweets…
This is how edited tweets might look when embedded elsewhere
While Twitter hasn’t officially released its much-anticipated edit tweet feature yet, one lingering question has been how they would look as embeds on other sites. Would they dynamically change when…
Spotify wants users to pay for separate ‘Play’ and ‘Shuffle’ buttons
Spotify is updating its app to address a long-standing user complaint with music playback — but it’s asking customers to pay for the fix. The company announced today it will…
Twitter is increasing the price of Twitter Blue from $2.99 to $4.99 per month
Twitter is increasing the price of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, from $2.99 to $4.99 per month. Starting in October, existing subscribers will have to pay more. New users will…
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If Elon Musk gets his way, Twitter will lose years of progress
—That escalated quickly. Days after the inexplicably idle mega-billionaire and chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX announced that he had bought a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter and would join its board, wait no he’s not doing that; Musk says he wants the whole damn thing. In a tweet, Musk disclosed that he served Twitter…
Twitter might start charging for TweetDeck through Twitter Blue
Twitter has been spotted working on making TweetDeck a premium feature through its Twitter Blue subscription service. According to reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong, who searches the code of mobile…
New Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal begins restructuring as two execs step down
Earlier this week, Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey stepped down from his role. He appointed CTO Parag Agrawal as new CEO, effective immediately. Agrawal, who joined Twitter as an…
CNBC reported this morning that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is expected to step down from his role at the social media company. Shortly after, Dorsey himself confirmed the rumors and…
Twitter Blue launches in the US and New Zealand with expanded feature set
Twitter’s premium subscription service, Twitter Blue, is launching today in the U.S. as well as New Zealand, offering an expanded slate of features meant to appeal to Twitter’s most engaged…
Twitter Blue introduces ‘Labs’ to give users early access to new features
Twitter is rolling out a new feature called “Labs” for Twitter Blue, its premium subscription service. Labs will give Twitter Blue subscribers early access to features that Twitter is testing…
Twitter says it’s going to test a new ad format and placement on its platform. On Wednesday, Twitter Revenue Product Lead Bruce Falck said Twitter would begin showing ads on…
Distraction-free reading service Scroll is shutting down and becoming a feature of Twitter Blue
Distraction-free reading service Scroll will shut down in approximately 30 days and become a feature of Twitter Blue, Twitter confirmed in an email to TechCrunch. Twitter acquired Scroll in May…
