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Meta Launches Verified Subscription for Facebook and Instagram

Meta is trialing a new Meta Verified subscription that provides a verified badge for Facebook…

Twitter

Twitter to Charge for SMS-Based 2FA

Twitter announced this week that it will make SMS-based two-factor authentication a paid feature of…

Elon Musk Wants Twitter to Have a New CEO by End of Year

Elon Musk believes that Twitter may be ready to get a new CEO by the…

Twitter is Currently Showing Elon Musk’s Tweets to More Eyeballs

Twitter’s algorithmic “For You” feed seems to be showing Elon Musk’s tweets and replies to…

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Twitter Blue US Subscribers Can Now Write Tweets With Up to 4,000 Characters

Twitter Blue subscribers in the US can now create longer tweets with up to 4,000…

Mastodon Continues to Lose Users

Usage of Mastodon has dwindled over the past two months, with monthly active users plummeting…

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Report: Twitter Currently Has 290,000 Subscribers Accounting For $28M in Annual Revenue

Twitter reportedly had just 290,000 subscribers in mid-January, which represents around $28 million in annual…

Elon Musk Announces Ad Revenue Sharing Program for Twitter Blue Subscribers

Elon Musk announced today that Twitter will start sharing some of its ad revenue with…

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Twitter is Cutting Free Access to its API on February 9

Twitter will be cutting free access to its Twitter API v2 and v1.1. on February…

Meta Posts Better-Than-Expected Q4 Earnings

Meta announced that it earned a net income of $4.7 billion on revenues of $32.2…

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WhatsApp Releases New Native macOS App in Open Beta

WhatsApp has made the new native version of its macOS app available in open beta.…

Elon Musk Teases Higher-Priced Twitter Subscription With No Ads

Twitter CEO Elon Musk said that users should see fewer and smaller ads in the…

Twitter Updates its Developer Agreement to Ban Third-Party Clients

Twitter has quietly updated its Developer Agreement to explicitly say that building apps that replicate…

Twitter Launches its Blue Subscription on Android Alongside Cheaper Annual Plan

Twitter’s revamped Blue subscription is now available on Android, and it costs the same $11/month…

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Twitter Has Reportedly Blocked Third-Party Clients On Purpose

The Twitter API bug that has rendered third-party Twitter clients unusable since Friday was reportedly…

Medium Launches its Own Mastodon Instance

Medium, the online publishing platform founded by Twitter co-founder Evan Williams launched its own Mastodon…

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