Meta’s new Twitter rival, Threads is now available to download in over 100 countries and regions of the world. The Instagram Based app, which is currently not available in Ireland and the entire EU due to regulatory issues, joins other Twitter-alternative platforms such as Mastodon, Tribel Social, and Bluesky. To sign-up for threads (available on […]
Less than a year after its launch, Twitter has announced plans to shut down ‘Fleets’ – its version of Snap stories made popular by Instagram stories. The 24-hour disappearing stories (ephemeral) feature was introduced to attract new users to share their fleeting thoughts, however, it has mostly been used by people who already use the […]
Twitter is the last of the major social media platforms to join the race for the 24-hour disappearing stories feature. Twitter’s Fleets is almost no different from Snap Stories (released 2013), Instagram Stories (released 2016), WhatsApp Stories, YouTube Stories, and Facebook Stories, which lets users share contents that expires after 24 hours. It is available […]
Twitter has announced the rollout of voice tweet feature to device using the iOS version of the app. The company announced via its official blog that it has commenced testing this feature with a handful of Twitter for iOS users and will eventually extend availability to other iOS users in the coming weeks. Read More: […]
Long known for their clear and concise form of messaging, Tweets are about to get super longer thanks to the new 280-character limit feature currently being tested by Twitter. The company notes that the new limit is currently available to a small few and not available in Japanese, Chinese and Korean. We want every person […]
Twitter has rolled out a major update across all its platforms – Twitter.com, Twitter for Android, Twitter for iOS, TweetDeck and Twitter Lite, which will arrive over the coming days and weeks. The new Twitter Design, according to the company, came about as a result of user feedback and ideas. With the new update, Twitter […]
Following the footstep of Facebook (Facebook Lite and Messenger Lite), Twitter has launched a Lite model of its micro blogging social network. Twitter Lite (about 1MB in size) will be accessible on mobile devices via the web in emerging markets across Asia Pacific, Latin America and Africa. According to official blog release, Twitter Lite (https://lite.twitter.com/) […]
Twitter’s egg default profile picture, has over the year, become an integral part of the experience and a large number of people can relate. But as they say, all good things come to an end. The micro-blogging website has announced plans to do away with this iconic egg avatar for something more gender-balanced to help […]
Back in June, Twitter announced it would be putting an end to the 140-character limit in DMs (Direct Messages). Even though the company announced the feature was slated for July, it finally arrived yesterday (August 13th). https://twitter.com/twitter/status/631513207882907648 Making the feature known yesterday, Twitter, on its official Blog, revealed that the 140-character DM limit has been […]
Twitter is lifting the 140-character limit in DMs starting next month. The limit has now been raised to 10,000 characters which is almost like unlimited as even the Romeos and Juliets of this world wouldn’t send that long a DM (Direct Message). The feature is already ready but the company is waiting for developers to […]