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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter/X will test X Premium with three tiers

    Twitter/X will test X Premium with three tiers Elon Musk’s X Corp., giving bankers an update on efforts to reinvigorate growth, said that it’s testing three tiers of premium service, which would allow the company to charge customers different amounts depending on how many ads are shown. The...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter puts limit on number of posts users can view each day

    Twitter puts limit on number of posts users can view each day Twitter is imposing a temporary cap on the number of tweets that accounts can see each day, a move that has sparked backlash from some users. Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted on Saturday that unverified users will be able to view as...
  4. Jan

    Twitter Blue gets support for 2-hour videos

    Twitter doubles video upload limit for Blue subscribers Twitter has updated its perks for Blue subscribers and now lets them upload videos up to two hours in length and up to 8GB in size. The change doubles the previous time limit on video uploads while quadrupling the file size allowance...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter shuts down legacy blue checkmarks — Elon claims he is paying Twitter Blue fees for some celebs

    Twitter shuts down legacy blue checkmarks — Elon claims he is paying Twitter Blue fees for some celebs Twitter’s legacy blue checkmarks, which used to signify that a verified notable person was using the account, are now gone, with new owner Elon Musk preferring to include the icon in a paid...
  6. Jan

    Twitter announces higher character limit for Blue subscribers, renames Super Follows

    Major Twitter changes — higher character limits and Super Follows rename Twitter has made significant changes to its platform in the form of a Super Follow rebrand and higher character limits for Blue subscribers. After expanding the tweet character limit from 280 to 4,000 characters in...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter Blue's poor subscription numbers

    Twitter Blue's poor subscription numbers Twitter Inc. is struggling to sell users on its new subscription product, Twitter Blue, according to a new report. Only 116,000 people signed up for the service of 2.6 million people who visited the Twitter Blue sales page on the web in March, according...
  8. Jan

    Twitter verification badge changes cause confusion

    Twitter verification badge changes cause confusion Twitter has bewildered users with its continuously-shifting approach to verified accounts in the past few weeks. The confusion started late last month when Twitter said it would begin removing legacy verified badges from 1 April 2023.
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    NY Times won't pay $8 for Twitter Blue subscription, loses old badge

    NY Times won't pay $8 for Twitter Blue subscription, loses old badge The New York Times has lost its Twitter verified badge, after attracting the ire of billionaire owner Elon Musk over its refusal to pay for the privilege. The main account of The New York Times, which has about 55 million...
  10. Jan

    Twitter makes SMS two-factor authentication a paid-for Blue feature

    Twitter starts charging for SMS two-factor authentication Twitter is restricting access to its text-based two-factor authentication (2FA), requiring users to have a Blue subscription to secure their account with the feature. However, non-Twitter Blue subscribers can still use a third-party...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • elon musk marques brownlee (mkbhd) twitter twitter blue two-factor authentication
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  11. Jan

    Twitter Blue subscribers in the US get 4,000 character tweets

    Twitter increases character limit for Blue subscribers Twitter Blue subscribers in the US can now post tweets up to 4,000 characters long. Previously members were limited to 280 words per tweet. "Blue" is Twitter's premium subscription that allows paying customers to edit tweets within 30...
    • Jan
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter Blue returns — with more checkmarks

    Twitter Blue returns — with more checkmarks Twitter Inc. resumed selling its Twitter Blue premium offering, which gives users a blue verification badge by their names, following a weeks-long pause because some subscribers were using the paid service to impersonate well-known accounts. After...
  13. Jan

    Twitter Blue subscriptions will reportedly be more expensive on iOS

    iOS users will reportedly pay more for Twitter Blue The Twitter Blue subscription is currently on hold, and when it resumes, iOS users will have to pay $11 (R189) a month for the plan, The Information reports. For other device users, the subscription costs $7.99 (R137), and the increased price...
  14. Jan

    Twitter to roll out verification for organisations' related accounts

    Organisations can soon verify related Twitter accounts After Twitter's first attempt to charge users for account verification flopped, Elon Musk revealed that the company is working on a new approach. In a post on Sunday, 13 November 2022, Musk said Twitter would soon roll out a verification...
    • Jan
    • Thread
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  15. Jan

    Twitter's plan for two verification badges

    Twitter will get two verification badges — including one that is not for sale Twitter will feature an additional "Official" verification badge below the user's profile name after its new Twitter Blue subscription launches, Engadget reports. The secondary label will allow users to confirm if an...
  16. Jan

    Twitter delays Blue price increase, verification badge change until after US midterms

    Twitter delays $8 Blue subscription launch Twitter will be increasing the price of its Blue subscription service — the plan users will require to have their account verified — to $7.99 a month, CEO Elon Musk announced. However, citing an internal memo, The Verge reported the micro-blogging...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter Blue with verification could launch next week

    Twitter Blue with verification could launch next week Twitter Inc. aims to start selling blue verification badges for user profiles as soon as next week, part of a plan by new owner Elon Musk to fight fake accounts and squeeze revenue from the company he bought for $44 billion. The badges will...
  18. Jan

    Twitter to launch paid-for verified accounts

    Elon Musk wants Twitter to charge $20 for verification badges One of Elon Musk's first demands from Twitter staff shortly after buying out the company is to launch paid-for verification badges, The Verge reports. The publication has seen internal correspondence which requires employees to...
  19. Jan

    Twitter edit button rolling out to Twitter Blue subscribers

    Twitter starts rolling out tweet edit button After months of teasing, Twitter has finally started rolling out an edit button that lets users modify tweets after posting them. On Monday, the company said its testing of the button over the past month "went well" and that it would roll out first...
  20. Jan

    Twitter edit button allow 5 changes within 30 minutes

    Twitter's edit button will limit number of changes Twitter's much-requested tweet editing feature will limit users to amending posts five times within half an hour, TechCrunch reports. Last week, the popular social media platform announced it would roll out an edit button for tweets as part of...
  21. Jan

    Twitter Blue users getting edit button

    Twitter launching edit button for paying subscribers Twitter Inc. is launching an edit button for the first time, after years of debate both internally and externally as to whether such a feature was a good idea for a product known for making posts go viral. The edit feature will soon be...
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