INDIA TIMES - Twitter has become the first social network to endorse cryptocurrency as a valid method of transaction. Twitter has tested its tipping mechanism, and IOS users have received the update. For the bitcoin tips, a wallet application called Strike will be used. It runs on the "Lightning Network" protocol which is designed to allow faster transactions using bitcoin.
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Twitter Allows Bitcoin Tipping, Becomes 1st Social Platform to Embrace Crypto
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Twitter Accelerates Again With Some New Initiatives
TECH CRUNCH - Twitter introduced several new initiatives to serve the conversations and community better using its platform, including tipping with crypto, NFT authentication, and plans for other experiments designed to provide more context about a conversation to those just joining in. The company also said it's preparing to launch its creator fund in a few weeks to provide audio creators with access to financial, technical, and marketing support.
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Twitter to Pay $809.5M to Settle 2016 Lawsuit Overgrowth Projections
CNET - Twitter has agreed to pay $809.5M to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused the social network of violating securities laws by misleading investors about its prospects for growth. The settlement stems from a 2016 lawsuit that alleged Twitter and its executives misled shareholders in Nov 2014, promising an increase in MAU to 550M in the "intermediate" term and ~1B "over the longer term." But Twitter's user growth remained flat, causing steep declines in its stock price.
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Twitter Reopens Its Account Verification Process After Another Pause
TECH CRUNCH - Twitter has again restarted its account verification process. Since launching the revamped verification program this spring, Twitter has hit a few snags, which have forced it to shut down verifications more than once. Twitter says users looking to be verified should keep checking their account settings screen for access to the in-app application.
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Twitter Enables Bots to Label Themselves as Such
ADWEEK - The social network is giving automated accounts a way to identify themselves as such via a label on the profiles, helping users differentiate between them and accounts run by humans. The feature is rolling out with a small number of developer accounts, and all developers should have access by year-end.
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Twitter 'Communities' Lets People Form Groups to Tweet About Topics
CNET - Twitter is testing a new tool, Communities, which lets users publicly tweet in a group about specific topics. The company is hoping that the Communities feature sparks more "intimate" conversations on its site, but the tool could also make content moderation more challenging.
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Twitter Is Rolling out Ticketed Spaces for iPhone Users
9TO5MAC - Aug 30 - Twitter rolled out a new way for creators to monetize their content on Spaces named "Ticketed Spaces" to some iPhone users. Users who want to host Ticketed Spaces need to have at least 1K followers and have hosted at least 3 Spaces in the last 30 days. Those who are 17 years old or younger cannot charge for Spaces.
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Twitter Working on Rules and Replay Option for Its 'Spaces'
9TO5MAC - Aug 23 - Twitter's Spaces is about to get even more options, including replay and even rules for participants in a live chat. These new features are still under development and were discovered in Twitter’s code. More specifically, the code indicates that Twitter is adding four new options to Spaces that should give hosts more control over the room.
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Twitter Adds Support for Twitter Spaces to Its Rebuilt API
TECH CRUNCH - Aug 19 - Twitter is rolling out changes to its newly rebuilt API to allow third-party developers to build tools and other solutions specifically for its audio chatroom product, Twitter Spaces. This may later be followed by an API update that will allow developers to build out more tools for Spaces' hosts.
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Twitter's Decentralized Social Network Project Finally Has A Leader
THE VERGE - Aug 17 - Bluesky, the Twitter-funded effort to create a decentralized social network standard, has finally found a project lead - the creator of Happening, Jay Graber. Bluesky and Graber have also begun hiring for the project's first developers.
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Twitter Redesigns Website and App
TECH CRUNCH - Aug 12 - Twitter introduces a revamped version of its website, which is the implementation of Twitter's new font, "Chirp," and changes to various elements that will make them more high-contrast, among other things. Soon, Twitter will roll out new color palettes as well.
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Twitter Now in Compliance With India's New IT Rules
TECH CRUNCH - Aug 11 - Twitter is now complying with India's new IT rules in a move expected to ease months-long tension between the American social media network and the government of the key overseas market. India's new IT rules mandate significant social media firms, among other things, to appoint officials to address on-ground concerns in the country.
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Twitter Adds Third-Party Signup With Apple or Google
THE VERGE - Aug 3 - Twitter has introduced third-party login support, letting users create accounts and log in to the social network with their Apple or Google accounts. Currently, there doesn't appear to be a way to link Apple or Google account to an existing Twitter account, so third-party login is (at least for the moment) limited to accounts created using the feature.
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Twitter Launches Competition to Find Biases in Its Image-cropping Algorithm
REUTERS - Aug 2 - Twitter will launch a competition for computer researchers and hackers to identify biases in its image-cropping algorithm after a group of researchers previously found the algorithm tended to exclude Black people and men. The winners will receive cash prizes ranging from $500-$3,500 and will be invited to present their work at a workshop hosted by Twitter at DEF CON in August.
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Twitter Shuts Permanently Its New York, San Francisco Offices
NAIJA NEWS - July 30 - Twitter has announced that the permanent closure of its New York City and San Francisco offices. The company decided in response to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warnings about COVID-19.
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