X, Formerly Twitter, To Get Video Calling Feature, CEO Linda Yaccarino Says
1 year, 7 months ago

X, Formerly Twitter, To Get Video Calling Feature, CEO Linda Yaccarino Says

ABP News  

X, formerly Twitter, is getting the ability to make video calls, the company CEO Linda Yaccarino has announced, says a report by TechCrunch that quoted a CNBC interview. Much like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and other social networking apps, users on the micro-blogging platform would now be able to make video chat calls as X shifts to become an "everything app". The company CEO was quoted as saying that video calls on the platform would become available without sharing phone numbers on X. “Soon you’ll be able to make video chat calls without having to give your phone number to anyone on the platform,” X CEO was told CNBC’s Sara Eisen.

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Elon Musk's social platform X suffers series of global outages
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Elon Musk's social platform X suffers series of global outages

Hindustan Times  

The Elon Musk-led social media platform X suffered second outage for several users across the world. Elon Musk bought social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in 2022. In March 2023 the social media platform then known as Twitter experienced a bevy of glitches for over an hour as links stopped working, some users were unable to log in …

Man Complains About Tweets Disappearing From His Feed, Elon Musk Says 'Will Fix It'
10 months, 1 week ago

Man Complains About Tweets Disappearing From His Feed, Elon Musk Says 'Will Fix It'

News 18  

Elon Musk is often seen interacting with users on his microblogging platform, X. It all started when Xan Barksdale, a basketball coach and former professional player, wrote on X and asked a question to Elon Musk. In his post, Barksdale wrote, “Hey Elon Musk, I love Twitter, but the worst feature by far is that every time I open the …

Twitter has officially moved over to 'X' domain, confirms Elon Musk
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Twitter has officially moved over to 'X' domain, confirms Elon Musk

Business Standard  

Twitter has moved over to X domain. The move followed brand renaming exercise, which happened in July 2023 soon after Elon Musk took over as CEO of the social media platform. Elon Musk rebranded Twitter to X in July 2023, but Twitter domain remained in service since switching domain has not been as easy going as the logo switch. Now, …

Elon Musk's nightmare continues, after Sony and Microsoft, Nintendo is dropping X integration
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Elon Musk's nightmare continues, after Sony and Microsoft, Nintendo is dropping X integration

Hindustan Times  

Nintendo has announced the removal of X integration from its popular gaming consoles: the Switch, Switch Lite, and Switch OLED. Nintendo removes X support from Switch consoles, shifts to Facebook Integration This encloses the finishing of an era that started in 2017 when the Nintendo Switch console was launched to the public, enabling them to integrate playing photo screenshots directly …

'Go-To Companion': X CEO Linda Yaccarino Teases Top Features Of YouTube-Rival X TV App
11 months, 1 week ago

'Go-To Companion': X CEO Linda Yaccarino Teases Top Features Of YouTube-Rival X TV App

ABP News  

Elon Musk's microblogging platform X is poised to expand its reach into the digital streaming landscape with the upcoming launch of its X TV app, which is being positioned as a primary rival to YouTube. X CEO Linda Yaccarino announced via a recent post on the platform that the new video streaming service is set to offer "real-time, engaging content" …

Musk's X to introduce dedicated TV app, competing directly with YouTube
11 months, 1 week ago

Musk's X to introduce dedicated TV app, competing directly with YouTube

India TV News  

YouTube, a Google-owned video steaming platfrom has been in talks as X, a microblogging platform is expected to soon launch a dedicated TV app for users to upload their high-quality videos, The news became official when the CEO Linda Yaccarino made the announcement. The X TV app’s user interface looks quite similar to YouTube, said the reports. Users can expect …

X/Twitter will charge new users to post, Elon Musk says
11 months, 2 weeks ago

X/Twitter will charge new users to post, Elon Musk says

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The owner suggested that requiring a “small fee” from users to access the site’s central features is …

X reveals growth in video consumption, time spent watching videos on the platform: Details here
1 year ago

X reveals growth in video consumption, time spent watching videos on the platform: Details here

India TV News  

X announced that their social media platform had witnessed a significant increase in video-centric content consumption behaviour. The company recently revealed its year-on-year growth numbers for video consumption and time spent watching videos, indicating a strong preference for video content among users. As per a post by X Data, X’s official data-sharing account, the social media platform has seen a …

How to control your new audio and video call privacy settings on X
1 year ago

How to control your new audio and video call privacy settings on X

The Hindu  

X said on February 29 it had launched audio and video calls for everyone on the platform, allowing even non-verified, non-paying users to call others without requiring a phone number. Platform owner Elon Musk had earlier promised audio and video calls. In order to make audio or video calls, users can navigate to their Direct Messages tab and then choose …

Elon Musk's X now allows users to make audio and video calls for free. Here's how to use the feature
1 year, 1 month ago

Elon Musk's X now allows users to make audio and video calls for free. Here's how to use the feature

Live Mint  

Elon Musk-owned social media giant X is now allowing users to make video and phone calls on the platform without having to enter their number and buy an X Premium subscription. The feature, which was previously only available to X Premium users, has now been rolled out to all users and is expected to provide stiff competition to rivals from …

X's audio and video calls feature rolling out to non-premium subscribers: All you need to know
1 year, 1 month ago

X's audio and video calls feature rolling out to non-premium subscribers: All you need to know

India TV News  

X's audio and video calls feature rolling out to non-premium subscribers: All you need to know X allows users to receive audio and video calls from other X users just like WhatsApp and FaceTime. Elon Musk-owned social platform X introduced the audio and video calls feature last year. The feature allows users to receive audio and video calls from other …

X rolls out audio and video calls for premium Android users: All details here
1 year, 2 months ago

X rolls out audio and video calls for premium Android users: All details here

India TV News  

Audio-Video Call on X: Elon Musk's social media platform, formerly known as Twitter and now called X, is launching a new feature allowing Android users to make audio and video calls directly from the app. To use or deactivate audio and video calling, users can navigate to Settings, then Privacy and Safety, and finally Direct Messages. It aims to provide …

X Outage: Elon Musk's Twitter Briefly Goes Down For Thousands Of Users Across The Globe
1 year, 3 months ago

X Outage: Elon Musk's Twitter Briefly Goes Down For Thousands Of Users Across The Globe

ABP News  

X went down for over an hour for thousands of users across the globe. According to the website status tracker Downdetector, the outage started at around 10:37am IST, and about 1,200 users reported issues with the microblogging platform within 20 minutes. By introducing video to Spaces, X aims to provide users with a means to enhance audience engagement directly within …

Elon Musk tests new video game streaming feature on X, netizens react ‘RIP Twitch’
1 year, 5 months ago

Elon Musk tests new video game streaming feature on X, netizens react ‘RIP Twitch’

Live Mint  

Elon Musk-owned social media platform X has tested out a new video game streaming feature which will give competition to the likes of Twitch and YouTube. Musk while informing about the video game streaming session on X, wrote, “Tested the 𝕏 video game streamer system last night. Reacting to Musk's post on X, one user reacted ‘RIP Twitch and YouTube’. …

X has been losing daily active users since Musk takeover: CEO Linda Yaccarino
1 year, 6 months ago

X has been losing daily active users since Musk takeover: CEO Linda Yaccarino

Live Mint  

Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, revealed in an interview at Code 2023 that the platform has lost 11.6 percent of its daily active users since Elon Musk's takeover, dropping from 254.5 million to 225 million users, reported NDTV. In the previous year, Elon Musk shared a series of tweets indicating that Twitter had 254.5 million daily active users in the …

Elon Musk promises audio and video calls on X but does not mention deadline
1 year, 7 months ago

Elon Musk promises audio and video calls on X but does not mention deadline

The Hindu  

X owner Elon Musk said on Thursday that video and audio calls would come to the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, but did not mention a deadline for the update or a time frame for its expected release. Musk claimed that the feature would be unique as the audio and video calls would work on iOS, Android, Mac, …

Elon Musk Confirms Video Calls Coming To X, Make Calls Without Using Phone Number
1 year, 7 months ago

Elon Musk Confirms Video Calls Coming To X, Make Calls Without Using Phone Number

News 18  

Elon Musk has announced that video and audio call support is coming to X for users and it will work on all devices, including PCs. Musk also confirmed that the calling feature will work without needing a phone number, which he claims will make X the effective global address book. Video & audio calls coming to X:– Works on iOS, …

X (earlier Twitter) to get audio and video calls, says Elon Musk
1 year, 7 months ago

X (earlier Twitter) to get audio and video calls, says Elon Musk

Hindustan Times  

‘Video and audio calls are coming to X’, the social network's owner Elon Musk announced on Thursday. Elon Musk "Works on iOS, Android, Mac, & PC No phone number needed X is the effective global address book," the world's richest person stated in his post, calling these factors ‘unique.’ This announcement from Musk comes days after Linda Yaccarino, the CEO …

Elon Musk says calls are coming to X, Twitter users will be able to call each other without phone numbers
1 year, 7 months ago

Elon Musk says calls are coming to X, Twitter users will be able to call each other without phone numbers

India Today  

Elon Musk headed social media platform, X, will soon allow users to connect over calls with their contacts without sharing their phone numbers. Sharing the announcement on the platform, the official tweet reads, “Video & audio calls coming to X: Works on iOS, Android, Mac & PC, No phone number needed, X is the effective global address book. That set …

Tweet compiler TweetDeck becomes paid service X Pro
1 year, 7 months ago

Tweet compiler TweetDeck becomes paid service X Pro

The Hindu  

The tweet organiser platform, known as TweetDeck, has become a paid service and is rebranded as X Pro, per the tool’s web page. TweetDeck helped users sort through tweets by letting them spread posts across multiple feeds to better control the flow of media and find essential content. As of Wednesday, however, there was an option to access a “Legacy …

X Pro (earlier TweetDeck) goes behind paywall, use by paying ₹6800 a year
1 year, 7 months ago

X Pro (earlier TweetDeck) goes behind paywall, use by paying ₹6800 a year

Hindustan Times  

X Pro, the service previously known as TweetDeck, has been put behind a paywall, with the move coming more than a month after Twitter announced that people will have to be verified to use TweetDeck. A screenshot of the message that shows up on opening X Pro, previously Tweetdeck. On Tuesday, several users logging in to use X Pro were …

X, the former Twitter, to get video calling feature, announces CEO Linda Yaccarino
1 year, 7 months ago

X, the former Twitter, to get video calling feature, announces CEO Linda Yaccarino

Hindustan Times  

X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, will soon get a video calling feature, company CEO Linda Yaccarino has revealed, adding that the feature will be a part of the platform's transformation into an ‘everything app.’ 'X' logo is seen on the top of the headquarters of the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, …

X, Formerly Twitter, Close To Breaking Even, CEO Linda Yaccarino Confirms
1 year, 7 months ago

X, Formerly Twitter, Close To Breaking Even, CEO Linda Yaccarino Confirms

ABP News  

In a recent interview on CNBC, Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of social media platform X, disclosed that the company, formerly recognised as Twitter, is edging closer to achieving a balance between expenses and revenue. During her appearance, Yaccarino addressed concerns regarding the platform's safety and the rebranding decision orchestrated by Musk, who swapped its well-known moniker for the simpler 'X'. …

X CEO Yaccarino confirms the upcoming launch of video calls on the platform
1 year, 7 months ago

X CEO Yaccarino confirms the upcoming launch of video calls on the platform

India TV News  

X has announced plans to introduce video calling on its platform, aiming to transform it into a comprehensive "everything app" similar to China's WeChat. Image Source : FILEX CEO Yaccarino confirms the upcoming launch of video calls on the platform Musk's vision for Twitter's transformation was evident when he acquired the company for $44 billion, stating that the purchase would …

Elon Musk's X offers legal support for unfairly treated users
1 year, 7 months ago

Elon Musk's X offers legal support for unfairly treated users

India TV News  

Tech billionaire, Elon Musk has made a new announcement regarding his social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, now called X. In a recent post on X, Musk stated that the platform would financially support individuals who have faced unfair treatment by their employers due to their posts or likes on the platform. This move comes as X continues to …

New name, same features: TweetDeck now becomes XPro
1 year, 7 months ago

New name, same features: TweetDeck now becomes XPro

India TV News  

Twitter's rebranding efforts continue, and the latest product to undergo a makeover is TweetDeck, now renamed XPro. This move follows the recent replacement of Twitter's app and web app imprints with the letter "X." The X Revolution of Twitter Elon Musk, the influential CEO of companies like Tesla and SpaceX, seems determined to revolutionize Twitter with the X brand, taking …

X Isn’t a Super App. It’s Just Twitter
55 years, 3 months ago

X Isn’t a Super App. It’s Just Twitter

Wired  

The last time Elon Musk flipped the bird at his users, it was to switch Twitter’s logo to a grinning Shiba Inu—a hilarious inside joke that pumped the value of the dogecoin cryptocurrency, in which Musk was an investor, by 30 percent. Over the weekend, the former richest man in the world crowdsourced a logo for the platform, which by …

Twitter rebrands to X as Elon Musk loses iconic bird logo
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter rebrands to X as Elon Musk loses iconic bird logo

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Twitter has rebranded to X as part of Elon Musk’s plan to create …

X Twitter Linda Yaccarino Reaction Statement Elon Musk Name Logo Change
1 year, 8 months ago

X Twitter Linda Yaccarino Reaction Statement Elon Musk Name Logo Change

ABP News  

In a recent announcement, Twitter's owner, Elon Musk, confirmed that the popular social media platform will undergo a rebranding as 'X,' and its iconic blue bird logo will be replaced with the new 'X' logo. The CEO of the micro-blogging application, Linda Yaccarino, expressed her excitement for the future of 'X,' stating that it will usher in a state of …

Elon Musk reveals new name for Twitter; Tweets to be renamed ‘X’
1 year, 8 months ago

Elon Musk reveals new name for Twitter; Tweets to be renamed ‘X’

Live Mint  

Twitter owner Elon Musk Sunday said he plans to rebrand the platform and do away with the iconic brand logo. Musk has hinted at replacing the familiar blue bird logo with a new symbol, probably something that resembles his all-time favourite "X." Along with this, he has also said that a post on Twitter, usually called a tweet, will be …

Twitter rebrands: Tweets to be renamed ‘X’; users to be called Xers? Musk says…
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter rebrands: Tweets to be renamed ‘X’; users to be called Xers? Musk says…

Hindustan Times  

With a change of ownership, the popular social media app Twitter is gearing up for rebranding itself. The new boss Elon Musk has hinted at replacing the familiar blue bird logo with a new symbol, probably something that resembles his all-time favourite "X." Along with this, he has also said that a post on Twitter, usually called a tweet, will …

Elon Musk announces new company xAI, set to build ChatGPT alternative
1 year, 8 months ago

Elon Musk announces new company xAI, set to build ChatGPT alternative

Live Mint  

Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk is adding yet another company to his growing portfolio. While the company is a separate entity from X Corp, it said that xAI would “work closely with X, Tesla, and other companies to make progress towards our mission”. In April, the Financial Times reported that Musk was holding discussions with Tesla Inc. and Space …

Twitter to focus on video, commerce in business revamp
1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter to focus on video, commerce in business revamp

The Hindu  

Twitter plans to focus on video, creator and commerce partnerships to revitalise the social media company's business beyond digital advertising, according to an investor presentation by owner Elon Musk and new Chief Executive Linda Yaccarino that was reviewed by Reuters. Yaccarino, who started as CEO on June 5, told Twitter investors on Thursday that the company is in early conversations …

Elon Musk confirms NBCUniversal exec Linda Yaccarino is new Twitter CEO
1 year, 10 months ago

Elon Musk confirms NBCUniversal exec Linda Yaccarino is new Twitter CEO

Daily Mail  

Elon Musk has confirmed NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino has been appointed as the CEO of Twitter - and hinted the platform will be rebranded as 'X, the everything app'. NBCUniversal's head of advertising Linda Yaccarino has been appointed CEO of Twitter Elon Musk was interviewed by Linda Yaccarino at a marketing conference on April 18 and it's been speculated the …

Twitter to bring voice and video calling feature on the platform: Know everything
1 year, 10 months ago

Twitter to bring voice and video calling feature on the platform: Know everything

India TV News  

Twitter has announced the plans to add voice call and video call features to its platform, in the recent development. Musk confirmed that Twitter will soon introduce a new feature that will allow users to make voice and video calls. It is still unclear whether the newly announced voice call, video call, and encrypted messaging features will be available exclusively …

Twitter no longer exists as a company
1 year, 11 months ago

Twitter no longer exists as a company

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Twitter no longer exists as a company after Elon Musk merged it with …

Elon Musk's Twitter no longer exists as a company!
1 year, 11 months ago

Elon Musk's Twitter no longer exists as a company!

Hindustan Times  

Microblogging platform is no longer an independent company. The revelation has come to light after Elon Musk posted ‘X’ on his Twitter account, triggering speculation about the future of the company he bought for $44 billion last October. The billionaire had suggested that the acquisition of the social media giant would be an ‘accelerant’ for the creation of X. Musk's …

Twitter merges with 'X'- Musk's everything app
1 year, 11 months ago

Twitter merges with 'X'- Musk's everything app

India TV News  

Twitter has recently announced a significant development, where it has merged with 'X'- the Everything app which is owned by Elon Musk. Image Source : TWITTERMusk X- everything app In a court filing in the US, Twitter quietly disclosed that it no longer exists. "Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app," Musk tweeted. Earlier, Musk had …

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