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Twitter has reportedly seen another round of layoffs. Micro blogging platform Twitter has seen massive job cuts ever since it was acquired by Tesla CEO Elon Musk for $44 billion in October 2022. The layoffs have been global and affected the company’s employees worldwide. In November 2022, the company laid off nearly 3,700 employees in … Read more
Facebook, the social network that was supposed to stay free “always,” and its stablemate Instagram launched on Sunday a paid subscription service, as the advertising-based business model that has long dominated the internet falters. Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook-parent Meta, announced on Sunday the launch of Meta Verified, a service starting at $11.99 (roughly Rs. … Read more
Twitter has announced that it will soon stop supporting SMS based two-factor authentication (2FA) for users that are not subscribed to Twitter Blue. Users will have up to March 20 to disable text-based login authentication codes on their accounts, according to the microblogging service. This means that several users who rely on receiving SMS codes … Read more
Social media platform Twitter has gone through several changes since Tesla‘s CEO acquired it in October 2022. From mass layoffs to significant policy changes, Musk has done it all. Now, the latest move that the company has announced under the billionaire is to start charging a fee for using SMS messages for two-factor authentication (2FA). … Read more
In an update to Twitter’s two-factor authentication (2FA) service, the Elon Musk-owned microblogging website has announced that after March 20, only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use the text message/SMS-based method of the 2FA facility. Making the announcement on its official blog on Feb 15, Twitter attributed the move to ‘the misuse by … Read more
Twitter said on Friday it will allow only paid subscribers to use text messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method to secure their accounts. After March 20, “only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use text messages as their two-factor authentication method,” the company tweeted. To be clear, two-factor authentication is still not required … Read more
Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, recently announced that the company would soon eliminate the “legacy blue check” on handles that have not subscribed to the Twitter Blue subscription service.According to Musk, these “legacy blue checks” are the ones that are considered to be “truly corrupt.”Musk said this in response to a user who wrote, … Read more
Indian users can now subscribe to Twitter Blue, which was earlier available only in select countries. The paid service which offers the coveted and now embattled blue tick mark, implying authenticity, can be subscribed for ₹650 and ₹900 per month on website and mobile, respectively. Annual subscribers on the website will receive a discount of … Read more
After much speculation about how much users in India will have to pay for Twitter Blue, the social media platform has revealed the cost of its subscription service. Twitter Blue brings along a host of features for subscribers.How much does Twitter Blue cost in India?Users will have to pay Rs 900 per month to get … Read more
Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Sunday said that the past three months have been “extremely tough” as he “had to save Twitter from bankruptcy” while also fulfilling his duties in Tesla and SpaceX. Taking to his official Twitter handle, Musk said that the microblogging site continues to have challenges. Elon Musk tweeted, “Last … Read more