Apple's new WWDC Twitter 'hashflag' continues Messages emphasis

Apple quietly updated the "hashflag"icon used for the hashtag "#WWDC21" during the weekend before WWDC itself, changing the "thumbs-up" Tapback graphic from Messages for one showing exclamation points.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 6

Twitter blocked in Nigeria over presidential tweet removal

Twitter has been suspended in Nigeria, after the microblogging service removed a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari about regional successionists in the country.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 0

Square mulling a hardware Bitcoin wallet, CEO Jack Dorsey says

At a Bitcoin-centric conference in Miami, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says that his payment company Square is considering making a standalone hardware wallet for Bitcoin.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 4

Twitter's $2.99 'Twitter Blue' monthly subscription introduces color themes, custom app icons, more

Twitter's rumored "Twitter Blue" subscription service has been unofficially confirmed through what appears to be an errant listing in the iOS App Store.

AppleInsider Staff 5 years ago 6

'Twitter Blue' subscription may add 'undo' button to iOS app

Twitter will allow users to "undo" mistakenly-posted tweets in its app as part of its upcoming "Twitter Blue" subscription, a researcher has uncovered, with the $2.99-per-month service also potentially including other useful premium features.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 11

Twitter adds App Tracking Transparency prompt in latest update

Twitter has added a new splash page asking users to enable ad tracking in compliance with new Apple App Tracking Transparency rules in iOS 14.5.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 3

Supreme Court argument casts doubt on Facebook, Twitter free speech rights

In a ruling on a different matter, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has argued that social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter may not have a First Amendment right to regulate user commentary on their platforms.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 36

Twitter's Periscope officially goes dark on April 1

As scheduled, Twitter will officially shutter its Periscope livestreaming service on April 1, though most of the app's core functions have already transferred to Twitter Live.

AppleInsider Staff 5 years ago 1

If you can't convert a file into a PDF, maybe you shouldn't be writing laws about technology

Not everyone can be trusted with the almighty power of a sudo command in the Terminal. Yet, politicians who know nothing about the inner workings of computers, software, or the internet at large have declared themselves super users, proposing dangerously misinformed policies and laws that could have disastrous effects.

Neil Hughes 5 years ago 56

Lawmakers remain conflicted about what to do about Section 230

The CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter squared off with lawmakers Thursday in a hearing focused on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 33

Google, Facebook CEOs testifying before Congress on Section 230 on Thursday

The CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter will tell Congress about their war on misinformation Thursday, and two of the three will defend Section 230 protections in different ways..

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 4

Twitter hacker agrees to three years in prison for high-profile Bitcoin scam

The teenager responsible for taking over several high-profile Twitter accounts in a Bitcoin scam in 2020 has agreed to three years in prison in a plea deal.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 4

Twitter CFO says iOS 14 privacy changes could level the playing field

Twitter CFO Ned Segal says the company feels confident about Apple's planned iOS 14 privacy changes, and added that the feature could allow Twitter to better compete with its rivals.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 5

Twitter says iOS 14 privacy feature will have 'modest impact' on revenue

Twitter says it expects Apple's App Tracking Transparency privacy feature to have a "modest impact" on its revenue when released this spring.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 4

How iTunes went from simple to perplexing — and gone

The app that made it so easy to play music on your Mac that transformed the entire music industry has gone, but the legacy lives on in Apple Music and more. Now that Apple has scrapped the omnibus iTunes app and broken it up into multiple parts, AppleInsider looks at what went so right — and then so wrong.

William Gallagher 5 years ago 40

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