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Mar 1, 2022Mar 3, 2022

Apple gives into Russian pressure on tech giants to set up legal entities in the country

Amidst the Russian offense against Ukraine, a new report indicates that authorities in Moscow are intensifying a censorship campaign by pressuring tech companies such as Apple, Google, Meta, Twitter, and others into complying with a new law that requires them…

Feb 17, 2022Feb 17, 2022

Twitter is expanding its ‘Safety Mode’ beta to get more feedback

by Asma Hussain

Twitter on Wednesday announced the expansion of ‘Safety Mode,’ to more users across English-speaking countries. The feature is aimed at helping users limit “unwelcome interactions” on their feed by imposing an automatic seven-day block on accounts that use potentially harmful…

Jan 8, 2022Jan 8, 2022

Twitter testing TikTok-like ‘Quote Tweet with reaction’ feature on iOS

by Asma Hussain

Social network Twitter on Thursday started testing a new feature in its iOS app with a small group of users. The “Quote Tweet with reaction” feature allows users to retweet something and add their own video-based reaction. Depending on the…

Nov 29, 2021Nov 29, 2021

Twitter likely to roll out reactions and downvotes soon, app code suggests

by Asma Hussain

Earlier this year it was reported that Twitter may be looking to introduce Facebook-style emoji reactions to its platform. According to a new report based on hidden code spotted in the iOS version of the app, the reactions feature, which…

Nov 25, 2021

Twitter for iOS gains fix for disappearing tweets due to timeline auto refresh

by Imran Hussain

Twitter has updated its iOS app to remove the annoying refresh issue that would cause tweets to disappear when users were reading them. Now when users are reading tweets in the iOS app, the timeline will not load new tweets…

Nov 10, 2021Nov 10, 2021

Twitter Blue is now available in the United States and New Zealand

by Asma Hussain

Twitter’s paid subscription service, Twitter Blue, is launching in the United States and New Zealand today on Android and the web in addition to iOS. The service was first launched in Australia and Canada in June but it was limited…

Oct 13, 2021Oct 13, 2021

Hashflag of Apple ‘Unleashed’ October 18 event is now live on Twitter

by Rida Imran

After the announcement of Fall’s second event, hashflag for Apple’s upcoming ”Unleashed” event on Monday, October 18 is now live on Twitter with the company’s logo in cool blue color tones. Twitter hashflag is a combination of a hashtag with…

Sep 15, 2021Sep 16, 2021

Unicode version 14 features 37 new emojis including saluting face, biting lip, heart hands and more

by Asma Hussain

Unicode recently launched version 14.0 of its language coding standard with 37 new emojis, over 800 new characters, and more. The new emojis include a melting face, heart hands, a person with a crown, an identification card, and more. Though…

Sep 9, 2021Sep 9, 2021

Twitter is testing new ‘Communities’ feature on iOS and web

by Rida Imran

Twitter is testing another new feature ‘Communities’. As an invite-based feature, Communities will allow users to connect to other users with similar interests on the platform to engage in informative and fun discussions and more. Currently, the new feature is available…

Sep 8, 2021Sep 9, 2021

Twitter is testing new features to remove followers and share edge-to-edge media

by Rida Imran

Twitter has announced that it is testing two new features on the platform: the ability to remove followers without blocking them and for iOS users to share edge-to-edge photos and videos on the app. The social media company is regularly…

Twitter is finally working on an edit button, expected to launch this year

Now, Twitter lets iPhone users create and share GIFs directly in the app

Twitter’s new timeline view makes it harder to see latest tweets by default

Tweetbot 7.1 for iOS gains support for background notifications, refreshed icons and unread counter

Apple gives into Russian pressure on tech giants to set up legal entities in the country

Twitter is expanding its ‘Safety Mode’ beta to get more feedback

Twitter testing TikTok-like ‘Quote Tweet with reaction’ feature on iOS

Twitter likely to roll out reactions and downvotes soon, app code suggests

Twitter for iOS gains fix for disappearing tweets due to timeline auto refresh

Twitter Blue is now available in the United States and New Zealand

Hashflag of Apple ‘Unleashed’ October 18 event is now live on Twitter

Unicode version 14 features 37 new emojis including saluting face, biting lip, heart hands and more

Twitter is testing new ‘Communities’ feature on iOS and web

Twitter is testing new features to remove followers and share edge-to-edge media