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Like China's WeChat, Musk will let Twitter users make digital payments

Twitter last week filed registration paperwork with the US authorities to allow it to process payments on the platform

Elon Musk's Tesla loses 2 years of gains amid Twitter saga, demand fears

The stock closed down 7.2% at $177.59 in New York on Wednesday, dropping to its lowest since November 2020

Twitter pauses 'official' labels on accounts, impersonation still underway

A tweet from the 'Twitter Support' account read, "We're not currently putting an "Official" label on accounts but we are aggressively going after impersonation and deception."

Musk sells additional Tesla shares worth $3.4 bn towards Twitter deal

With this, he has offloaded almost $20 billion in Tesla shares this year. The world's richest man sold $8.4 billion in Tesla shares in April and another $6.9 billion in August.

Twitter abruptly scraps gray 'Official' verification badge within hours

Musk said that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months

Twitter adds 'Official' label for PM Modi, some other big verified accounts

An 'Official' label has been added to the Twitter handle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and some other ministers as the US-based social media platform started rolling out a feature to distinguish between the Twitter Blue account and verified accounts. Modi's verified blue tick Twitter handle @narendramodi was marked 'Official' with a tick mark enclosed in a circle. The same was label was also seen on the Twitter handles of Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and some other ministers. Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, some other opposition party leaders as well as sportspersons like Sachin Tendulkar too were given that label. This is in line with Twitter's just-announced changes for verified accounts, as part of its new USD 8 premium subscription product. The 'Official' label is given for select verified accounts including major media outlets and governments. Twitter official Esther

Facebook parent Meta slashes workforce by 11,000, Zuckerberg takes blame

Meta CEO Zuckerberg says post-Covid scenario didn't meet expectations

Twitter's current travails with advertisers bring focus on brand safety

Focused approach to media targeting, using third-party verification tools among measures advertisers are adopting

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You're fired! Layoff crisis getting out of control at unicorns in India

A growing list of top tech unicorns or companies with over $1 billion valuation each is laying-off employees in an attempt to conserve cash and focus on profitability amid a funding winter this year

Twitter turbulence puts focus on brand security in social media advertising

Focused approach to media targeting, using third-party verification tools among measures advertisers are adopting

Mastodon struggles to keep up with recent flood of Twitter defectors

Searches for Mastodon spiked on Google following the Twitter acquisition, especially in Europe where the social network is based.

Cryptoverse: Dogecoin's price doubled after Musk's Twitter acquisition

It was trading at about $0.07 on Oct. 27 before Musk tweeted "the bird is freed" to announce his ownership. Five days later, it was at $0.16.

Musk's Twitter to introduce 'Official' label for some verified accounts

The lack of ID verification is likely to raise concerns about the possibility of people impersonating public figures

Politics is war, truth is first casualty, says Musk as he attacks Democrats

Elon Musk on Tuesday said that politics is war and truth is first casualty, as he attacked Democrats and supported Republicans during the US mid-term election

Twitter's $8 Blue service may not affect existing verified accounts

The original plan for the new Blue plan was that users who were already verified should also pay, or lose their Blue Badges after 90 days

User growth at 'all-time highs' under Elon Musk, Twitter tells ad firms

Since the take-private deal closed, Twitter's so-called monetisable daily user (mDAU) growth accelerated to more than 20 per cent

India's 'first' Twitter user undecided on whether to pay for blue tick

Naina Redhu says she joined social media platform in 2006 after getting an invitation email

Cryptoverse: Dogecoin's price double abfter Elon Musk acquired Twitter

Dogecoin's price doubled after the Tesla tycoon completed the $44 billion deal. It was trading at about $0.07 on Oct. 27 before Musk tweeted "the bird is freed" to announce his ownership

India's 1st Twitter user Naina Redhu talks on Musk, payment for blue tick

Naina Redhu, who claims to be one of the first Indian Twitter users, talks about Elon Musk's takeover