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Facebook, Instagram follow Twitter’s lead

Elon Musk’s recent firing of Twitter’s customer support team and replacement of the support email with a poop emoji has caused quite a stir. If you were hoping to receive help with your Twitter account, you’re out of luck. It’s safe to say that Musk’s behavior was immature, but it’s not the only eyebrow-raising event since he bought Twitter.

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Twitter reportedly considers selling usernames

Twitter is contemplating selling user names to create new income as its owner, Elon Musk, tries to resuscitate the company’s cash-flow, according to two people with knowledge of the plan, according to the Times.

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Twitter Breached, 235M email addresses exposed

Personal email addresses from 235 million Twitter accounts hacked over the last several years have been exposed, according to Israeli security researcher Alon Gal — making many vulnerable to having their accounts further compromised or identities exposed if they have used the site anonymously to criticize oppressive governments, for instance….

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Twitter skipping rent, selling office equipment

Twitter began skipping rent payments on its San Francisco headquarters, and putting office supplies up for auction under new CEO Elon Musk as the social media company looks to strengthen its financial position, according to sources.

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Twitter Bans Competing Social Networks

In yet another important policy change, Twitter has announced that customers will no longer be permitted to link to Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon and different platforms the organisation described as “prohibited.” But the decision generated such instant criticism from everyone with a brain that Musk promised not to make any more…

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How to safely delete your Twitter account

As Twitter’s staff shrinks by the thousands and major companies pause their advertising in response to Elon Musk’s volatile leadership, many users have considered jumping ship, too.

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Twitter bans journalists that cover Elon Musk

Several prominent journalists who cover Elon Musk, the company’s owner, have had their Twitter accounts suspended abruptly.

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All Twitter’s Changes Since Elon Musk Took Ownership

Some of us are born beautiful, some of us are born rich, and some of us are born lucky enough to not give a half of a rat about social media or rich people. If you’d like to know what’s up with Twitter since Elon “not the antichrist” Musk bought…

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Are App Icons Giving Us Cognitive Overload As They Fight For Our Attention?

Recently Instacart, ScrabbleGo, and Google’s apps such as Gmail and YouTube underwent disruptive redesigning. Curiously, the redesigned apps featured saturated, color-clashing designs. While updating, upgrading, and redesigning apps help to improve and give them a competitive edge in the fast-changing world of technology to avoid falling behind, in some instances…

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How To Sell on Social Media by Turning Followers Into Customers

Social media has become an important component of digital marketing for any brand with a successful marketing strategy. Though social platforms started out as fun places to hang out with friends, family, and colleagues, they have evolved to become some of the best mediums for building a reputation and boosting…

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Google Webpage Ranking: Do Sentiments Help?

There has been a never-ending controversy on whether sentiments have any influence on how Google ranks webpages. By “sentiment” we mean either whether the tone of the page is generally positive or negative with respect to the content. The controversy is reinforced by some SEO experts observing that pages with…

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Gmail’s Spam Problem and What You Can Do About It

Google’s Gmail has been hailed as one of the best free email services around the world. Gmail has great security features, including 2-step authentication that provides industry-standard protection against hackers. In addition, it has robust spam filters, which will send all your bad incoming mail to the spam folder.

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Cool Photo Editing Apps That Makes Your Phone Pictures Standout

While phone cameras are getting better all the time, too often, they rarely do justice to the pictures we take. This means that in spite of packing a phone with a high-resolution camera, you could still be churning out images you are not proud of. To remedy this situation, you…

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How to Know If You Are Interacting With a Bot

It is no secret that messaging platforms have a bot problem. While some of these programs will tell you upfront that you are interacting with a chatbot, others will try to fool you into thinking you are talking with a fellow human being. While bots have become highly popular in…

Is It Possible to Delete Yourself From The Internet?
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Is It Possible to Delete Yourself From The Internet?

In our interconnected world, almost everyone knows something about everyone else. So, if you want to find out what a particular celeb was wearing, what places they frequent, or any of their recent scandals, a basic search online is likely to get the desired results. Easy-peasy, right? Welcome to the…