The identity of the Twitter employee who briefly deactivated Donald Trump’s Twitter account is no longer a secret.
The former Twitter employee has finally come forward to share his perspective on what happened that day. Speaking to TechCrunch, Bahtiy…
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Facebook Messenger just made sharing photos way better
Facebook just made Messenger a much better place to share photos.
The messaging app will now support photo-sharing at 4k resolutions, meaning high resolution photos sent within the app will look much sharper than before.
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Selfie tourism is killing these incredibly cute creatures
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Warning: this article contains images of animal abuse which some may find distressing.
A small furry creature huddles close to a tree branch on the edge of the forest. Its large, globular eyes are shut (it’s daytime, and so now it sleeps); its strong hands and arms hold firm even as it slumbers.
In a deep sleep, the creature doesn’t hear the rustling of approaching predators. Before it knows what’s happening, it’s plucked from the tree and bundled into a bag. When it is finally taken out into the blinding light of day, metal pliers are forced into its mouth to clip its teeth. Then it is shoved into a wire cage, alone and in pain. Read more…
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View More Selfie tourism is killing these incredibly cute creaturesRejoice because Facebook is finally getting rid of third-party app invites
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Facebook may still have the huge problem involving the scourge of fake news to deal with, but its gone and done something that will decrease your Facebook rage — just a smidge — by removing third-party app invites.
That’s right, no longer will you roll your eyes and curse technology every time your aunt invites you to play Candy Cane Crush or Farmville 4: The Farmening or whatever terrible game is on Facebook or connected to Facebook.
The move was announced in a post to Facebook’s Developers blog on Thursday afternoon. The app invites won’t be supported with the newest Facebook software development kit and, while older versions will still support it, those invites will end February 2018. Read more…
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View More Rejoice because Facebook is finally getting rid of third-party app invitesOne of Facebook’s most popular pages was mysteriously shut down for a few hours
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The popular Facebook Page for Unilad with 34 million “likes” disappeared from the social network on Friday, suggesting that Facebook blocked the page.
It was back up around 10:10 a.m. ET. The temporary shutdown caused panic among the publisher community, reminding them that they operate at the whims of Facebook.
Unilad’s 34 million “likes” were acquired over the past six years. As was shown Friday, they could all be taken away in a few clicks by Facebook.
This is a reminder to publishers everywhere not to put all your eggs in one basket. UNILAD had 34,000,000 fans on Facebook before it was removed.https://t.co/sIjp6ZS8LT
— Ziad Ramley (@ziadramley) November 17, 2017 Read more…
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View More One of Facebook’s most popular pages was mysteriously shut down for a few hoursTwitter confirms it’s testing a tweetstorm feature
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As if upping its character limit to 280 wasn’t enough, Twitter is testing a dedicated feature to make it easier for users to tweetstorm.
The test first surfaced in September, but Twitter is now confirming the experiment, which is currently live only to people who are part of Twitter’s Experiments Program.
The latest version of the feature, which was spotted by Android Police, allows users to add multiple tweets to a single thread using a new “+” icon in the tweet composer. It’s not clear if it limits you to a specific number of tweets, though it appears each one has the same 280-character limit as the rest of Twitter. Read more…
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View More Twitter confirms it’s testing a tweetstorm featureTwitter is removing verification checkmarks from accounts that break its rules
A week after giving another white supremacist a coveted blue checkmark, Twitter is taking new steps to address problems with its verification process.
The company, which previously paused its verification program following a backlash, said Wednesday …
Twitter is still trying to make Moments happen
Twitter Moments could soon get a new look.
Twitter is currently testing a new look for Moments on iOS and Android that’s meant to make its design more consistent with the rest of the site.
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Twitter must fix verification, but there are no easy solutions
“The system is broken.”
That’s how Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey described the current verification system in the wake of the social media service adding the coveted blue checkmark to Jason Kessler.
Twitter’s tone-deaf decision to acknowledge Kessler…
Sean Parker made billions off of Facebook. Today he basically called it evil.
You always hurt the ones you love, right?
That’s the only way we can explain Facebook’s founding president Sean Parker’s damning words about the world’s largest social media platform.
Speaking to Axios at the National Constitution Center in Philadelp…
Twitter replaced its character counter with a circle and everyone’s really confused
Twitter may have just upped its character limit to 280, but you wouldn’t know it just by looking at its tweet composer.
As part of the update, which doubled the amount of characters you can cram into a single tweet, the company replaced its character…
Twitter makes 280 characters the new normal
It turns out 140 characters isn’t really enough after all.
After a little more than a month of testing, Twitter is ready to officially flip the switch on its new 280-character limit. Beginning today, anyone (save for Twitter’s Chinese, Japanese…