Twitter’s 7 acquisitions in 2021 show its ambition to move beyond the live feed

Twitter’s 7 acquisitions in 2021 show its ambition to move beyond the live feed Twitter acquired seven startups in 2021 What startups has Twitter acquired this year? How are these acquisitions shaping Twitter? This year one of the prominent Twitter products that surfaced is Spaces — its Clubhouse competitor for live audio. After launching it inthe test phase last year, the company slowly opened it up for everyone. Spaces has introduced features such as adding topics to the session, hosting ticketed sessions, and most recently, allowing users torecord sessions for later listening....

4 min · 726 words · Curtis Walsh

Twitter’s 7 acquisitions in 2021 show its ambition to move beyond the live feed

Twitter’s 7 acquisitions in 2021 show its ambition to move beyond the live feed Twitter acquired seven startups in 2021 What startups has Twitter acquired this year? How are these acquisitions shaping Twitter? This year one of the prominent Twitter products that surfaced is Spaces — its Clubhouse competitor for live audio. After launching it inthe test phase last year, the company slowly opened it up for everyone. Spaces has introduced features such as adding topics to the session, hosting ticketed sessions, and most recently, allowing users torecord sessions for later listening....

4 min · 726 words · Scott Salinas

Twitter’s accepting tips in Ethereum — and Dorsey must be fuming

Twitter’s accepting tips in Ethereum — and Dorsey must be fuming Dorsey is about #TeamBitcoin Dorsey’s love for Bitcoin (is in his bio) The Twitter co-founder has been public abouthis ‘loyalty’ towards Bitcoin. He’s beenexperimentingwiththe digital currencyat his payment startup Square for some time now. In a 2019 interview with TNW, Dorsey outlineda need for “a native internet currency.” At that time, he wanted Square to take an active part in developing the cryptocurrency ecosystem....

4 min · 666 words · Ryan Wilson

Twitter’s auto-refresh fix could make wading through the cesspit worthwhile

Twitter’s auto-refresh fix could make wading through the cesspit worthwhile Story byThomas Macaulay Thomas is a senior reporter at TNW. He covers European tech, with a focus on AI, cybersecurity, and government policy.Thomas is a senior reporter at TNW. He covers European tech, with a focus on AI, cybersecurity, and government policy. Get the TNW newsletter Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week. Also tagged with Related Articles More TNW About TNW Mandatory ID for social media would solve some problems — but create a lot more 85% of EU citizens want more political action against disinformation Discover TNW All Access Insta mules and crypto mixers: How tech is transforming money laundering Twitter/X is biggest source of social media disinformation, EU warns

1 min · 126 words · John Boone

Twitter’s auto-refresh fix could make wading through the cesspit worthwhile

Twitter’s auto-refresh fix could make wading through the cesspit worthwhile Story byThomas Macaulay Thomas is a senior reporter at TNW. He covers European tech, with a focus on AI, cybersecurity, and government policy.Thomas is a senior reporter at TNW. He covers European tech, with a focus on AI, cybersecurity, and government policy. Get the TNW newsletter Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week. Also tagged with Related Articles More TNW About TNW Mandatory ID for social media would solve some problems — but create a lot more 85% of EU citizens want more political action against disinformation Discover TNW All Access Insta mules and crypto mixers: How tech is transforming money laundering Twitter/X is biggest source of social media disinformation, EU warns

1 min · 126 words · Lucas Roberts
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