Twitter’s e-commerce initiatives now include livestream shopping and Walmart will be the first retailer to test the new platform. Over the past year, Walmart has invested in live shopping by […]
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Back to news homeTwitter no longer crops image previews on the web
Twitter will no longer automatically crop image previews on the web after rolling out full-size image previews on mobile earlier this year. On Twitter for the web, images will now […]
Twitter now lets all iOS users ‘Super Follow’ select creators
Twitter is rolling out the ability for all iOS users globally to Super Follow select creators. The option was previously only available to users in the U.S. and Canada. Super […]
Russia Strengthens Its Internet Censorship Powers
Russia’s boldest moves to censor the internet began in the most mundane of ways — with a series of bureaucratic emails and forms.The messages, sent by Russia’s powerful internet regulator, […]
Revue now lets you subscribe to newsletters directly on your Twitter timeline
Starting today, Revue writers have another tool to turn their Twitter followers into newsletter subscribers. Now, when you tweet out your newsletter, readers will see a subscribe button embedded in […]
Twitter acquires group chat app Sphere
Twitter has acquired London-based Sphere, which operates an eponymous chat app for groups, the startup said on Wednesday. Sphere — founded by Nick D’Aloisio, who previously founded news summary app Summly, […]
This Week in Apps: Apple appeals Epic Games suit, Google files a counterclaim and Twitter adds more ads
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a […]
Twitter is selling MoPub to AppLovin for $1.05 billion
Twitter announced Wednesday that it would offload MoPub, the mobile ad platform it bought back in 2013, selling the company to mobile game and marketing software maker AppLovin. Twitter paid […]
YouTube will now ban content with vaccine misinformation
YouTube expanded its medical misinformation policies today to include new guidelines that ban vaccine misinformation. The Google-owned video platform had previously banned over 1 million videos spreading dangerous COVID-19 misinformation. […]
Germany Struggles to Stop Online Abuse Ahead of Election
“We have zero tolerance for hate speech and support the aims of NetzDG,” Facebook said in a statement. Twitter, which received around 833,000 complaints and removed roughly 81,000 posts during […]