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Monthly users of X hits new high after organisational changes, claims Musk

Musk asserted the same by posting a graph of user statistics that indicated the most recent count to be above 540 million

X logo on Twitter building spurs officials to investigate permit violation

The city of San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant X sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters as owner Elon Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform. City officials say replacing letters or symbols on buildings, or erecting a sign on top of one, requires a permit for design and safety reasons. The X appeared after San Francisco police stopped workers on Monday from removing the brand's iconic bird and logo from the side of the building, saying they hadn't taped off the sidewalk to keep pedestrians safe if anything fell. Any replacement letters or symbols would require a permit to ensure consistency with the historic nature of the building and to make sure additions are safely attached to the sign, Patrick Hannan, spokesperson for the Department of Building Inspection said earlier this week. Erecting a sign on top of a building also requires a permit, Hannan said ...

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The X-factor in X

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Meta plans retention 'hooks' for Threads as over half of users leave app

Zuckerberg said he considered the drop-off "normal" and expected retention to grow as the company adds more features to the app, including a desktop version and search functionality

Twitter Blue subscribers can now download videos posted by others on X

However, X users will not be able to download any videos posted before 25 July

TMS Ep486: IT return, Tweets turns X, Jio-BlackRock JV, gigafactory

Why do so few Indians pay income tax? Will the 'X' Factor help revive Twitter? Can the Jio-BlackRock JV stir the AMC pot? What is a gigafactory? All answers here

Meta has rare opportunity to seize momentum with Twitter rival 'Threads'

Threads could help bring the center of internet culture back to Meta, once again making it a place where things happen first

Musk wants to turn tweets into 'X's', changing language isn't quite simple

Elon Musk may want to send tweet back to the birds, but the ubiquitous term for posting on the site he now calls X is here to stay at least for now. For one, the word is still plastered all over the site formerly known as Twitter. Write a post, you still need to press a blue button that says tweet to publish it. To repost it, you still tap retweet. But it's more than that. With tweets, Twitter accomplished in just a few years something few companies have done in a lifetime: It became a verb and implanted itself into the lexicon of America and the world. Upending that takes more than a top-down declaration, even if it is from the owner of Twitter-turned-X, who also happens to be one of the world's richest men. Language has always come from the people that use it on a day-to-day basis. And it can't be controlled, it can't created, it can't be morphed. You don't get to decide it, said Nick Bilton, the author of Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal

Beyond rebranding

Changes in Twitter are destroying value

Twitter starts cutting its ad prices after rebranding as 'X': Report

X is also warning brands that they will lose their verified status unless they reach certain spending thresholds

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Elon Musk's decision to rebrand Twitter as X could be complicated legally

X is so widely used and cited in trademarks that it is a candidate for legal challenges - and the company formerly known as Twitter could face its own issues defending its X brand in the future

Elon Musk turning Twitter into 'X' is set to kill billions in brand value

Musk's move wiped out anywhere between $4 billion and $20 billion in value, according to analysts and brand agencies

'X' replaces tweet in Musk's radical move, but will the rebranding click?

Companies that have changed even their logos in the past have had to deal with consumer criticism and confusion

Elon Musk explains why he is dumping Twitter's name and iconic bird logo

The billionaire owner's envisioned X app - which will connect Twitter's underlying infrastructure with x.com, a web address that now functions as a routing service to Twitter

Elon Musk-owned Twitter changes blue bird logo to 'X' as part of rebranding

Elon Musk-owned Twitter on Monday launched its new logo, X, which replaced the blue bird as part of a wider rebranding. The social media network's site and Twitter accounts showed the new logo, a white X on a black background. "Interim X logo goes live later today", the Twitter boss tweeted. He also wrote that the site x.com points to the Twitter website. Twitter's official account now reads "X", with a black background and the letter X in a white design. Elon Musk's official account also has the logo as his display picture and a small icon next to the blue tick, where the blue bird logo previously was. The new logo is the latest change that Musk has bought to the social media platform since he bought it for USD 44 billion last year. Under Musk's tumultuous tenure, the company has seen many changes including large-scale sackings, charges for previously free services, return of previously banned right-wing accounts and changes to content moderation. He has also changed its busines

'Unlimited interactivity': With X, Twitter aims to foray into new fields

According to company's CEO Linda Yaccarino, with brand 'X', Twitter will foray into payments and banking apart from its usual audio and video sharing, and messaging

Elon Musk says Twitter will change logo to X, 'bid adieu' to bird

Should have been done a long time ago, says billionaire owner in Twitter Spaces chat

Threads alert to Elon Musk stays but the downloads are falling steeply

As of 10 July, there were 100 million downloads of Threads according to Meta but data.ai says it hit over 150 million by 12 July across all platforms