Twitter now lets you reward good tweets with Tip Jar
Get ready to “tip” your favorite people on Twitter. On Thursday, Twitter announced that it has started rolling out Tip Jar, which allows people to send money to their favorite…
How to find a buyer or seller’s Facebook profile on Marketplace
Despite countless reasons to leave Facebook, there’s one feature that keeps me on the site: Facebook Marketplace, a section where you can buy and sell items such as furniture, cars,…
Signal tried to run a very honest ad campaign on Instagram. Facebook said no.
Privacy-oriented messaging app Signal tried to run a very candid ad campaign on Facebook-owned Instagram, but it wasn’t meant to be. Signal explained how it went down in a blog…
Apple AirTags pulled from sale by Australian store due to child safety concerns
Australian office supply store chain Officeworks has pulled Apple’s newly launched AirTags from sale amid safety concerns surrounding its button battery. As first reported by Gizmodo Australia, shoppers hoping to…
Verizon sells Yahoo and AOL to Apollo for $5 billion
Yahoo and AOL are changing hands again. Verizon, which purchased AOL in 2015 and Yahoo in 2017, is now selling them to private equity company Apollo Global Management for $5…
Do you have 600 or more Twitter followers? You can use Twitter Spaces now.
Twitter Spaces is rolling out to a lot more users on Monday. In an announcement posted on its blog, Twitter unveiled that any user with 600 or more Twitter followers…
Local news is in a crisis. Twitter has a plan to boost it, but there are risks.
Twitter is, apparently, trying to do its part to resuscitate local news, a vital institution that seems like it’s on its last breath. The social media giant is set to…
Basecamp tire fire grows as employees tweet they’re leaving the company
As they have many times before, tech workers are once again taking a stand against controversial company policies and wishy-washy managerial strategies. This time, employees of decades-old software company Basecamp…
EU accuses Apple of anti-competitive behavior, with billions on the line
Apple’s App Store rules are unfair, the European Commission has concluded following a year-long investigation. The EU launched a formal investigation into Apple’s App Store rules last June, following a…
Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Fold definitely folds, but that’s about it
A couple of years ago, for reasons that have never been quite clear to me, the tech world seized on the idea that foldable screens are the future. This movement…