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Twitter faces $136,260 lawsuit for failing to pay rent since Elon Musk takeover

01/06/202301/05/2023 John Montgallo

The San Francisco branch’s landlord has accused the company of leaving rent unpaid. As Elon Musk makes drastic cuts all over Twitter in an attempt to save on expenses – while watching his own fortune shrink – the social media company is now facing a lawsuit from its San Francisco branch landlord for failing to pay the rent. The company is being sued for $136,260 in unpaid rent, while already slashing workers and furniture. The rent owed is for the offices Twitter rents on the 30th floor of a downtown…

Twitter takeover to go forward after all, suggests Elon Musk

10/07/202210/08/2022 Stephanie Beck

As the social media platform’s court date against the Tesla CEO approaches, he’s changed tacks. Technology news reports are showing that billionaire Elon Musk has changed his mind about backing out on his Twitter takeover and now intends to go ahead with it. The social media company’s shares spiked by 12.7 percent on the news of Musk’s decision. When Musk made an offer to purchase the San Francisco-based company for $54.20 per share, share prices immediately took off by nearly 13 percent, reaching $47.95 before the trading was stopped. Elon…

New Twitter status feature for individual tweets is being tested

08/02/202208/01/2022 Sam Lambert

The social media platform is testing another feature similar to old MySpace and LiveJournal statuses. A new Twitter status is being tested to allow users to tag posts with pre-created labels, not unlike the way old MySpace and LiveJournal platforms used to make available. A number of users have been reporting that they were able to use the new feature with an emoji. TechCrunch and MacRumors both reported that they had been hearing from users that were able to display a Twitter status represented by an accompanying emoji. The social…

Twitter’s mobile apps are testing a breaking news tab

08/10/201508/08/2015 Julie Campbell

Facebook and Twitter applications mobile apps

The social network is now trying out a new kind of option that may soon appear in its application. Twitter has now suggested that it will be stepping into the news environment with its mobile apps and in order to find its place in that ecosystem, it is trying out a breaking news content tab. This was first reported by BuzzFeed, but it was also later officially confirmed by Twitter, itself. The news tab will be appearing in the Android and iOS mobile apps. So far, screenshots have been displayed…

Social media marketing battle breaks out between Martha Stewart and Apple

10/01/201309/28/2013 Julie Campbell

After making a few comments about breaking her iPad screen the domestic diva brought on the wrath of the tech giant. At the end of last week, a social media marketing battle broke out over Twitter between Apple and Martha Stewart, when the woman’s iPad was dropped and the screen was cracked. Stewart posted a few snide comments about how the repair service should function, incensing Apple corporate. The story began when Martha Stewart had her iPad fall out of her car, causing the screen to crack at the area…