Category: Technology

Twitter will now let you mute specific words from your timeline — and mute ‘eggs’ without profile photos

Apr 7, 2017

Twitter is announcing a few new anti-harassment features today: You’ll now be able to mute specific words — including other usernames — from your timeline, not just your notifications. You can mute words indefinitely, or for a day, week or month. You’ll be able to mute “eggs.” That is, accounts that still use the default … More Twitter will now let you mute specific words from your timeline — and mute ‘eggs’ without profile photos

Twitter replaces egg with genderless head and shoulders icon

Apr 1, 2017

The thinking behind Twitter’s replacement for the troll-favorite egg profile photo is a vaguely human placeholder that is unpleasant enough to encourage people to replace it with a custom icon. We noticed that some people kept the egg default profile photo because they thought it was fun and cute, but we want people to use … More Twitter replaces egg with genderless head and shoulders icon

Twitter mulls offering a Tweetdeck subscription service

Mar 24, 2017

Twitter has always been free to use and will likely remain free. But the company is now considering offering its first paid subscription service through TweetDeck. The social network has recently sent emails to select users, asking if they’d be willing to pay for a “more advanced Tweetdeck experience.” Based on the email posted by … More Twitter mulls offering a Tweetdeck subscription service

Shout Makes It Easy to Curate a List of Links, Send Them Off to Friends

Mar 12, 2017

iOS/Chrome: If you like to collect together different links, whether that’s for organizing a vacation or just random cool stuff, Shout makes it easy to do so, then turn that collection into a list of stuff other people can see. Shout works something like a more public-facing Pocket and takes the idea of Pocket’s public … More Shout Makes It Easy to Curate a List of Links, Send Them Off to Friends

Twitter starts putting abusers in “time out”

Feb 17, 2017

Twitter is putting online bullies in “time out.” As one of the company’s many new anti-abuse measures, users whose accounts have been identified engaging in abusive behavior will have the reach of their tweets temporarily restricted. During this time, the abuser’s tweets will only be shown to their followers, Twitter says. The change was spotted by BuzzFeed, … More Twitter starts putting abusers in “time out”

Microsoft is retiring the Blue Screen of Death for some users

Jan 10, 2017

Windows 10 beta testers who are used to the warm, familiar glow of Microsoft’s Blue Screen of Death will start learning it’s not easy being green. Microsoft is tweaking its venerable error message that lets people know that something went wrong, and their computers need to be restarted. While everyday consumers will still see the … More Microsoft is retiring the Blue Screen of Death for some users

Twitter reportedly developed, then killed off, a messaging app for emerging markets

Dec 16, 2016

After years of speculation, it appears that Twitter did actually develop a messaging app of its own. But, two caveats, it was intended for emerging markets and it was killed off before ever being released to the masses. That’s according to a report from BuzzFeed, which claims the app was developed by Twitter’s emerging markets team … More Twitter reportedly developed, then killed off, a messaging app for emerging markets

Nikola One hydrogen-powered semi is tall, different and zero-emission

Dec 3, 2016

Those were the closing words from Nikola Motor Company founder and CEO Trevor Milton at the big reveal event for his new zero-emission semi truck. Held in an industrial area near downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, Milton revealed the Nikola One truck and gave a few more details about just how the new company wants … More Nikola One hydrogen-powered semi is tall, different and zero-emission