The Unbelievably Fumbled Rebranding of Twitter
Twitter is now known as X. Actually, it's now known as "X, formerly known as Twitter" because "X" has zero brand and the Twitter brand is still iconic. A cautionary tale.
Read MoreTwitter is now known as X. Actually, it's now known as "X, formerly known as Twitter" because "X" has zero brand and the Twitter brand is still iconic. A cautionary tale.
Read MoreFun fact about US bankruptcy law: three creditors can join arms and force a company that's not paying its bills into involuntary bankruptcy. A company like Twitter. Meet the three companies that have nothing to lose, everything to gain, and could do this at any time.
Read MoreTwitter is a private company now so we really don't know what it's worth because Elon Musk does not have to disclose any financial figures. Right? Not so fast. One of his investors is obliged by law to report what its financial analysts say Twitter is worth and their math shows it's been a financial apocalypse.
Read MoreWhen one of LowEndTalk's community providers shares an offer on LET, we want to tell the world. One of the ways we do this is by posting a link to the thread on Twitter. We do this via a Python scri...
Read MoreCompanies can bring foreign nationals over to work in the US on various programs, most prominently in this discussion, the H1-B visa. It's designed for situations where the US lacks engineers, scientists, or technical specialists in critical skills. But at its worst, the program is a form of modern-day indentured servitude.
Read MoreTwitter was preparing to upgrade from CentOS 7 to CentOS Stream but now everyone's gone and they're looking at a June 2024 end of life. Twitter's relationship with FOSS is getting complicated fast.
Read MoreDocument fingerprinting to identify leakers is a fascinating niche application. There are all kinds of sophisticated methods but the way Musk went about it is, well, rather lame. Read on to lead how to pros do it!
Read MoreWhat happens when a billionaire (well...crypto billionaire) acquires TinyNanoHost? He implements HARDCORE TinyNanoHost 2.0! Heads will roll!
Read MoreFor years I've read comments online by people who don't trust cloud providers because the government will use them to spy on them or these cloud companies are building massive behavioral databases. The reality is that it's the bored junior sysadmin or the perverted graveyard shift content moderator who are going to rifle through your files. Case in point this week: Facebook.
Read MoreWhy not join in on the hilarious joke that's making its rounds on Twitter? Thousands of Twitter users are tweeting the same joke.
Read MoreTwitter is censoring Mastodon links on its platform, labeling them as "malware". This is both petty and hypocritical. Does this mean that Twitter views Mastodon as a serious threat? What happened to free speech?
Read MoreEveryone who has anything to do with leading Twitter's security, privacy, and compliance departments has fled the company in mass resignations. Twitter is headed for a security cliff. How vulnerable are you?
Read MoreDoes it really take 10x more people to run Twitter compared to Reddit?
Read MoreOkay, that last one is not really possible. Fortunately for the human race, a social network based on our sense of smell has not been developed (though humans have tried to invent smell-transmission...
Read MoreQuick analysis is that he overpaid, by approximately $44 billion.
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Read MoreOver the past year, since we announced that we are back on Twitter on April 9th, 2020 we've added thousands of followers. And that is awesome. Thank you! If you haven't followed up on Twitter yet, and...
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