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Tweetdeck now requires a paid subscription
Tweetdeck (now called X Pro), a version of Twitter (X) used by social media pros, journalists and others, has become part of the paid Blue subscription.
TweetDeck's new name is 'XPro'
TweetDeck has started showing signs that it will not escape Twitter's massive rebranding unscathed.
The old, good version of TweetDeck is back
Overnight, some Twitter users noticed that the old TweetDeck was back and working again.
Twitter launches 'new' Tweetdeck as the old version breaks down
The feature will also be exclusive to Twitter Blue in 30 days.
Twitter's apps are breaking following Elon Musk's decision to cap tweet rates
Twitter's 'rate limiting' and login requirements may be affecting its power-user app Tweetdeck.
Twitter will shut down the TweetDeck for Mac app on July 1st
You'll need to switch to the web version or use an alternative client.
TweetDeck may become a paid Twitter Blue option
TweetDeck — a version of Twitter beloved by journalists, social media pros and other power users — might soon become a paid app.
TweetDeck could soon look much more like Twitter’s web app
A few users in the US, Canada and Australia will test the revamped TweetDeck.
Twitter explores subscriptions to reduce its dependence on ads
Twitter is reportedly considering subscriptions and tipping as it tries to reduce its dependence on ads.
Twitter 'rate limit' messages are due to an error, not your bad tweets
Twitter 'rate limit' error messages are popping up everywhere.
Twitter outage takes down Tweetdeck, affects images and DMs
Be nice to any journalists you see on Twitter right now -- Tweetdeck is down and it's a headache for everyone. While the company has said it's aware of issues and investigating, problems have also hit regular users, who aren't seeing new DMs at the moment, or may have trouble adding extra stuff to tweets like images, videos and polls. In a tweet, the company said it's working on a fix and that things "should be back to normal soon."
Twitter now lets everyone on iOS pin lists to their Home timeline
Back in July, Twitter started testing the ability for people to pin their favorite lists in its iOS app. It was a way to let users easily switch their timeline to view tweets from accounts they've added to a list, similar to what you can do on other Twitter apps like TweetDeck. At the time, that feature was limited to a select group of people, but now Twitter is rolling it out to everyone with an iOS device. This is going to allow you to pin (and unpin) up to five lists you follow or subscribe to, whose tweets you can keep up with directly from your main Home timeline. That's going to come in handy in case, you know, you want a more curated experience than what the top tweets or chronological timelines can offer.
Twitter launches its biggest redesign in years
Ever since Twitter decided it was more of a place to find out what's going on in the world rather than just another social network, it's made quite a few changes. It invested more in live video, opened up its Moments feature to all users, ramped up its safety efforts, removed @names from replies and got rid of those egg avatars. Some of these changes have received mixed reactions, to say the least. Now, the company is ready to make another set of adjustments, and this time, the focus is on design. iOS users, especially, will get a whole new look on their Twitter app.
Amazon’s Alexa will keep you up to date with the UK election
It's general election week, and politicians have only four days left to curry favour before we fill those ballot boxes on June 8th. Between work and everything else, staying on top of the week's developments can be a tall order, so Amazon's tasked Alexa with keeping you informed while you're busy cooking dinner and cleaning up after the kids. You can now bark various commands at your Echo devices (or any other Alexa prison) to catch up on latest news, including "what's the latest with the election/the Conservatives/Theresa May?"
Twitter considers offering a Tweetdeck subscription service
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 journalist Andrew Tavani, a premium experience will add new viewing, posting and signaling tools in one customizable dashboard that you can see above.
Twitter just sold its developer platform to Google
Fabric, Twitter's developer platform, now belongs to Google. The move was announced on Fabric's blog Wednesday morning and confirmed in a Twitter thread by Sr. Director of Product, Jeff Seibert.
Tweetdeck adds location and date search filters
Twitter spews an amazing volume of information into the world, yet its search function has never been precise. To be fair, it's faced far greater pressure to combat abuse, like it did releasing tools to cut trolls out of notifications last month. Today they're enriching that functionality even further, but just for Tweetdeck: Users creating search columns can now filter by location and date.
Dear Veronica: Facebook follows and ghost girlfriends
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-744454{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-744454, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-744454{width:570px;display:block;}try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-744454").style.display="none";}catch(e){}We kick off the show today with a great question about the creepiness factor of the Facebook "follow" button. Does it bother you when random strangers comment on your Facebook posts? Well, it shouldn't, and I'll tell you why.We also cover the best alternatives to TweetDeck, and how to deal with an unruly ghost girlfriend. You know the type. Send in your questions to #DearVeronica on Twitter, and please send me in some holiday tech support horror stories! I'll be reading them on the show for the rest of the month!Subscribe in iTunes, RSS or YouTube!
TweetDeck for Mac finally gets features the web version already has
Over the past few months, Twitter has added a load of useful features to TweetDeck on the web, leaving the desktop app to age. Well, the Mac version of the 140-character social network software is finally getting some of those tools. With an update today, TweetDeck for Mac handles the newfangled shared account option for groups and allows for DMs (and using them to share tweets) with more than one person. You can also add up to four images per tweet and both GIFs and video footage plays in-line from any column. All of these features have been live on the web already, but it's nice to see the folks at Twitter giving some overdue attention to the desktop software. If you haven't already been alerted to the new version, nab it from the Mac App Store right here.
Tweetdeck lets you share accounts without sharing passwords
Until now, if you wanted to share Twitter log-in credentials with members of your team, it meant sharing a password. Thanks to TweetDeck, you no longer have to use the same info. The 140-character social network now offers TweetDeck Teams for its popular app: a tool that allows groups to employ the same account with admin and contributor roles. When you need to add a colleague to the social workload, all you have to do is authorize that user, and once they accept the invite, they'll be good to go. As you might expect, access can be revoked at any time by the admin, and those folks have control over the password. Contributors can tweet, follow/unfollow, schedule tweets and make lists, but they won't have any access outside of the app. The new feature starts rolling out today for TweetDeck on the web, Chrome and Windows.
