This week had a variety of news, and some of the writing staff from CommonGeek made their first appearance. Listen in on a discussion about Harry Potter, iPhone rumors, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
In recent months, Twitter has been removing ads, or reduced the number of them, for various “VIP” users. In an report by Re/code, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey endorsed the idea to cater to it’s more active users back in September, attempting to keep those users more engaged with them.
Twitter announced today through their company blog that the service will significantly raise the character cap on direct messages (DMs). The previous limit for DMs was 140 characters, the same as status updates made through the service. The new limit is 10,000 chaacters, over 70 times the previous amount. The…
As of June 18th, Twitter now has official gif support. That means users can put up that gif taken from the the newest viral video for all their followers to see. This new update will extend support from the website to the iOS and Android apps as well. The process will…
On May 30, Twitter Support revealed that they would be changing fonts from Helvetica Neue to Gotham throughout the site via tweet. Although Twitter’s support page has over 2.9 million followers, some sources, like The Verge, considered it a discreet announcement, as the tweet was the only outlet Twitter chose to use to acknowledge…