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2023 - 7 - 6

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Meta's "Twitter killer" app Threads is here – and you can get a cheat ... (CBS News)

Meta also introduced cheat codes on Instagram to allow people to sign up for a download ahead of time, teasing the release to its billions of users. img-7942.

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Threads: What to Know About Instagram's 'Twitter Killer' App (The New York Times)

Multiple screenshots of the new Threads app in action. Users of Threads, which Instagram unveiled on Wednesday, will be able to directly import the list of ...

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Meta's Twitter Alternative 'Threads' Now Available (Mac Rumors)

Meta today officially launched Threads, the new social media app that it has been working on as an alternative to Twitter. Threads was meant to...

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Threads: Instagram owner launches Twitter-like app (BBC News)

On Threads, we are told that posts can "easily" be shared between the two apps and can include links, photos, and videos of up to five minutes in length. Users will have a feed of posts, which Meta calls "threads", from people they follow and recommended ...

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Meta takes aim at Twitter with the launch of rival app Threads (Politico)

The new offering is billed as a text-based version of Meta's photo-sharing app Instagram.

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Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter Killer Is Shockingly Viable. Oh No. (Slate Magazine)

At first, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Threads, Meta's Instagram-linked, text-based, aspirationally decentralized alternative to Twitter, would arrive on ...

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Meta Launches Threads App, a Challenger to Twitter (Voice of America)

Facebook behemoth Meta officially launched Threads, its text-based rival to Twitter, on Wednesday — but its release in Europe has been delayed over data ...

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Meta will nuke your Instagram account if you delete Threads profile (TechCrunch)

Threads, Meta's Twitter rival, features an intriguing stipulation: Deleting a Threads profile also terminates the Instagram account.

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What you need to know about Threads, Instagram's new Twitter ... (NBC News)

Instagram's Threads app, a text-based social media platform poised to become Twitter's latest competitor, is now available to users in more than 100 ...

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Instagram Launches Threads App, in Challenge to Elon Musk's Twitter (Variety)

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has launched Threads, a text-based app tied to Instagram, in a frontal attack on Elon Musk's Twitter.

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Threads could cause real problems for Twitter (BBC News)

Meta's new app benefits from its billion-plus Instagram followers that give it a huge shot in the arm.

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Meta Takes Aim at Twitter With the Launch of Rival App Threads (U.S. News & World Report)

Meta has unveiled an app called Threads to rival Twitter, targeting users looking for an alternative to the social media platform owned — and frequently ...

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Zuckerberg claims more than 10 million Threads signups within ... (CBS News)

The CEO of Facebook's parent company is trying to position Threads as a direct challenger to Twitter.

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Threads Could Beat Twitter. Here's How. (Barron's)

Facebook-parent Meta Platforms (ticker: META) is set to launch its Twitter rival app Threads on Thursday. The app is available for preorder on Apple AAPL ...

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What is Threads? Here's what you need to know about the potential ... (CNN)

Facebook-parent Meta on Wednesday officially launched its Twitter competitor, Threads, after first confirming its plans for the app just three months ago.

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Zuckerberg claims millions of Threads signups within hours of launch (CBS News)

The CEO of Facebook's parent company is trying to position Threads as a direct challenger to Twitter.

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Advertisers Watch Threads as Twitter Rival Soars in Debut (The New York Times)

The technology giant's new social network, Threads, pulled in more than 10 million sign-ups within hours of making its debut.

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Instagram head says a Threads 'Following' feed is 'on the list' of ... (TechCrunch)

The app is pretty similar to Twitter, but it's missing a key feature: a feed that only includes posts from people you follow.

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Threads: The Motherboard Review (VICE)

Documentary footage of a spider. Ambulances clogging the streets of Sheffield. U.S. citizens setting fire to a Russian consulate. The sinking of the USS Kitty ...

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10 million sign up for Meta's Twitter rival app, Threads (NPR)

Threads is billed as a text-based version of Meta's photo-sharing app Instagram that the company says provides "a new, separate space for real-time updates ...

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Is Threads really a 'Twitter killer'? Here's what we know so far (NPR)

Meta already has more than 3 billion users across its stable of apps (which include Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp), and is making it easy for its existing ...

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Facebook parent company Meta launches Threads app as rival to ... (PBS NewsHour)

Threads is billed as a text-based version of Meta's photo-sharing app Instagram.

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What Is Threads? All Your Questions About Meta's New Twitter Rival ... (U.S. News & World Report)

NEW YORK (AP) — Threads, a text-based app built by Meta to rival Twitter, is live.

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How Threads Could Kill Twitter (WIRED)

Meta's microblogging app is intuitive, has already been downloaded by millions of people, and has other advantages over Twitter's would-be rivals.

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Threads Becomes Most Rapidly Downloaded App as Twitter ... (The New York Times)

A pair of hands holds a mobile phone displaying the Threads app. Threads was a surprise hit for Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram and is badly in need of ...

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Twitter threatens legal action over Threads app (BBC News)

Its owner Elon Musk says "competition is fine, cheating is not" a day after the rival app launches.

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Twitter threatens legal action over Meta's "copycat" Threads (CBS News)

Twitter alleges Meta hired former employees of the blogging platform and tapped trade secrets to develop new Threads service.

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Don't Join Threads—Make Instagram's 'Twitter Killer' Join You (WIRED)

Meta's Twitter alternative promises that it will work with decentralized platforms, giving you greater control of your data. You can hold the company to ...

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How Threads' Privacy Policy Compares to Twitter's (and Its Rivals') (WIRED)

Here's what personal data is collected by Meta's Threads, as well as by Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social.

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You can't post ass, Threads is doomed (TechCrunch)

Threads, the Meta-owned Twitter clone, is corny at best and leeching your personal data at worst. Unfortunately, it's also boring.

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Will Twitter actually die? A Thread (Politico)

Less than 24 hours after Mark Zuckerberg launched Threads, Twitter's once-tight grasp on real-time political discourse appears to be loosening ever so ...

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Threads: The New Instagram App Launches Early (Search Engine Journal)

Threads, an Instagram app, has arrived early. Learn how to get the Threads app, who is on it already, and what personal data it will use.

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Just Joined Threads? How to Turn Off Notifications (Mac Rumors)

Threads, Meta's alternative to Twitter, officially launched on July 5, 2023. Getting too many notifications? Then read on. If you joined up to...

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After Threads, There Has to Be a 'New Twitter' Moratorium (WIRED)

On Wednesday, Threads' launch day, Mark Zuckerberg posted about his desire to usurp Elon Musk's broken social network: “I think there should be a public ...

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Threads doesn't deserve my FOMO, but here we are (TechCrunch)

Meta (a.k.a. Facebook) is being uncharacteristically smooth in its launch strategy for Threads, the millionth Twitter clone.

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Threads, Instagram's new app, won't kill Twitter if it's boring (Vox)

Threads, Instagram's new copycat app, is nowhere near as fun as Twitter. Can anything be?

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Twitter threatens to sue its new rival, Threads, claiming Meta stole ... (NPR)

On the same day, an attorney representing Twitter, Alex Spiro, sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg accusing Threads of engaging in "systematic, willful, ...

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Threads: An Early Vibe Check (The New York Times)

You're reading the It Happened Online newsletter, for Times subscribers only. Madison Malone Kircher breaks down the internet stories that have your timelines, ...

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Threads isn't for news and politics, says Instagram's boss (The Verge)

Instagram boss Adam Mosseri has taken a stance on news and politics in Threads. In a conversation with Alex Heath, Mosseri says those topics “aren't worth ...

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