The X that serves as a new logo to Twitter landed in the last hours in the mobile application of the social network and in the headquarters of the company in San Francisco (USA), one more step in the change of image decided by the billionaire Elon Musk.
In an update to its app available since Friday, Twitter replaced the blue bird icon with a white X on a black background.
The change, which had already reached the desktop version, will be visible from now on the screens of millions of smartphones that have downloaded the application of the popular social network, once they update it.
Almost in parallel, the Musk-owned company finished the installation on top of its headquarters of a large X after having removed the previous logo from the building.
The businessman himself shared on Twitter early this Saturday two videos in which you can see that X illuminated at nightfall.
The change, like almost everything that happens with the company since Musk took it over, has not been without controversy, as the authorities of San Francisco opened an investigation because the company allegedly did not have the appropriate permits for the installation.
Musk has said in recent days that the new logo is more than a simple makeover and is a first step toward a broader transformation of the $44 billion firm.
The choice of the X as the new logo was explained by Musk in this last message: "Twitter was bought by X Corp (his company) to guarantee freedom of expression and as an accelerator for X, the application for everything," he said.
That is why he announced that the new Twitter, or X, will have in the coming months new potentialities such as including "integral communications" (which he does not explain clearly), in addition to "the ability to direct your entire financial world."
The X logo can be seen on all mobiles. Photo Reuters
TikTok goes on Twitter
On the same day that Elon Musk surprised by removing the bird's name and logo from Twitter as part of his supposed transition to an "app for everything" called X, TikTok mischievously announced that it will start allowing its users to post text messages.
The popular Chinese-owned app, known for choreographed dances, often ridiculous "challenges" and other short videos, didn't give much explanation for the new feature.
It said in a statement that the service "pushes the boundaries of content creation" by showcasing written creations that users had previously had to share in the comments section or in their video descriptions.
TikTok announced the new feature Monday night.
At the moment it is unknown to what extent users have adopted text publications on their first day of availability.
That's partly because searching for variations of the term "text posting" often results in examples of a popular video genre, focused on phone message conversations, usually selected for humorous purposes. There were also a few brave users who offered video explanations of how to make text posts.
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