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TECH T@LK

Is Instagram all set to launch a new Twitter competitor?

Twitter allows verified users to upload 2-hour long videos

OUR BUREAU included in the leaked marketing is. With the continued worsening of 1080p, reported TechCrunch.
slide. And Meta will apparently have Twitter, many people are looking for Soon after Musk announced
San Francisco, CA
some good moderation controls their next place to share tweet-like the news, several social media users
f reports are to be believed, the from the start, “equipping you with updates, reported Verge. swamped the comment section and
first glimpse of Instagram’s ru- settings to control who can reply to Meanwhile, Elon Musk on shared their reactions.
Imoured text-based Twitter com- you and mention your account,” the Thursday announced that the ver- A user wrote, “Twitter is the
petitor surfaced in a leaked market- slide says. Any accounts the users ified members of the microblog- new Netflix.”
ing clip. have blocked on Instagram will ap- ging site will now be able to upload Another user commented, “so
The slide doesn’t give the app a parently carry over, reported Verge. 2-hour long videos. cool! thanks for makin’ this possi-
separate name -- instead, it just calls The new Instagram text app will Taking to Twitter, Musk wrote, ble!”
it “Instagram’s new text-based app have an element of decentralization “Twitter Blue Verified subscrib- “Welcome to Tweetube,” a user
for conversations” -- but the app is as well. ers can now upload 2-hour videos wrote.
apparently codenamed P92 or, al- “Soon, our app will be com- (8GB)!” Recently, Musk named Linda
ternately, Barcelona, according to patible with certain other apps like According to TechCrunch, a US- Yaccarino as the new Twitter CEO
Haberman, quoted The Verge. Users Mastodon,” Instagram’s slide says. based Tech portal, Twitter has made who will primarily focus on business
will be able to sign in with their Ins- “Users on these other apps will be changes to its paid plan and has ex- operations.
tagram username and password, and able to search for, follow and inter- panded the previous 60-minute limit Musk who bought Twitter for
your followers, handle, bio, and ver- act with your profile and content if to two hours. USD 44 billion last year will contin-
ification will transfer over from the you’re public, or if you’re private and The company also modified its ue to retain a firm grip on the com-
main app. approve them as followers.” (Pre- Twitter Blue page and said the vid- pany and will focus on product de-
In the app, the users will see a sumably that compatibility will come eo file size limit for paid users is now sign and new technology.
feed, and they can make text posts through ActivityPub, which Meta increased from 2GB to 8GB. While He recently announced adding
up to 500 characters long with at- has been exploring alongside other earlier longer video upload was only another update to Twitter allowing
tached links, photos, and videos. tech companies.) possible from the web, now it’s also its verified users to have early access
The app looks pretty much like If the app is released widely, it possible through the iOS app. De- to encrypted messaging service.
if you mixed Instagram and Twitter could make Instagram an even more spite these changes, the maximum The update is currently avail-
together, based on two screenshots popular destination than it already quality for upload still remains able only for verified users.

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