Elon Musk has officially bought Twitter. 

  Elon Musk officially acquired Twitter today for $44 billion then promptly fired several executives as soon as he stepped in the door. In one of his first decisions at the helm of the social media giant, Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, fired three top executives including CEO Parag Agrawal, multiple United States-based media outlets reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Twitter first accepted Elon  Musk’s original offer to buy Twitter back in April, but the Tesla CEO threatened to back out of the deal just…

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Twitter expands access to its experimental Status feature but not to its paid subscribers

  Twitter expands access to its experimental Status feature but not to its paid subscriber Twitter’s throwback feature,  is today expanding its list of potential status updates to choose from, in a continuation of tests that began this July. The status feature, which is something of a cross between MySpace moods and a Facebook status, allows users to tag posts with an additional expression beyond the tweet itself like “shower thoughts,” “spoiler alert” or “picture of the day.” Other new status options now available include ‘Breaking news’, ‘Games’, ‘Pet of…

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