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The popular live video streaming service Periscope is now saying goodbye. Owned by Twitter, Periscope will be completely shut down on April 1, 2021, following the app’s removal from the iOS App Store and Google Play.

Twitter has been working on several new features recently, and we have covered some of them here in the last few weeks. Now the social network is considering implementing emoji reactions for other tweets, just as Facebook does for posts.

Twitter announced today it is now testing full YouTube video support in its iOS app. This will give users the ability to watch full YouTube videos without leaving the Twitter app.

The Florida teenager who took control of well-known Twitter accounts last year has agreed to plead guilty in exchange for a three-year prison sentence, according to the Tampa Bay Times. The 18-year-old hacked accounts including Apple’s, Bill Gates’, and Joe Biden’s.

As Twitter plans to release its new Spaces audio feature to all users starting next month, the company has been implementing new features to make the platform more interesting for content creators. 9to5Mac has found additional evidence on iOS that Twitter is developing a “Tip Jar” feature to let Spaces users support content creators with donations.

Through an app update today, Twitter teased plans to roll out its Spaces voice-chatting feature broadly. Once this feature is available, anyone can create live rooms with up to 10 people speaking and unlimited numbers can join to listen.

Twitter announced today that it’s testing an improved design for sharing images on its social network. After several controversies about what the algorithm chose to display, the company is testing new ways to share images to show larger and higher quality images inline with the Timeline.

TweetDeck is an alternative Twitter platform owned by the social network that offers a number of different features, such as accessing multiple timelines in columns and scheduling tweets. After 10 years without any significant updates, Twitter has confirmed that it’s finally working on a “big overhaul” of TweetDeck.

Twitter has announced a handful of new features recent: Spaces, Fleets, the acquisition of the newsletter product Revue, and the Super Follow function, which will let people pay creators on Twitter for special content.

In a new interview with the Verge, Kayvon Beykpour, Twitter head of consumer products, addressed the new Super Follow feature and sharing a 30% cut with Apple.

A new report from The Wall Street Journal today says that India’s movement has “threatened to jail employees” of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter. This comes as the rift between India officials and social media companies continues to grow.

A Twitter edit button may still be a distant dream, but the company is testing a feature that would at least address the problem of spotting a typo the moment you press the Tweet button.

An animation shows Twitter giving you a few seconds to undo a tweet before it is actually posted …

As Twitter has been working on new ways to monetize its platform, the social network is now implementing new e-commerce features that will be extremely useful for those who sell products online.

iOS 14 introduced several privacy changes that are now becoming mandatory for developers, which has resulted in some large companies being unhappy with Apple. However, Twitter CFO Ned Segal said that he’s not worried about these changes, as he believes that this could even have a positive impact on smaller companies.

Twitter has been implementing several features against misinformation and fake news, which includes a new alert introduced during the US elections for users who try to like or share a misleading tweet. Now, the company has announced new labels for tweets with misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and also a new strike system to warn users who create such content.

During an Analyst event today, Twitter revealed at least part of the paid subscription service it’s been working on for some time. It’s called “Super Follow” and will allow users to get exclusive content, deals, and community access to creators for $4.99/month. Other announcements include the testing of a new groups feature, “Safety mode,” company growth goals, and more.

Back in May of 2020, Twitter started testing a feature on iOS aimed at helping users rethink a reply before hitting the send button when it might contain offensive language. After pausing the testing, Twitter has announced today that it has relaunched the experiment.

Twitter has posted about half a dozen new open positions for its in the works subscription service, and this time the new roles include two that are specifically for iOS engineers. Last summer we saw Twitter accidentally publicly revealed its new Gryphon team that’s working on a subscription product in a job listing before quickly redacting the mention of a subscription.

Apple will soon require all developers to ask users before tracking them across the web, and companies like Facebook have been criticizing these changes as they affect their business models. Now Twitter claims that the privacy changes in iOS 14 will also have “modest impact” on the company’s revenue.