Elon Musk rebrands Twitter as X, ditching the blue bird
Twitter has a new logo and name: X. Elon Musk, its billionaire owner, wants to create a super app. Some users like it, some don’t.
Twitter has a new logo and name: X. Elon Musk, its billionaire owner, wants to create a super app. Some users like it, some don’t.
T witter has undergone a rebranding, replacing its iconic blue bird logo with a white X on a black background.
In addition to the logo change, Twitter’s owner, Elon Musk, has announced that the term “Tweets” will be replaced with “x’s” for posts on the platform.
Musk himself has embraced the rebranding by changing his profile picture to the new logo and adding “X.com” to his Twitter bio.
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