Bluesky

User engagement on both Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, and Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads has seen a notable decline, while an alternative platform backed by Jack Dorsey might be on the verge of gaining the most benefit out of rivalry between these...

As one of the earliest accounts on Instagram and an angel investor, Jack Dorsey’s Elon Musk-like stance on ditching social media platforms owned by Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) has sparked a controversy online.  What Happened: Twitter, now rebranded as X, co-founder Dorsey has...

A growing number of users might be contemplating abandoning Elon Musk's Twitter for Meta Platforms Inc.'s (NASDAQ:META) Threads, but it appears some still think it is just another alternative that will soon die down.  What Happened: On Friday, a Twitter user who goes by the name Nathan Lands...

Meta Platforms Inc.'s (NASDAQ:META) decentralized social media platform, "Threads," has been live for a few hours now and it has reportedly garnered up to two million sign-ups already. While Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears to be having the time of his life, netizens are questioning whether Elon...

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has asked Jack Sweeney, the Florida student who is tracking Elon Musk's private jet on Twitter, to continue doing so and share the same updates on rival apps Bluesky and Nostr. On Saturday, the two had a brief...

Elon Musk’s potential implementation of free Twitter subscriptions raises questions about possible plans similar to Jack Dorsey’s Bluesky.  What Happened: On Saturday, a Twitter user tagged Musk, saying there should be a way to gift people free subscriptions on the platform — and...

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who once said he was happy to have Elon Musk join the company's board, is now criticizing the controversial CEO and his handling of the company.  On Friday, users on Dorsey's Twitter alternative Bluesky ...

One of the many potential social media companies that could rival Twitter as the latter sees a handful of changes under its new CEO is Bluesky.  What Happened: Decentralized social media company Bluesky counts Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey as an investor and could be a competitor to...

Bluesky, a Twitter alternative backed by Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey, is now available on Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google Play Store, after rolling out on Apple‘s App Store in February.  But Wait: However, there...

Backed by Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey, Bluesky inches closer to public release with an App Store arrival.  What Happened: Bluesky, the Twitter alternative backed by Dorsey, has started giving access through an invite-only beta to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) users.  With Bluesky...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey announced he was stepping down from the CEO role in November 2021. The news came with the announcement that Twitter’s Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal would become the new CEO of the social media platform company. Agrawal served as...

Twitter Inc. (NASDAQ: TWTR) co-founder Jack Dorsey on Tuesday unveiled a new decentralized social media protocol, called ‘The AT Protocol.’ What Happened: The new protocol will be a part of the Dorsey-founded BlueSky app, a decentralized “browser” with access to...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) offshoot Bluesky has released its first open-source code for a decentralized social network. What Happened: In a May 4 announcement, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber said that the project had released “ADX, the Authenticated Data Experiment” on GitHub. “Feel free to...

Bluesky, the project developing a decentralized Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) alternative announced in 2019, distanced itself from its parent company after it was acquired by tech tycoon and the world's richest man Elon Musk. What Happened: In a Monday Twitter thread,...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) CEO Jack Dorsey has picked cryptocurrency developer and privacy veteran Jay Graber to lead efforts to build a decentralized social media network dubbed Bluesky. What Happened: Graber, who contributed to the ZCash (CRYPTO: ZEC) project, announced the news on Twitter on...