Jack Dorsey's Twitter Inc.'s Turn 10

The micro-blogging platform that has been making the headline for quite some time now has officially turned ten; maybe it should be treated like a ten year as well.

Twitter Inc. has officially marked its tenth anniversary; since its inception on March 21, 2006, the micro-blogging website has managed to go public and has accomplished to get over 300 million users on its platform. It has launched a two and a half minute video where it has penned to get a ‘thank you’ note across to the users all around the globe.

However, like most ten year olds, the social media platform is still misunderstood by many and its shareholders have been confused about the power of it ever since it came into being. In its 2 minute note, the social networking website had tried to summarize all that it has done and what the website actually stands for.

Much of what the company had tried to portray in the video signifies that it has been a great platform for breaking news from the Tsunami to the Arab Spring events; it has nicely shown how Twitter was the perfect platform to get informed. Furthermore, it has also highlighted how the platform has served as a Social Activist platform as many movement were began on it, some of which include the ‘Black Lives Matter’, ‘Bring Back out Girls’ etc. all of which were the most popular and trending hashtags.

The video further goes on to show popular tweets from celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, LeBron James along with other public figures including Malala Yousufzai, Emma Watson etc. Other videos and GIFs that had gone viral on the platform throughout that time were also showcased in the video.

The author of the note tried to write the message under the platform’s 140-character count limit. Initially however he goes past the character limit but brings it back to the initial count. This move by the writer signifies that micro-blogging platform’s commitment to the character limit. Initially there were rumors that they were going to get rid of the character limit exactly how they did in their direct messages however Jack Dorsey got rid of that idea as it didn’t reflect the purpose of the platform. They did not want to lose the essence of Tweet just to attract more customers; it would have been a desperate move on the company’s part to copy Facebook, Inc.

Despite the fact that Twitter Inc. had a tough time proving itself throughout these ten years, it has managed to become a popular platform for politics and a marketing place for companies. This fact is undeniable that along those lines it has definitely proved itself to be useful. The CEO who was also the co-founder of the platform, has been given the challenging task of Fixing Twitter which, on one hand, many believe that he is capable of while on the other hand, many say that since he is also the CEO of a payment solutions company, Square, might not be able to fulfill the task.

Facebook, Google and Snapchat To Up their Security Game

The social networking websites have decided to provide even stronger security platform to its customers amid Apple and FBI's battle.

Caught in a battle between Apple, Inc. the FBI and the US Government over encryption, a number of technology companies have decided to increase security on their platform. These technology companies include, Google, Snapchat as well as Facebook Inc.

Facebook Inc. wants its users to feel as secure as possible; the social media network already encrypts its WhatsApp, instant-messaging app’s messaging but it is now working on applying encryption to the voice calls as well as group messaged. As per a report by The Guardian that was published on Monday, the social networking website is also working on increasing the security on its Messenger chat tool. The service presently has over 1 billion users, and it wants to make sure that they are on a network on which they feel safe and have their photos, videos and call private.

Another social media app, Snapchat, which is a video messaging app, is also working on building an enhanced security feature for the application, as per the report by The Guardian who cited two people close to the matter. On the other hand, all of these tech giants have signed a ‘friend of the court’ brief showing support for Apple Inc., as the iPhone maker fights a battle with the government authorities over accessing data on a terrorist iPhone that was involved in the San Bernardino attack.

Additionally, Google is also working on making its platform more secure, for now, its investigating on whether encryption can be applied to other products that the search engine giant has been using as part of its End to End Project. Back in 2014, Google has revealed that it was working on its End to End email encryption Project with one of the oldest search engine websites on the internet, Yahoo! Inc. however they were constantly running into obstacles while implementing it.

Facebook is looking at making its instant messaging app, WhatsApp more secure as it is likely to be a part of a wiretapping lawsuit. This case could be quite similar to that of Apple Inc. and the FBI as the Federal Bureau would force the social networking platform for decrypt the messages or even the voice calls to disclose the communication that might have took place between the terrorists. Last month, as part of a drug investigation a Facebook executive was jailed because he failed to supply certain information regarding the instant messaging app to the officials.

Furthermore, despite of being in an intense argument with the Federal officials, Apple Inc. is planning on taken drastic measures to develop an even stronger security system for its iPhones. In the upcoming models, it is safe to say that even the tech organization itself will not be break down the security on the future iPhones.