{"id":152188,"date":"2023-07-25T12:49:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T07:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=152188"},"modified":"2023-07-25T12:49:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T07:19:47","slug":"twitter-replaces-iconic-bird-logo-with-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/twitter-replaces-iconic-bird-logo-with-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter replaces iconic bird logo with \u2018X\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Twitter replaces iconic bird logo with \u2018X\u2019:<\/strong> Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, unveiled the new Twitter &#8216;X&#8217; design, which replaced the original bird emblem. Musk&#8217;s desire for a &#8220;everything app&#8221; has kept the &#8220;X&#8221; logo in the works for some time. Before he bought Twitter for $44 billion, Musk described the platform as \u201can accelerant to creating X, the everything app\u201d \u2013 something he plans to launch eventually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/daily-current-affairs-and-quiz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz: July 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s in News?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elon Musk said on July 23rd that he had a plan to modify the Twitter design, and on Monday morning he changed the iconic bird emblem with a white &#8216;X&#8217; on a black background. The <strong>domain X.com is now being redirected to Twitter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The official Twitter account-@Twitter-has also been renamed &#8216;X&#8217; as part of the branding, with only the new logo as a profile picture and a bio that reads &#8220;What&#8217;s happening?!&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mobile apps still appear to feature the blue bird though it is likely this will change once they are updated.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other Twitter accounts appear to be in the process of being changed, with accounts for creators- <strong>@TwitterCreator<\/strong> and verification- <strong>@verified<\/strong> having been changed while others, notably the main support account- <strong>@TwitterSupport<\/strong> still showing the blue bird at the time of writing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What does logo \u2018X\u2019 means?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter&#8217;s makeover is more than just a cosmetic effort. The &#8216;X&#8217; logo is part of a bigger push to transform Twitter into a &#8220;everything app&#8221; modelled after China&#8217;s WeChat, which allows users to do everything from make payments to book hotel rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Background of logo \u2018X\u2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As soon as Musk took over as Twitter CEO, the site\u2019s legal name was changed <strong>to X Corp<\/strong>. Elon Musk has frequently shown an affinity towards the alphabet X. His spacecraft engineering company is named <strong>SpaceX<\/strong> and <strong>Tesla\u2019s first SUV model<\/strong>, launched in 2015, was named <strong>Model X<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter replaces iconic bird logo with \u2018X\u2019: Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, unveiled the new Twitter &#8216;X&#8217; design, which replaced the original bird emblem. 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