This week, Twitter unveiled its new official mark, replacing its iconic bird logo with the letter “X.” This change comes following Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media platform.
The website x.com now directs to twitter.com as well. Musk referred to the new design as “interim,” indicating that further logo changes may occur in the future.
Tech portal TechCrunch reports that the social network may continue to alter its logo. Musk has suggested that eventually, the Twitter brand and all birds may be phased out. Musk updated his profile picture to the new Twitter logo on Sunday.
Since the world’s richest person’s takeover of Twitter, the platform has undergone several changes, including offering the verified blue tick as a premium service and paying content creators a share of the platform’s ad sales.
In May, he appointed Linda Yaccarino, a former NBC Universal advertising executive, as the CEO of X by Elon Musk, emphasizing the platform’s focus on advertising.
What is X.com?
In 1999, Elon Musk, Harris Fricker, Christopher Payne, and Ed Ho co-founded an online bank called X.com in Palo Alto, California. The company merged with Confinity Inc., a software company that had developed an easy payment system, in 2000, and the merged entity was renamed PayPal.
eBay acquired PayPal for US$1.5 billion in 2002. PayPal was spun off and became an independent company in 2015. On July 23, 2023, the X.com website was redirected to Twitter after Musk acquired the social networking service and rebranded it as X.
What made Elon so famous?
Elon Musk, an entrepreneur, has gained worldwide recognition as the CEO of Tesla Inc. (TSLA), an electric car manufacturer, and SpaceX, a private space agency.
Source: Twitter, wikipedia.