Elon Musk replaces Twitter's blue bird logo with 'Doge' meme
San Francisco: The change is currently only visible on the web version of Twitter and not on the app. The move comes as part of Musk's ongoing efforts to shake things up at the company since he acquired it in a $44 billion deal last year. Bloomberg has reported that the value of Dogecoin rose by almost 30% following the logo change.
Elon Musk announced the change of Twitter's classic blue bird logo to the "doge" meme on his Twitter account. To confirm the update, he posted a meme of a police officer checking a document, while Doge says it's an old photo. Additionally, Musk shared a screenshot of a conversation he had with a Twitter user before taking over the company, where he asked if there was a need for a new platform. The user suggested that Musk should buy Twitter and replace the blue bird logo with a Doge, to which Musk replied "as promised."
Since taking over Twitter in October, Elon Musk has implemented a number of changes to the platform. One recent change is that Twitter will be ending its old verified program on April 1, and users will have to pay $8 per month for a verified blue checkmark.
In a separate incident, Twitter removed the verified check mark from the New York Times' Twitter page after the company refused to pay for it. In response to a comment from a user about random users being verified while the New York Times wasn't, Musk said that the company did exactly what he wanted them to do.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 3, 2023
As promised pic.twitter.com/Jc1TnAqxAV
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 3, 2023
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Online fraud: Hotel chef from Udupi cheated of over Rs 1 lakh by WhatsApp contact
Udupi: Udupi City Police have registered a case of online fraud after a 62-year-old hotel chef was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.13 lakh by a woman who befriended him on WhatsApp, claiming to be based in London.
The victim, identified as Pandu Kariappa Poojary, a resident of Kuthpadi in Udupi, was working at a hotel in Mangaluru.
He reportedly came into contact with a woman identifying herself as Emilda William on WhatsApp. During their interactions, she told Poojary that she planned to start a cosmetics and hotel business in India and would meet him during a visit to Mangaluru.
On April 7, Emilda sent Poojary a flight ticket from London to Delhi via WhatsApp. The following day, Poojary received a phone call from a woman who informed him that Emilda had arrived at Delhi airport carrying a demand draft worth Rs 5 crore along with other items. The caller allegedly asked him to pay Rs 70,000.
Subsequently, Poojary also received a call from Emilda, who was reportedly crying and spoke about the situation. Believing the claims, he transferred a total of Rs 1,13,300 in phases using a scanner. He later realised that he had been cheated.
