ETtech Explainer: What is XChat, the new DM feature coming to XElon Musk's X is testing a new direct messaging feature called XChat for beta users. This feature will replace the existing DM system. XCha...
31 May, 2025, 05.39 PM IST
Elon Musk's X increases max direct message group size to 200Enrique, a product engineer at X, posted on Tuesday, 'Max DM group size has been increased from 150 to 200. And a cool improvement coming t...
23 Aug, 2023, 09.49 AM IST
Twitter rolls out encrypted direct messages: How to enable it & what are the limitationsWhile the feature has been available on WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram, Twitter encrypted DMs come with limitations that may not appeal to p...
12 May, 2023, 02.22 PM IST
Elon Musk announces launch of encrypted DMs for Twitter Blue subscribersOn Tuesday, Musk had revealed other soon-to-be-incorporated features in the micro-blogging site, including voice and video call, and DM (di...
11 May, 2023, 03.47 PM IST
WhatsApp cannot be trusted, warns Elon Musk; billionaire says Twitter will soon allow calls, encrypted messagingElon Musk announced on the microblogging platform that Twitter is finally allowing users to send a DM reply to any message in the thread an...
10 May, 2023, 02.25 PM IST
Twitter to roll out individual DM replies, encryptionTwitter Boss Elon Musk has said that the company is seeking to enable responding to individual direct messages (DM), use any reaction emoji...
05 Mar, 2023, 04.14 PM IST
Twitter removes ‘Direct Message’ button on Android and iOSTwitter has reportedly removed the Direct Message (DM) button on its Android and iOS mobile apps. The move is said to be part of the compan...
29 Jan, 2023, 10.57 PM IST
SpiceJet pilot gets poetic during in-flight announcement, Twitter finds it endearingIn the video, the flight's captain delivers the announcement in a quirky way.
17 Dec, 2022, 07.17 PM IST
Snapchat down: Users face issues as messages fail to deliverThough Snapchat did not release official communication about what led to this outage, the Snapchat Support account on Twitter asked users t...
30 Sep, 2022, 01.05 PM IST
Watch: Monkey grabs district magistrate's glasses in Vrindavan, video goes viralRecently, a video has gone viral on the Internet, where a Monkey can be seen stealing the spectacles of a senior government official and co...
22 Aug, 2022, 01.29 PM IST
Unable to find older conversations? Twitter's DM search comes to your rescueThis feature was already available on iOS for almost 2 yrs before Twitter added it to Android.
24 Mar, 2022, 07.28 PM IST
Twitter will now let you pin up to six DM conversations in your inboxThe feature will be rolled out for iOS, Android and web users.
18 Feb, 2022, 08.00 AM IST
Twitter testing voice messages in DMs in IndiaThe microblogging platform said the experiment will be rolled out in phases to Indian audiences.
17 Feb, 2021, 11.35 AM IST
Twitter says DMs of 36 accounts, breached in hack; Dutch lawmaker's handle compromised tooSeveral of Twitter's employees were manipulated by hackers.
23 Jul, 2020, 11.33 AM IST
Varun Gandhi urges action against Pilibhit SP, DM for taking out procession during Janata curfew"While many people, including myself, are in self-quarantine and India battles Covid-19 on a war footing, the conduct of the SP and DM of P...
23 Mar, 2020, 07.59 PM IST
Twitter outage 2.0: Micro-blogging platform goes down for the second time in less than two weeksTwitter acknowledged the outage on its verified account.
12 Jul, 2019, 11.20 AM IST
Twitter raises direct message limit to 10,000 charactersTwitter said it has increased the Direct Message limit to 10,000 characters from the existing 140, enabling the users to send longer privat...
13 Aug, 2015, 05.24 PM IST