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Donald Trump previously teased that he was writing “the book of all books.”But the ex-president’s first book project after being voted out of office last November is actually going to be a much more image-led affair.Trump this week announced a hardcover coffee-table book chronicling his time in the White House. Winning Team Publishing, a new company created by his son Donald Trump Jr., is releasing the volume.The twice impeached president reportedly handpicked and captioned every picture in “Our Journey Together,” according to the 45books.com website.Some captions are even “in his own handwriting,” per the blurb.The book claims to capture “the greatness of the last four years unlike anything else that has been published,” says the publicity.“Relive the unforgettable moments of President Trump’s time in the White House: building the southern border wall; cutting America’s taxes; confirming almost 300 federal judges and 3 Supreme Court justices; rebuilding our military; creating Space Force; dealing with Kim Jong-Un, President Xi, President Putin, and many other world leaders; and battling liberals on two impeachment witch hunts!” it brags.Signed copies are available to preorder for $229.99. Unsigned copies are priced at $74.99. It is slated to ship in December.With Trump still banned from Twitter following…

On Saturday, November 6, Elon Musk logged onto his Twitter account and appeared to put a multibillion-dollar financial decision into the hands of millions of online voters. “Much is made lately of unrealized gains being a means of tax avoidance, so I propose selling 10% of my Tesla stock. Do you support this?” he asked his followers. “I will abide by the results of this poll, whichever way it goes.” Almost 58% of respondents voted in favor of the sale.  Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold nearly $9 billion worth of stock over the course of two wild weeks. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images True to his word, the electric car billionaire began parting with shares just a few days later. Two weeks in, Musk has sold roughly 8.2 million shares, worth about $8.8 billion—putting billions of dollars into the famously cash-poor billionaire’s pockets, even after he used about $3 billion of the proceeds to pay taxes due from exercising some of his stock options. The sales represent 3.2% of Musk’s Tesla stake, meaning he still has 11.6 million shares—worth about $13.2 billion as of Friday’s market close—left to…

Google introduced Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) back in October 2015. It’s a custom web development framework that helps load pages faster on mobile devices. While this project makes viewing articles (almost) instant, it comes loaded with plenty of disadvantages. As a result, many users rely on apps like DeAMPify to bypass AMP links. Thankfully, that won’t be necessary for Twitter users anymore, as the platform no longer loads AMP versions of web pages on its mobile apps.According to Search Engine Land, Twitter has subtly updated the AMP guidelines on its Developer website. The site now displays a banner on top stating:We’re in the process of discontinuing support for this feature and it will be fully retired in Q4 of 2021.Although Twitter says it will phase out AMP page loads by the end of Q4 2021, Search Engine Land’s data suggests that the rollout may already be complete. In any case, Twitter for iOS and Android will no longer load AMP pages by the end of this year.Google used to force publications to use AMP to appear in its Top Stories carousel. Recently, though, the company dropped this condition. As a result, more and more websites no longer care about supporting and…

Twitter has quietly rolled back its support for Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) on mobile, according to a support page spotted by SEO consultant Christian Oliveira. The support page originally detailed how Twitter would automatically send users of its mobile apps to the AMP version of a page from links posted on the social network. However, at some point since October 21st, Twitter updated the page with a notice saying it’s retiring the feature by the end of the year. According to data from SearchEngineLand, this retirement process appears to have been completed earlier this month. Now, attempting to visit a page from Twitter appears to send users directly to the regular web page, rather than an AMP version that may be available. Twitter’s notice saying it’s retiring the AMP feature. Image: Twitter Although Twitter notes that the AMP allows for “fast-loading, beautiful, high-performing mobile web experiences,” the technology has proved controversial since Google introduced it in 2015. Much of the controversy centered around Google’s perceived control of the project, with some critics claiming that it amounted to Google’s attempt to reinforce its control of the open web. But it also has more basic user interface problems for a platform like…

Home » News » Buzz » Rohit Sharma Won the Toss Against NZ and Cricket Twitter Went Wild With Memes2-MIN READRohit Sharma won the toss and eventually the game against New Zealand as India's newly-appointed T20I captain. India's full-time T20I captain Rohit Sharma started his new innings with a win against New Zealand in Jaipur on Wednesday. News18.com Last Updated:November 18, 2021, 09:19 ISTFOLLOW US ON:India defeated visiting New Zealand in the opening T20I contest in Jaipur by 5 wickets as Rohit Sharma-Rahul Dravid’s new partnership got off to a positive start. But even before India could chase down the target of 165 set by the Black Caps, there were celebratory memes going around the Internet. Indian opener and the newly-appointed full-time T20I skipper Rohit Sharma came out at the Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium and won the toss. We repeat: India won the toss and decided to bowl. What’s the big deal, one might ask. Virat Kohli, who recently stepped down from the shortest form of the game as the leader, was “jinxed" when it came to tossing the coin. In fact, the toss played a key role in the recently concluded T20 World Cup in UAE, and unfortunately for…

S&P Dow Jones Indices is launching the S&P 500 Twitter Sentiment Index, which aims to use the Twitter API to track S&P 500 components that are trending in sentiment. The novel use of Twitter's API scores S&P 500 Index components based on bullish and bearish Tweets. The scoring is done by aggregating Twitter $cashtags such as $WMT, $MSFT and $AMZN. Twitter overhauls developer platform with API v2 upgrades, expanded accessSo far, the S&P 500 Twitter Sentiment Index Series will include:A sentiment index that measures the performance of 200 S&P 500 constituents with the highest sentiment scores. Index constituents are float-adjusted market capitalization weighted. An equal weight version of the S&P 500 Twitter Sentiment Index that equal weights 50 S&P 500 constituents with the highest sentiment scores.Now the analysis of $cashtags can come in handy to spot trending large-cap companies, the S&P Dow Jones Indices may get more mileage and attention by focusing on small-cap firms. Those firms are more likely to become the next meme stock. Here are key points about the mechanics of the S&P 500 Twitter Sentiment Index:The indices will measure sentiment daily through an analysis of Tweets with $cashtags that reference an S&P 500 stock. Via the…

Twitter Inc. has expanded its paid-subscription service known as Twitter Blue to the U.S., allowing subscribers to undo tweets and more for $3 a month. That is all very nice and will appeal to the site’s power users (think politicians, influencers and journalists), but the new features are pretty trivial. Twitter will still show inane personal updates and spam with the odd gem scattered here and there, leaving you feeling like you’ve inhaled a fast-food meal’s worth of empty calories after 30 minutes of scrolling. I’d happily pay Twitter if it would do one thing: hire more people to weed out the spammy content and harassment, and surface more useful tweets about topics I’m interested in. In other words, become more like a publisher than a tech company.It would, admittedly, be a radical pivot. The magic of social media has always been the never-ending well of free, user-generated content. In 2020 Twitter, Meta Platform Inc.’s Facebook and Alphabet’s YouTube together racked up $108 billion in revenue, a number that keeps on growing because we keep returning to their sites, thumbing our newsfeeds for more dopamine hits.  Story continues below advertisementBut even this astonishingly successful business model faces speedbumps. Regulation is coming from at least half a dozen different countries, including…

Publish date:Nov 17, 2021 So long Staples Center, hello.... Crypto.com Arena? The home of the Los Angeles Lakers, Clippers, Kings and WNBA's Sparks is reportedly getting a new name this Christmas, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania. The Athletic contributor Alicia Jessop was the first to report the name change. The Lakers host the Nets on Christmas Day, marking it the first game under the reported new naming rights deal. The final professional basketball game to be in the iconic Staples Center will be Spurs-Lakers on Dec. 23.According to The Los Angeles Times, it will be a 20-year deal between Crypto.com and AEG, the owner and operator of the arena, and the cryptocurrency exchange reportedly paid more than $700 million for the naming rights. It's potentially the biggest naming deal in sports history, but that does not mean that fans are happy about this year's Christmas present. Some may even be searching for a receipt at the bottom of this package. More NBA Coverage:'I Hope People Keep Doubting Us': The Warriors Are Relishing the SkepticismGiannis Hints at Future Milwaukee Exit: 'Next Challenge Might Not Be Here'Cavaliers Rookie Evan Mobley Out 2-4 Weeks With Elbow SprainNBA Power Rankings: Warriors, Nets Battle for No. 1 SpotAll Lakers: DeMar DeRozan Thought…

BANGALORE, India — Earlier this year, Twitter and the Indian government were locked in a bitter showdown.The government, incensed by Twitter’s refusal to take down posts by farmers agitating against agricultural reforms, accused the company of supporting violent protesters — and threatened to jail Twitter employees. The company’s executives hit back, arguing they were defending the right to free speech, a stance they have largely adhered to for a decade.The winner of the dispute? A little-known Indian social media app called Koo.In the months since Twitter’s feud with the government, a parade of Indian cabinet ministers, government agencies and right-wing celebrities have opened accounts on Koo to support a homegrown competitor, bringing millions of Indian followers with them. The sudden spike in visibility has brought Koo a $30 million investment round from Tiger Global and Accel, two U.S. venture capital funds that once bet on another young social media start-up: Facebook. Koo grew from 40 employees at the beginning of the year to more than 200; its app has been downloaded 9 million times, mostly in India but increasingly in Nigeria too.Story continues below advertisementWith its bird logo and scrolling feeds of 400-character posts, called “Koos,” the social network takes…

Investor Michael Burry, made famous in the 2015 movie "The Big Short," took to Twitter Sunday to theorize why Tesla’s Elon Musk decided to sell so many Tesla shares, and then deleted his Twitter account a short time later.  "He doesn’t need cash. He just wants to sell $TSLA," Burry tweeted, suggesting that Musk doesn't see much upside for the stock.The specific reasoning behind Burry's move to delete his account wasn't entirely clear. Tesla and Burry’s Scion Asset Management did not immediately respond to after-hour emails from Fox Business. Burry has held short positions against Telsa in the past. Business Insider pointed out that he said in an interview in June that he was no longer shorting Tesla. Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, stands at a press event on the grounds of the Tesla Gigafactory. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images) ELON MUSK ANNOUNCES TESLA IS MOVING ITS HEADQUARTERS TO AUSTINMusk has been criticized by some as being cavalier as of late when it comes to his stake in the company. He recently took an online poll asking followers if he should sell 10% of his stock in the company, and then trolled Sen. Bernie Sanders,…