Twitter Fights For Mainstream Adoption With Facebook-ish Updates
 

Twitter Fights For Mainstream Adoption With Facebook-ish Updates
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During Twitter's first earnings call as a public company in early February CEO Dick Costolo emphasized that his goal is "to reach every person on the planet."

"In 2014," he added, "we're focused on building a Twitter that is truly accessible and valuable to everyone." What better way to do that than by borrowing some of the look and feel from the social network that's come closest to that goal: Facebook

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Twitter unveiled a new design for profile pages on Tuesday with more prominent lead images and the option to choose a top tweet to display. As many, many users quickly pointed out, the design makes Twitter look that much more similar to Facebook. That might **t be such a bad thing. Read more...

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