report says
Edward Snowden may soon have more space to write: Twitter is considering allowing its posts to stretch beyond 140 characters, according to a report citing unnamed sources on tech news website Re/code.
Twitter has struggled with flattening growth and is still in the midst of a search for a new CEO, with co-founder Jack Dorsey running the company in the interim.
Dorsey has been voluble about his perception of a need for change at Twitter and on the company’s most recent earnings call was frank about his disappointment with the status quo.
Other reports have speculated that Twitter will allow features making it easier to “tweetstorm,” or send multiple numbered tweets as a timeline-filling mini-essay in the manner of popular Twitter users like tech entrepreneur Marc Andreessen and New Republic editor Jeet Heer. Heer said on Twitter that he didn’t like the idea of longer tweets.
“ Product initiatives we’ve mentioned in previous earnings calls, like instant timelines and logged-out experiences, have not yet had meaningful impact on growing our audience or participation,” Dorsey told investors on the company’s most recent earnings call. “This is unacceptable and we’re not happy about it.”
Twitter most recently reported having 316m monthly active users - about one-fifth of Facebook’s user count - and it is looking for ways to increase that number, though it has had a great deal of success with advertising and monetization of Its existing user base. Brian Wieser of Pivotal Research said the company was overperforming by any reasonable metric except its own.
The company’s stock has rocked back and forth over the last year, largely due to fluctuating guidance from Twitter’s own executives. But it would be wrong to paint Twitter as the only social media company planning major changes to its user experience: Facebook is rumoured to be trying out a “dislike” button (actually, the safest locution for it is probably “ buttons other than ‘like’,” given that Mark Zuckerberg
wasn’t clear on what exactly his product team was testing when he broke the news earlier in September), and Instagram will soon have video ads that are 30 seconds long.
Dorsey Is indeed the impetus for the change (which may not happen), an unnamed Twitter employee told Re/code: “ Having Jack come in and say it’s OK makes all the difference in the world.”
source: The Guardian
A Twitter may be considering its posts being stretched beyond 140 characters.
B The company has shown remarkable growth in 2015, even
according to its own metric.
C Co-founder Jack Dorsey is leading the company for the time
being.
D Many users have already gone around the character limit by
sending multiple tweets in a row.
E Re/code editor Jeet Heer was not enthusiastic about the
possible change.
F Twitter users are five times more active than Facebook users.
G Twitter is looking to increase its user base to the highest
possible number.
H The existing user base has not responded well to advertising.
1 Twitter’s stock has gone back and forth over the last year
due to fluctuating guidance from its own executives.
J Co-founder Jack Dorsey may not have a word in this issue.
Let’s
celebrate!
b y Á gnes Salánki a n d István Dezsényi
C elebrating special occasions is som ething w e all
look forward to. It’s good to give and g et presents, to prepare fo r birthdays, name days, family reunions. The
festive food, th e w arm atm osphere m ake these special days memorable fo r a long tim e. T hough children are usually e xcited a b o u t celebrating because they can get presents, it’s n o t th e main th in g a b o u t the celebrations. A nd you d o n ’t necessarily have to spend a lot o f m oney on big and expensive presents. Cheap ha n d -m ad e gifts th a t you prepare w ith yo u r ow n hands can som etim es m ake som eone happier than expensive store-bought
ones. The beauty o f the celebration is in the fa c t th a t w e can be to g e th e r w ith o ur fam ily w ith o ur loved ones and w e can spend o ur special m om ents enjoying each o th e r’s c o m p a n y W e break o ut o f the m o n o to n y and
th e rat-race o f o ur everyday life and can feel th a t fo r som e tim e w e are in the fo c u s o f a ttention and w e are im portant. We can celebrate big events like birthdays, nam e days, wedding anniversaries, graduations,
fam ily reunions, but, o f course, there are also sm aller o cca sio ns w o rth celebrating, like m oving into a new house or fla t or su cce ssfu lly passing an exam . W e can ce le b ra te a t h o m e and d e c o ra te o u r h o m e in a s p e cia l w a y o r w e can g o to a re sta u ra n t o r a p u b
to throw a party. C h ild re n like to in vite th e ir frie n d s o r c la s s m a te s o ve r to a b irth d a y p a rty and th e y lo o k fo rw a rd to th e e ve n t m o n th s in a dvance. A s tim e passes and w e g e t o ld e r o u r c e le b ra tio n s g e t sm a lle r and m ore intimate. W e cherish th e c o m p a n y o f o u r loved ones and a p p re c ia te th e sp e cia l tim e w e can sp e n d to g e th e r w ith them .
What other occasions can we celebrate? Here is a list for you:
New Year’s Eve - szilveszter Valentine’s Day - Valentin-nap Women’s Day - Nőnap Easter - Húsvét Pentecost - Pünkösd Mother’s Day - Anyák napja Halloween - halloween All Saints’ Day - halottak napja Santa Claus - Mikulás Christmas - karácsony
And the national holidays:
March 15th - Day of the March Revolution 1848 - március 15- e, az 1848-as forradalom ünnepe May 1st - Worker’s Day - május 1-je, a munka ünnepe August 20th - Day of the Foundation of the State - augusztus 20-a, az államalapítás ünnepe
October 23rd - Day of the 1956 Revolution - október 23-a, az 1956-os forradalom ünnepe
occasion e 'k e i30n] esemény
to look forw ard to luk] [ fo wad] nagyon várni valamit
fam ily reunion fasmali] [faemali] családi összejövetel
festive festiv] ünnepi, ünnepélyes
m emorable memarabl] emlékezetes
store-bought sto bo t] üzletben vásárolt
the ra t-ra ce ræt] [reis] mindennapok rohanása
wedding anniversary w ediq] [,æni v3S9ri] házassági évforduló
graduation græ d3 u'eijan] lediplomázás
to throw a party 0reu] p a rtit rendezni
intim ate in tim e t] bensőséges
to cherish tferíj] becsben tartani
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