{"id":2018058,"date":"2023-08-31T12:59:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T16:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-accelerates-push-for-x-everything-app-with-plans-for-job-listings-and-address-books\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T13:03:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T17:03:43","slug":"musk-accelerates-push-for-x-everything-app-with-plans-for-job-listings-and-address-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-accelerates-push-for-x-everything-app-with-plans-for-job-listings-and-address-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk speeds up quest for X &#8216;all-in-one app&#8217; with job listings and address books in the pipeline."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmusk-accelerates-push-for-x-everything-app-with-plans-for-job-listings-and-address-books%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2018058&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Elon Musk&#8217;s\u2063 Vision for X: Transforming into an &#8220;Everything App&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Elon\u200c Musk, the visionary\u2063 entrepreneur, is determined to take X, formerly known\u200c as Twitter, to new heights by expanding its functionalities and competing\u200c with the broader app market. His ambitious &#8220;everything app&#8221; strategy includes the \u2063addition\u2062 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vanita-gupta-says-she-backs-15-livable-wage-her-family-business-pays-mexicans-1-30-an-hour\/\" title=\"Vanita Gupta Says She Backs  \u2018Livable Wage.\u2019 Her Family Business Pays Mexicans .30 an Hour.\">job listings<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paul-pelosi-attack-video-to-be-released-today\/\" title=\"Paul Pelosi Attack Video to Be Released Today\">audio calls<\/a> to X&#8217;s growing list of features.<\/p>\n<h3>Creating\u200c a Comprehensive Platform<\/h3>\n<p>Musk recently shared multiple updates on\u2063 his vision for\u2062 X, emphasizing his\u200c desire to transform it from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-accelerates-push-for-x-everything-app-with-plans-for-job-listings-and-address-books\/\" title=\"Musk speeds up quest for X 'all-in-one app' with job listings and address books in the pipeline.\">mere social media platform<\/a>\u2062 into a versatile tool for various aspects of everyday life. He aims\u200c to incorporate \u2063audio\/video calls and even introduce tools to rival LinkedIn, \u200bthe job-focused social network.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;People send me\u200d LinkedIn links sometimes, but the cringe level is so\u2062 high that I just can&#8217;t bring myself to use it, so I ask for the \u200bresume or bio to \u200bbe emailed,&#8221; Musk posted. &#8220;We will make sure that the X competitor to LinkedIn is cool.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Musk hinted at\u2062 this feature back in May and further solidified \u2064his plans by acquiring the job-matching startup Laskie. This expansion aligns with \u200dhis broader goal of increasing data collection within the company. \u2062X&#8217;s\u200d updated privacy policy now includes the collection of job and education-related data, \u2062as\u2063 well as the request for biometric data for \u2064safety and identification purposes.<\/p>\n<h3>Enhancing Communication and Privacy<\/h3>\n<p>Musk \u2062also \u2064revealed that X will soon\u2063 introduce video and \u2062audio calls, making it a versatile communication platform across\u2063 iOS, Android, Mac, and PC. This \u2064feature aims \u2062to provide an &#8220;effective \u200bglobal address\u2062 book&#8221; without the need for a phone number, potentially challenging\u2063 Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>Premium users \u2063of X now\u200d have the option to\u200d hide their &#8220;Likes&#8221; tab on their profile, ensuring that\u2063 their\u2063 content remains private. This feature was introduced following an incident where Musk faced\u200d criticism on Twitter for liking a tweet featuring content from the anime Death Note.<\/p>\n<h3>Musk&#8217;s \u200dRapid Changes and Future Challenges<\/h3>\n<p>Musk \u200dhas \u2063been driving rapid changes within X in recent\u2064 weeks. He announced the removal of the ability to block users and the elimination of headlines from news articles on the\u2064 platform, making it harder to discern the details of \u2064a story at a glance. \u2063Additionally, he has limited\u2062 access to links from competitors and critical news\u200d outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Since before acquiring X, Musk has been determined to transform it into an &#8220;everything app&#8221; akin to China&#8217;s WeChat. He has already taken \u2062steps to establish it as an online transaction platform, improve visual \u2063hosting, enhance direct messages, and introduce various \u200dother features. However, the company must address\u2062 its income problems, as ad revenue has dropped by 50% in the past year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE\u2062 FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk urges X (formerly Twitter) to expand its features, including job listings and audio calls, to compete in the app market. He envisions X as an &#8220;everything app&#8221; and shared updates on Thursday, emphasizing its potential and future growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2018059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2018058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2018058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2018059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2018058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2018058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2018058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}