Mobile apps still appear to feature the blue bird, though it is likely this will change once they are updated. NEWS PEGMusk’s decision to replace Twitter’s iconic bird is both shocking and inevitable. On the one hand, he is jettisoning one of the company’s most recognizable assets—Larry, as it’s known, has represented Twitter for more than a decade—and whose features, including color and “tweets,” permeate the entire platform. On the other hand, Musk has been open about his ambition to transform Twitter into an “everything app” called ‘X, in the vein of Chinese tech behemoth WeChat. He later shared an image of the new logo projected onto the company’s headquarters.

Source: Forbes July 25, 2023 06:31 UTC