{"id":222233,"date":"2023-04-13T09:36:56","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T13:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=282679"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:32:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:32:18","slug":"end-era-twitter-inc-now-is-x-corp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/end-era-twitter-inc-now-is-x-corp\/","title":{"rendered":"The End of an Era? Twitter Inc. Transforms into X Corp."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For better or worse (more like worse, let&#8217;s be honest), from the moment <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1585341984679469056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Elon Musk<\/strong> set foot in <strong>Twitter<\/strong>&#8216;s headquarters with that famous sink<\/a>, many of us knew that the Twitter we knew would change forever. And boy, has it.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/dc4321da-9b2e-11e6-b8c8-00163ed833e7\/107793415\/twitter-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Twitter<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What began with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/elon-musk-offers-buy-twitter-5420-per-share-2022-04-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">a &#8220;warm-up&#8221;<\/a> by the eccentric billionaire on his Twitter account, ended up deriving (after several tug-of-war) in <strong>the purchase of 100% of the company for $44 billion<\/strong>, proclaiming himself lord and master of the company. What preceded his arrival is well known: Musk wanted to clean up and, like any businessman without much desire to eat his brains, he decided to lay off thousands of workers to cut costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, more than 5 months after Elon Musk took over one of the largest social networks in the world, the tycoon has taken a step that will completely change the future of the company: <strong>Twitter Inc. becomes X Corp<\/strong>., ceasing to exist entirely as Twitter Inc, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cand.395023\/gov.uscourts.cand.395023.123.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">court document<\/a> filed in California, United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Twitter-se-cae-en-todo-el-mundo-800x450-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-222239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Twitter-se-cae-en-todo-el-mundo-800x450-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Twitter-se-cae-en-todo-el-mundo-800x450-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Twitter-se-cae-en-todo-el-mundo-800x450-1-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Twitter-se-cae-en-todo-el-mundo-800x450-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Twitter-se-cae-en-todo-el-mundo-800x450-1-664x374.jpg 664w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Twitter-se-cae-en-todo-el-mundo-800x450-1-238x134.jpg 238w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Twitter-se-cae-en-todo-el-mundo-800x450-1-436x246.jpg 436w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Twitter-se-cae-en-todo-el-mundo-800x450-1-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Twitter-se-cae-en-todo-el-mundo-800x450-1-304x170.jpg 304w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Twitter-se-cae-en-todo-el-mundo-800x450-1-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Twitter-se-cae-en-todo-el-mundo-800x450-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Twitter-se-cae-en-todo-el-mundo-800x450-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dated April 4 (just one week ago), the legal document states that &#8220;Twitter, Inc. has merged with X Corp. and no longer exists&#8221;. For the time being, this <strong>only involves the name of the company, and not the social network<\/strong>, which continues to be called Twitter until further notice (and despite <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/elon-musk-pulls-from-twitter-to-earn-one-million-of-dollars-with-dogecoin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the sudden logo changes<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is the end of Musk after this merger? Although nothing is clear at the moment, everything points to the fact that it has to do with Musk&#8217;s plans to develop <strong>&#8220;X, the app for everything&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app<\/p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1577428272056389633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just a few months ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/twitter-paypal-elon-musk-platform-payments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter acquired several licenses to become a financial institution<\/a> in the United States. Knowing this, it would be logical to think that Musk intends to create <strong>an application that can integrate all kinds of functions<\/strong>, as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wechat.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WeChat<\/a><\/strong> already does in China, which allows sending messages, making payments and buying food at home, among other services.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/dc4321da-9b2e-11e6-b8c8-00163ed833e7\/107793415\/twitter-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Twitter<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Will he succeed? While there are few things in the universe that are truly impossible, Musk has it pretty complicated, based on the fact that his management of Twitter in recent months has been disastrous and regrettable, resulting in continuous <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/twitter-goes-down-everyone-world-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">problems in the social network<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/change-advertising-targeting-twitter-elon-musk-continues-firing-employees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a completely toxic work environment<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/elon-musk-issues-germany-want-to-fine-twitter-not-remove-many-tweets-incite-hate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a complaint by the German authorities<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Some of the links added in the article are part of affiliate campaigns and may represent benefits for Softonic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A California court document certifies that Twitter Inc., the company behind the social network of the same name, becomes X Corp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9256,"featured_media":222236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-222233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321048,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222233\/revisions\/321048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222233"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=222233"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=222233"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=222233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}