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Twitter/X rival T2 rebrands as ‘Pebble,’ saying the old name was never meant to be permanent

From TechCrunch

By Sarah Perez

September 18, 2023

Twitter/X rival T2 rebrands as ‘Pebble,’ saying the old name was never meant to be permanent

An X challenger didn’t hide its ambitions to take on the social network formerly known as Twitter when it dubbed itself T2 at launch, but now that name — one which indicates a desire to build a Twitter clone — is no more. The company announced on its platform that the would-be X rival will […]

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