How would Elon Musk's 'everything app' Twitter work?


Elon Musk has made no secret of his hopes to turn Twitter into a so-called "everything app" like China's WeChat, where users can find all the services they need. — Photo: Andre M. Chang/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

LONDON: Elon Musk’s U-turn to go ahead with his purchase of Twitter is part of his plans to fold the platform into an ”everything app”, the billionaire entrepreneur has said.

As news broke of his decision to go ahead with the takeover deal after months of public sparring with the platform – and just weeks before a legal case on the issue – Musk tweeted that buying the site was “an accelerant to creating X, the everything app”.

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