Welcome to X, your trusted digital town square, where conversations unfold in real time, and the world connects through breaking news, live events, podcasts, and everything in between. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title X.com. If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. X.com was an American online bank founded by Ed Ho, Harris Fricker, Elon Musk, and Christopher Payne in 1999 in Palo Alto, California. It merged with competitor Confinity in March 2000, retaining the X.com name, and the company changed its name to PayPal in 2001. Watch your business grow. Speak with an X Ads expert to tailor your campaigns for the best possible ROI and unlock the full potential of your advertising efforts: The social network once synonymous with the blue bird, hashtags, and tweets has officially transitioned to a new identity: X.com. In a definitive move by Elon Musk, typing in Twitter.com now redirects users to the rebranded domain, a significant step in Musk’s ambitious reimagining of the platform. X is accessible through the web and as a mobile app on both Android and iOS. The platform is free to use, with a premium subscription available for users who want extra features. X, formerly known as Twitter, is a free social and communication app that lets you post GIFs, pictures, links, polls, text, and videos to a profile in posts that are formerly called ‘ tweets’. Welcome to X, The Moonshot Factory. Born at Google, we got our start creating the self-driving car. Since then, we’ve continued to bring sci-fi ideas into reality to help solve some of the world’s hardest problems. X isn’t just another social media app, it’s the ultimate destination for staying well informed, sharing ideas, and building communities. With X, you’re always in the loop with relevant trending. X (formerly Twitter) is a social media app where you can follow breaking news, live events, and trending topics as they happen. Sports, tech, music, politics: whatever you're into, the conversation starts here, raw and unfiltered.