Twitter Becomes X: Quick Look At Tech Majors Which Changed Logos

Twitter has confirmed the news of changing its logo to ‘X’. Here is a look at some major tech companies that have done this in the past:

Twitter has confirmed the news of changing its logo to ‘X’. Here is a look at some major tech companies that have done this in the past:

After Twitter owner Elon Musk confirmed on Sunday that the microblogging platform has undergone a rebranding and is now known as 'X', and its iconic blue bird logo will be replaced with the new 'X' logo, CEO Linda Yaccarino said that 'X' will ensure unlimited interactivity, focusing on audio, video, messaging, and payments/banking. This transformation aims to create a global marketplace for ideas, goods, services, and opportunities. Yaccarino also said that 'X' will leverage the power of AI to connect people in previously unimaginable ways. (Source: Getty)

Twitter — This is not the first time Twitter officially changed its logo. Back in 2012, describing the move to change as a way to "simplify" it, Twitter's bird logo was made slimmer with more upward heading. (Source: Getty)

Uber — The San Francisco-based ride aggregator altered its logo and app design in 2016, adopting a more modern outlook and overall ethos of the platform. (Source: Getty/Uber)

Airbnb — The company changed its logo in 2014. However, there was just one major change in the redesign when the original blue logo was removed. (Source: Getty/ Airbnb)

Microsoft — The company changed its logo many times in the past to keep rebranding, to suit changing times. Earlier, its logos were changed in 1975, 1980, 1982, 1987, and 2006. It also changed its slogan in 2011, and the final overhaul in Microsoft took place in 2012. In the current logo, the bold and italic side of the previous logo was replaced by the Segoe UI font. The current one has four squares of different colours form a window obviously reminiscent of Windows – one of the important products of the company. (Source: Wikimedia)

Yahoo — Yahoo's logo was redesigned in 2013, which featured finer letters and more delicate lines. It was also three-dimensional. But the latest Yahoo logo redesign was made by the Pentagram agency in 2019. Currently, the wordmark features lowercase lettering in a bolder typeface. Meanwhile, the purple colour continues to remain the same but in a brighter, more stylish tone. The iconic exclamation sign is italicised. (Source: Getty/Yahoo)

Apple — The company first changed its logo in 1977 and many times after that. The shape of the logo remained the same more or less, but it kept getting morphed into several other metallic and colour sheens. (Source: Apple/Wikimedia)

Google — Its logo was simplified in 1990 by dropping the exclamation point. Later, the search engine further made some changes in 2010 by removing the heavy drop shadow. In the year 2015, the company also got rid of its serifs. (Source: Google/Getty)