Social media services Twitter and Snapchat announced this week they are taking on new looks. Both services have far fewer users than Facebook, and are seeking to expand their audiences. Twitter is expanding its message limit to 280 characters for nearly all its users, ending its well-known 140-character limit. And Snapchat, long popular with young people, will make changes in hopes of becoming easier for everyone to use. It has yet to provide details of the changes. Twitter says that 9 percent of tweets written in English reached the 140-character limit. As a result, users had to spend time reworking the wording of tweets. By removing that barrier, Twitter is hoping people will tweet more, increasing the interest of other users. The Associated Press reports that people around the world are talking about the changes to Twitter.
Title: Twitter and Snapchat Announce Changes
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2209/twitter_changes.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Twitter and Snapchat Announce Changes' data-article-id='2726'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9750'>Social media services Twitter and Snapchat announced this week they are taking on new looks.</span> <span data-start-time='9750' data-end-time='19625'>Both services have far fewer users than Facebook, and are seeking to expand their audiences.</span> <span data-start-time='19625' data-end-time='34000'>Twitter is expanding its message limit to 280 characters for nearly all its users, ending its well-known 140-character limit.</span> <span data-start-time='34000' data-end-time='44521'>And Snapchat, long popular with young people, will make changes in hopes of becoming easier for everyone to use.</span> <span data-start-time='44521' data-end-time='49146'>It has yet to provide details of the changes.</span> <span data-start-time='49146' data-end-time='57688'>Twitter says that 9 percent of tweets written in English reached the 140-character limit.</span> <span data-start-time='57688' data-end-time='64250'>As a result, users had to spend time reworking the wording of tweets.</span> <span data-start-time='64250' data-end-time='73229'>By removing that barrier, Twitter is hoping people will tweet more, increasing the interest of other users.</span> <span data-start-time='73229' data-end-time='81063'>The Associated Press reports that people around the world are talking about the changes to Twitter.</span> 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class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2209/ease_of_use.m4a'><span>ease of use</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2209/social_media.m4a'><span>social media</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2209/series_of_tweets.m4a'><span>series of tweets</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2209/letter_or_number.m4a'><span>letter or number</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=9682 data-hint-location='9750' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2209/why_are_they_making_changes.m4a'>Why are they making changes?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='expand their audience'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2209/to_meet_regulations.m4a'><span>to meet regulations</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2209/expand_their_audience.m4a'><span>expand their audience</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2209/limit_their_services.m4a'><span>limit their services</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2209/demand_for_more_words.m4a'><span>demand for more words</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=9683 data-hint-location='64250' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2209/twitter_is_hoping_people_will__blank__more.m4a'>Twitter is hoping people will <span class='blank'>tweet</span> more.</div><div 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