Important Innovations

   D AILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                          By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane  THREADS SIGNS UP 30 MILLION IN A FEW HOURS                                                                       Source:  Meta and Stock Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has launched a "conversation app" called Threads, which is designed to compete directly with Twitter According to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, more than 10 million signed up for Threads within 7 hours, which Zuckerberg called mind-blowing - total now is 30 million New members include a lot of celebrities like football legend Tom Brady, actress Jennifer Lopez and music group Coldplay  Zuckerberg is hoping for 1 billion members in the Threads community Meta is calling Threads "Instagram's text-based conversation app" Twitter is now threatening to sue Threads for "poaching some Twitter employees"