Twitter finally sets date to grow beyond its 140 character limit

Tweets will have more space to work with, come September 19. Media attachments will no longer count against the 140 character limit, and neither will usernames at the beginning of a tweet. Twitter announced this change back in May, but now The Verge is reporting the change will take hold come September 19. The change does not completely remove the 140-character limit, just changes what counts against that limit. In this way, it’s similar to other changes Twitter has made over th