Twitter rolls out “While you were away” feature for Android Twitter is now introducing its Android app users to the new “While you were away” feature. Rolled out a month ago for Twitter’s… Read More
Twitter developer relations head Jeff Sandquist leaving company, returning to Seattle area Jeff Sandquist, who joined Twitter a year-and-a-half ago to head up the social network’s developer relations initiatives, is returning to… Read More
Seattle Police Dept.’s new social media policy cracks down on officers’ personal posts Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole issued a new social media policy today for police officers and other department employees —… Read More
From Twitter to vegan burgers, Alex Payne returns to Portland to focus on doing good Here’s an interesting twist you don’t hear every day about those who succeed in Silicon Valley. One of Twitter’s first… Read More
Twitter allows password-free account sharing with new TweetDeck Teams feature Twitter is trying to make it easier for people to share Twitter accounts with a new feature for TweetDeck. Called… Read More
Facebook helps companies share security threat info with new platform Facebook launched a new platform today for companies to share information about security threats and work together to solve them.… Read More
Confirmed: Twitter data sharing deal with Google Twitter confirmed on its earnings conference call with financial analysts that it has reached a deal with Google to provide… Read More
Twitter skewering NBC’s Brian Williams with ‘misremembers’ hashtag Lying about anything while you’re reporting, or fudging the facts, or “misremembering,” is totally not OK. So it’s no surprise… Read More
Twitter beats expectations with $479M in revenue, but user growth slows again Twitter has beaten expectations for its financial results during the fourth quarter of 2014, with the company reporting today that… Read More
Twitter reportedly working with Google to embed tweets in search results People who search for something on Google may soon start seeing relevant tweets pop up with their results. According to… Read More
Former UW robotics prof joins Twitter as VP of Technology and Analytics Yoky Matsuoka, a former computer science professor at the University of Washington, announced that she has joined Twitter as its… Read More
Super Bowl tweets increase by 14% from last year, set new record More people are tweeting during the Super Bowl than ever. There were more than 28.4 million Super Bowl-related tweets sent… Read More
Twitter users love weed: Study says pro-marijuana posts reach new high The Twitter-verse loves its marijuana. As if we didn’t know how popular a topic weed was on social media, a… Read More
Twitter launches group Direct Messages, expanding private chat features Twitter users will be able to communicate privately with groups of people on the social network under a new feature announced… Read More
Twitter exec Mike Gupta joins Zulily board Twitter executive Mike Gupta, who serves as the senior vice president of strategic investments at the social networking giant, has… Read More
Twitter brings back Bing translations after months-long absence Twitter announced today that users can once again translate tweets made in foreign languages using Microsoft’s Bing Translator technology. Now,… Read More
Twitter rolls out new feature to show people what happened when they were away Keeping up with Twitter can be quite a challenge. The 140-character social network moves at a rapid pace, especially during… Read More
Twitter campaign wants reporters to quit asking women stupid sexist questions on the red carpet It’s awards season and with it comes the never-ending quest for reporters on the red carpet to harass everyone with… Read More
Now you can follow the Royals: Prince William, Kate and Harry are on Twitter I love it when uber-famous yet secretive people finally land on social media. Especially when they probably have nothing to… Read More
U.S. Central Command social media accounts down after hijacking from pro-ISIS attackers It’s a bad day to be the social media manager for the U.S. Central Command. Centcom’s Twitter and YouTube accounts… Read More
Twitter releases most-wanted code examples to inspire more developer use Twitter has collected a group of popular code projects that use its API into a single GitHub page in order… Read More
Update: Twitter has recovered from its second outage in two weeks Update: Twitter has said that its service has been fully restored, after an outage that lasted more than an hour and… Read More
Jesus vs. Isaac Newton? Neil deGrasse Tyson’s ‘controversial’ holiday tweet Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was in a holly-jolly mood before Christmas Day, tweeting all sorts of holiday good cheer. But… Read More
Updated: Twitter recovered from login woes Update: Twitter’s service is back to normal following a five hour period this evening when users were unable to log in.… Read More
Twitter stock jumps after analyst suggests CEO Dick Costolo could leave within a year Twitter’s stock surprisingly jumped today after Sun Trust analyst Robert Peck told CNBC that CEO Dick Costolo may be on… Read More
The ‘in’ crowd: Twitter and Instagram use up, Facebook down with teens Facebook’s popularity among the 13- to 17-year-old set dropped once again this year, according to a new report by Frank… Read More
Facebook takes its ‘trending’ feature mobile, challenging Twitter for attention of news junkies People looking for the latest breaking news on their mobile devices may be more inclined to use Facebook after an… Read More
Abusive Tweets? Twitter rolls out better way to report them on mobile Twitter announced today that it has streamlined the abuse reporting process for users of its mobile app. Now, people who… Read More
Twitter will start tracking which apps you have installed, starting today Love the apps installed on your phone? Twitter wants to know all about them. The social networking company plans to… Read More
Twitter launches Groupon-esque deals, just in time for Black Friday Want $15 off a $75 massage? Try checking Twitter. Seriously. The company rolled out a new Offers feature today that… Read More
