Articles about Twitter – Page 13 of 21

Microsoft, Apple and 7 other tech giants call for NSA reform before year’s end

The year may be winding to a close, but a coalition of 9 tech companies want lawmakers in Washington, D.C.… Read More

From Apple and Alibaba to Salesforce and Splunk: A guide to tech giants with outposts in Seattle

Home-grown tech giants such as Microsoft, Amazon.com, Expedia, T-Mobile, Zillow and Tableau have deep roots in Seattle — important companies… Read More

How online scammers created a fake identity using little more than my picture

I am not the me that others think I should be. Especially if you judge my identity by those who… Read More

Twitter shows growth over fall quarter, but guidance disappoints

Twitter brought in $361 million in revenue this past quarter, the company announced today. That’s an increase of 114 percent… Read More

Coming soon to your Twitter timeline: More stuff you didn’t ask for

Twitter users, get ready to see more tweets from people you don’t know. In a blog post, the social networking… Read More

Believe it! Rock icon Cher wants to boycott Zillow

Cher – yes, that Cher – has posted a tweet calling on her followers to boycott Zillow because the Seattle-based real estate… Read More

The Boston marathon bombing: Finding fact from fiction on Twitter during disasters

Social media platforms are powerful resources during disasters, but important messages can easily be drowned out in 140 misinformed characters.… Read More

Twitter sues U.S. government, wants to reveal requests for data

Twitter has sued the U.S. Department of Justice in a move to expand the amount of data it can share… Read More

How T-Mobile boss John Legere uses Twitter to stay ahead of rivals

“Raise your hand if you have ever been personally victimized by @VerizonWireless #NationalMeanGirlsDay” That’s a fairly normal Tweet for T-Mobile… Read More

Full Video: T-Mobile CEO John Legere unleashed on the GeekWire stage (F-bombs, Bendgate and the ‘porn guy’ who runs Iliad)

T-Mobile CEO John Legere rocked the house at the GeekWire Summit yesterday with his unique brand of brash, profane and outspoken insights… Read More

Amazon expands partnership with Twitter to make adding products to your wish list easy

A few months ago, Amazon.com introduced the hashtag #AmazonCart to give customers an easy way to add items they see on… Read More

Facebook pushes newsy content higher in News Feed with new tweaks

Want to keep up with what’s happening in the world? Facebook’s News Feed will soon be a better place to… Read More

Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff unleashes 25-Tweet long ‘Twitterstorm’ about Internet IPOs

It has been more than three years since Spencer Rascoff guided Zillow to an initial public offering. But the CEO… Read More

Twitter testing new ‘Buy’ button that lets users purchase items from tweet stream

Twitter this morning announced that it is testing a new feature that allows mobile users to buy products directly from their… Read More

Twitter users go berserk over possible timeline changes

There’s a brand new scandal in Twitter-land: the company might be shaking up users’ feeds in the near future to… Read More

NFL exec: 70% of fans use a second screen while watching football

Whether it’s checking the latest tweets or finding out how many points your fantasy team scored, a majority of football… Read More

Live blog: NFL touts new technology in Seattle on eve of regular season

We’re at CenturyLink Field this afternoon on the eve of the 2014-15 NFL season. League executives and CEOs from companies… Read More

Nuking Facebook: 30 days later, the fallout

A month ago I did the unthinkable. I quit Facebook. There’s a lot you might learn from my experience, even… Read More

Why in the world is AT&T asking our permission to retweet news stories?

Chalk this up as one of the oddest emails of the week. A person who represents AT&T asked our permission… Read More

Twitter now lets anyone use its free analytics tool

If you’re wondering how many people — or how few — interacted with your most recent tweet, well, Twitter has… Read More

UW football coach who once banned his players from Twitter joins social network

University of Washington head football coach Chris Petersen is finally on Twitter, but don’t expect the 49-year-old to be posting… Read More

Driving while tweeting: Airbiquity updates Choreo in-car system with hands-free Twitter integration

Airbiquity has updated its Choreo in-car services platform to enable hands-free integration with Twitter, so that drivers can keep track of what’s… Read More

The problem with the police’s plea to ‘Tweet Smart’

Considering this week’s events in Ferguson, Missouri, isn’t it smartest for the public to tweet more real-time police activity in some… Read More

Get ready for video ads in Twitter

As a part of its ongoing quest to monetize its social networking service, Twitter announced Tuesday that it’s rolling out Promoted… Read More

Twitter quietly nixes Bing Translate feature

Twitter has quietly stopped offering users the ability to instantly translate tweets using Bing’s machine translation feature, slightly more than… Read More

Facebook slowly recovering from morning outage

It’s Friday, which means it’s prime time for making weekend plans with friends on Facebook, or at least enviously reading… Read More

Twitter stock surges by 30% after Q2 earnings beat expectations

Twitter shares are up more than 30 percent in after-hours trading after the social media giant posted better-than-expected second quarter earnings.… Read More

Germany’s thrashing of Brazil was the most-tweeted about sports event ever

When a World Cup team loses by six goals in a semifinal match — while playing in its home country,… Read More

Bing now shows Twitter hashtag, handle results directly within search

Three years ago, Microsoft was at odds with Twitter in regard to including tweets in Bing search results. Now, though, it seems… Read More

How to braid your time: Teamwork for creative minds

[Editor’s Note: Author and teacher Jon Bell is a designer in Twitter’s Seattle office and a speaker at the upcoming HIVE technology design conference.] While it’s true that creativity… Read More