Articles about Twitter – Page 9 of 21

Twitter app for Windows 10 catches up, with addition of Moments and quotes

Twitter is bringing finally bringing its latest features to its Windows 10 app, with the addition of Moments, group Direct Messages and… Read More

White House sets up Twitter feed to promote Supreme Court nominee, push Senate to hold hearings

“I have fulfilled my constitutional duty,” President Barack Obama said on Wednesday. “Now it’s time for the Senate to do… Read More

Instagram to test personalized, algorithmic-based feed

Instagram is following in the footsteps of Facebook and Twitter, announcing plans today to use algorithms that surface photos and… Read More

Ultimate selfie stick: UW cherry blossoms know they’re beautiful, use Twitter feed to show off

The prettiest selfie shared on Twitter this week wasn’t taken by Kim Kardashian, standing naked in front of a mirror.… Read More

Tech giants scale back on acquisitions — with the exception of Microsoft

Most of the heavyweights in tech pulled back from mergers and acquisitions in 2015, with one striking exception: Microsoft. Five of 8 tech giants decreased… Read More

Generation App: Twitter and the changing news media landscape

It may be hard to believe, but Twitter is nearly a decade old. The platform has seen its ups and… Read More

Startup vet returns to his artistic talent: Amazing pencil drawings of pro athletes become a business

Keegan Hall left his passion for art behind when he was close to graduating from college because he was worried it would never… Read More

As US government asks tech leaders to join war on terror, ISIS threatens Twitter, Facebook CEOs

The US government needs reinforcements from the tech sector to help thwart the Islamic State’s (ISIS) online campaign for hearts… Read More

Twitter adding GIF button and native support with help from Giphy and Riffsy

GIFs may be a holdover from the earliest days of the internet, but the ability to easily share little silent,… Read More

Report says investors should fund untapped entrepreneurial talent: black women

The tech industry should seek to add more minorities to their ranks for many reasons, not the least of which… Read More

Twitter shares dip 7% after Q4 earnings show stalled user growth; company lays out 2016 priorities

Twitter is no longer adding users. In its fourth quarter earnings report posted today, the social media giant said it… Read More

App of the Week: This app lets you tap into the Twitter hivemind for restaurant reviews

Let’s say you’re in a new city, ready for lunch, and you’re not sure where to go. Sure, you could… Read More

Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s new project is a ’10-K for government’ — and he’s fired up about it

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been quietly working on a project that he describes as a “10-K for government,”… Read More

Struggling Twitter is fascinating to watch as rumor magnet

Twitter is being acquired by Rupert Murdoch. No. Twitter is being acquired by Marc Andreessen. No Twitter is attracting erroneous… Read More

Back flip in real time! GoPro action goes live with Periscope integration

Watch out for extreme sports types snowboarding or skydiving in real time as the live-streaming app Periscope has integrated with… Read More

The big problem with Twitter’s new curation strategy

Is curation the key to solving Twitter’s audience problem? As part of his return to Twitter, Jack Dorsey has capital… Read More

Zillow’s Spencer Rascoff: ‘Explain to my mom what Twitter is, and why she should care’

The big shakeup in leadership at Twitter over the weekend drew some interesting reaction from Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff,… Read More

Popular rapper B.o.B goes off the edge with flat Earth theories on Twitter

Popular rapper B.o.B has more than 2 million followers on Twitter, and starting Sunday evening and into Monday, he’s been… Read More

Twitter shakeup: Several top execs leaving, company set to add new board members

Several of Twitter’s top executives are leaving in a major shakeup at the social media giant. Recode reported on Sunday… Read More

Twitter shares spike briefly on ‘false’ takeover rumors

Rupert Murdoch, who appears to be a big Twitter fan, wanted to own the service, or so the rumors went. On… Read More

#Twitterdown: Social network continues to stutter after global outage

Twitter is continuing to experience sporadic technical problems this morning after a global outage that left many users unable to log… Read More

Twitter truce: Jeff Bezos takes the high road, offers kudos to Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Rocket launches can sometimes turn into flame wars, as shown by last year’s Twitter tug of war between space-minded billionaires Jeff… Read More

Women in astronomy use #astroSH hashtag to share stories of sexual harassment

The hashtag #astroSH is being used on Twitter this week to highlight stories from women who say they have been sexually… Read More

T-Mobile tells investors to follow CEO John Legere on Twitter and Periscope for full financial picture

T-Mobile added 8.3 million customers last year, with 2.1 million added in the last quarter alone, stats that the company… Read More

Twitter may increase tweet character limit from 140 to 10,000

Good news for those that like penning “tweet-storms.” Recode reported on Tuesday that Twitter may increase its 140-character limit to… Read More

Report: Seattle-based Black Pixel may be behind the new update to Twitter’s Mac app

Twitter finally updated its official Mac client this week after about a year, bringing GIFs, inline videos and tweet quoting to… Read More

Twitter head of design Mike Davidson leaves company to take a ‘break from work’

Mike Davidson is leaving Twitter. Davidson, the company’s vice president of design, said earlier this week that he’s leaving Twitter three years… Read More

Round two? T-Mobile’s John Legere takes on Donald Trump in another epic Twitter throwdown

In the world of public social media battles, T-Mobile’s John Legere took on Donald Trump for the second time this… Read More

People mobilize on Twitter using #PorteOuverte, #OpenDoor in response to Paris shootings

People seeking and offering shelter quickly mobilized on Twitter using the hashtag #PorteOuverte, or #OpenDoor, today after the tragic shootings… Read More

Twitter replaces the star-shaped ‘Favorite’ with the heart-shaped ‘Like’

Twitter has decided to ditch its star-shaped Favorite button. The star is getting replaced with a heart icon, and Twitter… Read More