Company Profile for Twitter
Twitter, Inc.
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA, U.S. |
| Industry | Internet |
| Key People | Dick Costolo (CEO) Jack Dorsey (Executive Chairman) Evan Williams (Director) Biz Stone (Creative director) |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Twitter, Inc.
795 Folsom St., Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-896-2008
E-mail: help@twitter.com
Twitter: @support
www.twitter.com
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FTC Applauds Twitter For Signing On With "Do Not Track" Firefox Feature
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 17, 2012 4:00 PM
4 Comments
Twitter is joining the ranks of other websites that allow users to control who is checking out their online doings, announcing today that it is all set to support Do Not Track. For those not in the know, Do Not Track is a feature in Firefox that allows Internet surfers to tell participating websites that they don't want their activity tracked. More »
People Tweet Stupid Things To Companies
By Laura Northrup on March 1, 2012 9:00 AM
31 Comments
Sometimes Twitter can be an effective customer service tool; more often it's not. But most of the time, tweets to brands are inane drivel like most of the rest of Twitter. Or they come full circle and are so stupid that they're almost interesting. More »
Twitter's Decision To Block Content In Specific Countries Sparks Protests From Users
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 27, 2012 11:00 AM
6 Comments
Twitter announced yesterday that they'll be enforcing a new policy that will allow for reactive blocking of content on a country-by-country basis, and already today some users are vowing to stop using the social media site on Saturday in protest. More »
If You Think Suze Orman's Prepaid Debit Card Is A Bad Idea, You're An 'Idiot'
By Laura Northrup on January 11, 2012 8:40 PM
112 Comments
Poor Suze Orman. All she was trying to do was launch a prepaid debit card that charges slightly fewer exorbitant fees than the competition, and sort of reports your spending habits to credit bureaus but not really. Then a whole bunch of "idiot" personal finance bloggers began ganging up on her on Twitter, and she had no choice but to lash out and remind them that they're not real journalists. More »
Best Buy Manager Dismisses Best Buy Twitter Customer Service, Says "It Could Be Anybody"
By Chris Morran on January 3, 2012 4:15 PM
61 Comments
Consumerist reader Jonathan recently received a box set of CDs from his brother for Christmas. Unfortunately, one of the CDs that was supposed to be in the box was nowhere to be found. Compounding the problem, his brother had lost the receipt. Oh, and did we mention he made the mistake of buying the box set at Best Buy? More »
Steps To Stop Social Media From Sucking Away All Your Time
By Phil Villarreal on December 2, 2011 2:30 PM
29 Comments
Not that this has happened to us, but our friends say that they've found themselves wasting away entire days at work not having accomplished much of anything other than getting sucked into an endless vortex of status updates, instant messages and YouTube videos. Social media is a powerful tool that can actually increase your efficiency, but it can also dominate those who lack the discipline to compartmentalize it. More »
Spirit Airlines Fined $50K For Misleading Tweets
By Chris Morran on November 21, 2011 4:15 PM
27 Comments
The Dept. of Transportation rules about airfare transparency don't just apply to carriers' websites and ads, but also to their Twitter feed. Just ask Spirit Airlines, which was slapped with a $50,000 fine for Tweets touting its $9 airfares. More »
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After Struggle, Salman Rushdie Gets Facebook To Let Him Use His Own Name
By Phil Villarreal on November 15, 2011 9:00 AM
65 Comments
Facebook can be quite the stickler when it comes to enforcing its real name policy. Celebrity writer Salman Rushdie took to Twitter complaining that Facebook deactivated his account because it thought it was a fake. After he proved his identity, the powers that be reactivated his page in his given name, Ahmed. Only after taking his problem public via Twitter did he get Facebook to back down and let him use Salman. More »
Introduce Yourself To The Internet Without Embarrassment
By Phil Villarreal on October 17, 2011 2:15 PM
60 Comments
Even more than in real life, snap judgments people make about one another online forever shape the way they see one another. A one or two-sentence bio you post about yourself on Twitter or elsewhere can make you seem intriguing, irritating or boring. And the latter two groups probably always assume they fall into the former. More »
'Hunger Games' Viral Site Requires You To Give Marketers Control Of Your Facebook Or Twitter Account
By Chris Morran on October 14, 2011 12:16 PM
56 Comments
The Hunger Games is a wildly popular series of books about a dystopian future where the government spies on your every move and teenagers square off in a to-the-death tournament for the amusement of the upper-class residents of the capitol city. The books are soon to become a big-time Hollywood franchise and as part of the much-hyped countdown to that release, millions of people are getting in on the viral marketing by logging onto a website that creates a unique badge for each user. But are these people looking at the permissions they're signing away when they log in? More »
