Your zany uncle’s Tweets are about to get a bit more long-winded, even with those photos, GIFs, and other add-ons. After announcing last spring that it would revamp the way it counts characters in Tweets, Twitter has reportedly put a date on when this change will kick in. [More]
Twitter Tweaks Direct Messages To Add Read Receipts, Typing Indicators
By 9.8.16
In yet another example of the social media technology version of keeping up the with Joneses, Twitter announced today that it’s rolling out changes to Direct Messages that will make the platform a lot more like its competitors, including read receipts so you’ll know if your friend is deliberately ignoring you. [More]
Twitter Wants Your Videos So Much, It Will Let You Keep Most Of The Ad Money
By 8.30.16
Hey, have you heard about video? You might have missed it, what with literally every social media platform all but begging you to post more and watch more at all times, but video is the new hotness. And to get individuals to post more video to their platform, Twitter’s willing to split the ad take. [More]
Twitter Might Let You Use Keyword Filters To Curb Online Harassment
By 8.26.16
For the last three years, Twitter has worked to improve the safety of users by creating and adapting its blocking policy and tools. Now, the social network is reportedly looking to create a tool that would allow users to search for certain words they find offensive and block those messages. [More]
Twitter Thinks You Might Like To Slap Brands’ “Promoted” Stickers All Over Your Photos
By 8.15.16
If you looked at the last Twitter you shared on Twitter and thought, “You know, I could really use some more corporate branding on here,” you’re in luck: the social media platform says its teaming up with companies to offer “Promoted #Stickers.” [More]
Twitter Awards $10K To Hacker Who Discovered Flaw In Vine
By 7.26.16
Source code essentially runs a program, be it a webpage or an app. So when that code is made available to the public, it not only opens the door to copycats, it gives competitors and hackers a look under the hood. Thankfully for Twitter, the person who found a security flaw that left the source code for its short-form video platform vulnerable didn’t have nefarious plans. And now he’s on the receiving end of $10,000. [More]
Twitter To Live-Stream Some MLB, NHL Games
By 7.25.16
Want to take your favorite Major League Baseball or National Hockey League team with you wherever you go? Twitter is hoping to make that a reality by live-streaming select games soon. [More]
Now Anyone Can Apply For A “Verified” Twitter Account
By 7.19.16
For seven years, the process of obtaining Twitter’s blue “Verified” checkmark for your account has been shrouded in mystery. No formal criteria was ever given, no application process available, and no explanations from the company why some accounts got verified while similar accounts were not. Now the company has finally announced an actual application for users seeking verified accounts — but getting that little checkmark isn’t a given.
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Pizza Hut Has Hired A Chatbot To Take Online Orders Via Twitter, Facebook Messenger
By 7.13.16
If I had a pizza for every time I had a conversation about pizza, no one would see me again because I’d be buried under a pile of pizzas. To capture the essence of that experience, sans pizza burial, Pizza Hut is launching a chatbot that will allow customers to order food in a “conversational” way. [More]
How One Tweet May Have Caused Chipotle’s Stock To Sink
By 7.7.16
Over the past several months, Chipotle has worked to rebuild its reputation, sales, and stock figures after enduring several high-profile outbreaks of E. coli and norovirus. All of those efforts may have been undone, however, with one simple Tweet alleging that the burrito chain may be responsible for sending a New York City customer to the hospital. [More]
Twitter Debuting Stickers That Act Like Hashtags For Photos
By 6.27.16
In a move to be more like the cool kids over at Snapchat, Twitter today unveiled a new library of stickers that can be added to photos, which can be searched like hashtags so you can make sure you’re doing social media right. [More]
Twitter Will Now Let Users Post Up To 140 Seconds Of Video
By 6.21.16
Twitter is upping its video game with a few announcements this week, including the news that all users can now post videos up to 140 seconds in length, up from 30 seconds. [More]
Twitter Dips Beak Into Music Business With $70M Investment In SoundCloud
By 6.15.16
Just months after SoundCloud launched its long-anticipated streaming subscription service, it’s attracted a rather large subscription of sorts from Twitter: the social networking platform has invested $70 million in the music service. [More]
Twitter Improves Block Feature, Banishing Blocked Users From Seeing Timelines
By 6.14.16
Nearly three years after Twitter changed its blocking policy to be a bit more stalker-friendly and almost immediately backtracked, the social network is making more changes, rolling out an improvement that aims to close a loophole that allowed blocked users from sneaking into your newsfeed through retweets. [More]
Twitter Resets Passwords Related To Possible Breach
By 6.10.16
Following reports that the passwords for nearly 33 million Twitter accounts were breached and put up for sale on the dark Web, the social media network has notified potentially affected users and reset their passwords. [More]
Nearly 33 Million Twitter Passwords May Have Been Leaked
By 6.9.16
Days after Twitter said that it would investigate a rash of high-profile hackings by checking its data against what’s been shared in recent leaks related to MySpace, Tumblr, and other services, it appears that the passwords for almost 33 million Twitter users were part of a separate hack attack. [More]
Twitter Looking Into Rash Of High-Profile Hackings
By 6.7.16
Days after the king of the modern internet — Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg — found several of his social media accounts in the hands of hackers, similar attacks have befallen the NFL and other high-profile Twitter accounts, leading the social network to investigate. [More]
Twitter Reportedly Met With Yahoo To Discuss Possible Merger
By 6.3.16
As Yahoo prepared to dissect a second round of bids for its core internet business — including search, mail, and news sites — the company might have another proposal to ponder: a merger with Twitter. [More]
