Twitpic has announced that it is taking down its picture sharing service on September 25 following a trademark dispute with Twitter. Twitpic revealed that Twitter has sent out an ultimatum to either…
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Twitter testing ‘retweet with comment’ to replace ‘quote a tweet’
The ironclad 140-character limit is likely loosening up a bit!
Twitter holds back ‘blasphemous’ tweets in Pakistan
Twitter has blocked a number of accounts and tweets in Pakistan considered as “blasphemous” or “unethical,” complying with the requests put forth by the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA). The New York Times…
Twitter rolls out ‘Mute’ feature
Twitter on Monday launched a new mute feature that allows users to stop tweets and retweets from users they don’t want to see on their Twitter Feed.
Twitter starts pushing mobile app-install ads
Twitter on Thursday announced a new advertising platform through which it intends to grab a share out of the increasing app advertising vertical. The microblogging site said the new mobile advertising suite…
Twitter buys its long-term data partner Gnip
Twitter on Tuesday announced that it has acquired Colorado based social data provider start-up Gnip, with which it has been working closely for years. The company is yet to disclose the financial…
Twopchart: 44% of Twitter users are silent birds
Twitter in February revealed a figure of 244 million monthly active users in the last quarter of 2013, but a social media tracking site Twopcharts claims that 44 percent of all Twitter…
Twitter rolls out pop-up notifications
Twitter announced on Thursday that it is bringing real-time interactive notifications on the Web over the course of next few weeks. Users accessing the microblogging site through Twitter.com website will start seeing…
No more #tags and @replies for Twitter?
According to latest reports microblogging giant Twitter in seemingly trying to get rid of hashtags and the @replies. BuzzFeed has based its report on comments by Vivian Schiller, Twitter’s head of news…
Twitter releases new find-your-first-tweet tool to celebrate its eighth birthday
Do you remember your first ever tweet? If no then Twitter gives you a chance to relish the memory of your first own tweet through a new tool. Twitter, which is celebrating…
Twitter stops working on encrypted direct messages
Twitter has reportedly abandoned its encrypted direct messages project through which it aimed to make government surveillance more difficult. According to The Verge, the microblogging giant has stopped working on the project…
Twitter changes ‘Connect’ tab to ‘Notifications’
Twitter’s revival from the latest outage brings with it a change in its tabs – the ‘Connect’ tab has been renamed to ‘Notifications’ tab. The change hasn’t been communicated officially by Twitter…
Twitter fixes rare protected tweets exposing bug
Twitter on Sunday revealed that it has fixed a rare bug, which has been bothering its users allowing unauthorised users to view tweets from protected accounts. According to Twitter the bug, which…
Twitter testing a new revamped profile design page
Twitter is testing visual redesign of its profile pages giving them a look and feel similar to those of Facebook and Google+. According to Mashable, the bio and the main picture on…
Twitter venturing into eCommerce industry?
Twitter is finding out news ways of allowing its 232 million users to buy goods straight from its microblogging site. Screenshots of a mock-up of the ecommerce proposal was posted by Recode…