Twitter on Monday announced it has acquired Cover, the customisable Android lockscreen app maker; however has refrained from revealing the financial details of the deal. The Cover app, which arrived last year…
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Twitter feeds to get 15 new types of ads
Latest report claims Twitter is adding a slew of new advertising types over the next six months to attract e-commerce companies and mobile-game developers to boost its ad revenue. Twitter will be…
Twitter incorporates direct messaging in Vine
Vine, Twitter’s video-sharing service, has been blessed with a new direct messaging feature allowing you to send six-second video messages to only whom you choose. Being able to upload a video and…
Twitter acquires TV analytic firms SecondSyn, Mesagraph
In an attempt to boost its presence in the social television arena, Twitter on Monday announced it is acquiring two of the biggest TV analytics firms SecondSync and Mesagraph. Although financial details…
IBM researchers: non-geotagged tweets reveal user location
Developers at IBM on Friday released information on a new algorithm that predicts Twitter users’ location using the metadata contained in their last 200 non-geotagged tweets. The researchers claim that the formula…
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 was down because of unexpected complications during planned deploy
Update Here is what Twitter has to say about the downtime: “During a planned deploy in one of our core services, we experienced unexpected complications that made Twitter unavailable for many users…
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 bans explicit videos on Vine
Twitter has officially banned explicit sexual content from being published on its video-sharing app Vine. The company updated its rules and terms of service along with the new “no porn” policy and…
Twitter’s system error accidentally resets passwords
Several Twitter users have received password reset request emails on Monday from the microblogging website, after being temporarily locked out of their accounts. “Twitter believes that your account may have been compromised…
Mt Gox’s twitter feed emptied
Mt Gox is probably going through the worst time in its history with falling Bitcoin prices, suspended withdrawal, angry customers, and on top of that an emptied twitter feed. Yes you read…
One in four Brits will use Twitter by 2018 predicts eMarketer
The latest report from eMarketer suggests that more than 25 percent of UK population will be using Twitter by 2018, reaching 17.1 million users, a jump from three in 10 social network…