Twitter Archive
01 Apr 2015
Twitter launches Vine Kids with 6 seconds of child-friendly fun
Twitter launches Vine Kids with 6 seconds of child-friendly fun ne is great fun. In six seconds, anyone can share a short movie, animation or breaking news. But, it’s not always appropriate for children. Okay, most of the time it’s not appropriate for children. So Twitter created its first child-friendly app, Vine Kids. The main feature is
01 Apr 2015
Twitter now has an official WordPress plugin
Twitter now has an official WordPress plugin Twitter today announced that it’s releasing its first official Twitter plugin for WordPress that brings a bunch of Twitter functionality to your site easily. The new plugin brings a plethora of features; it automatically generates Twitter Cards for your pages, enables Twitter Analytics, embeds video and adds a
01 Apr 2015
Twitter launches friend-finding and two-factor verification for Digits
Twitter launches friend-finding and two-factor verification for Digits If you’re a developer usingTwitter’s Digits to sign users up for your app or service, get ready to offer a more secure log-in and a way for users to quickly find their friends. Today Digits introduced friend-finding and two-factor verification to the service. Friend-finding scans the user’s
01 Apr 2015
Twitter launches Partner Audience, its new ad-targeting feature based on user behaviors
Twitter launches Partner Audience, its new ad-targeting feature based on user behaviors Annoyed by those promoted tweets on your Twitter feed? Hopefully, Twitter will make these ads more relevant to you in the near future. Today, the company released Partner Audience, a new ad-targeting feature to let publishers select intended demographics such as “cereal buyers” and
01 Apr 2015
Twitter’s building a second-screen experience for TV shows
Twitter’s building a second-screen experience for TV shows itter is experimenting with TV Timelines, a new way to surface tweets and media related to TV shows on air, reports Mashable. The feature, which is still being tested in Twitter’s iPhone app with a limited number of users, becomes available when you use a hashtag for
01 Apr 2015
How to bail out of noisy Twitter conversations using mute
How to bail out of noisy Twitter conversations using mute While you can drop out of aTwitter group DM, you’re still stuck in any public Twitter conversation that include your user name. This phenom is also referred to as a canoe (because they’re long boats filled with people?). Sometimes these conversations go for hours – even
01 Apr 2015
Twitter may bring autoplaying video ads to your timeline
Twitter may bring autoplaying video ads to your timeline IT seems like everyone wants to shove autoplaying videos in your face and now Twitter wants to join the ranks of Facebook and Instagram in the fight for your eyeballs. According to Advertising Age, Twitter is now testing video advertisements that automatically play in your feed.
24 Mar 2015
Twitter updates privacy policy; bans posting Photos
Twitter updates privacy policy; bans posting Photos Micro-blogging site Twitter is taking serious measures against user abuse by introducing new rules that prohibit users from posting nude or sexual photos of other people, without their consent. These new rules have been added to the Twitter Rules page. According to the new rules, users now cannot publish or
23 Mar 2015
Twitter turns nine: Has grown to more than 284 million users worldwide
Twitter turns nine: Has grown to more than 284 million users worldwide It’s the ninth birthday of the tweeting birdie. The very first tweet came from co-founder Jack Dorsey on March 21, 2006. Since then, Twitter has now grown to more than 284 million users worldwide and expanding. Dorsey, then an undergraduate student at the
20 Mar 2015
How to Get Breaking News on Twitter
How to Get Breaking News on Twitter Twitter is arguably the fastest way to get the latest breaking news, but it requires a little know-how to take full advantage of this tool. However, if you’re willing to spend a little time building your own customized list of news sources, you’ll be able to stay on