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Twitter is going to start selling advertisements within third-party apps

Twitter apparently has a new advertising strategy that it hopes will help increase its revenue: sell advertisements within third-party apps. The...
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The Twitter Video Player could be a real competitor to YouTube

Twitter announced a couple of months ago that 2015 would see the launch of the microblogging website’s own native video service, one...
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Twitter’s “While you were away” feature begins rolling out for users

Twitter announced back in November that it intends to boost user engagement with a plethora of new features. One of those...
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Sony is looking to sue Twitter and its users for “damaging” tweets

While Sony is still licking its post-hack wounds it’s going on the offensive about its leaked emails. Right now it looks...
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Instagram surpasses Twitter with 300 million users

Instagram is now larger than Twitter. The social media giant announced on Wednesday that it passed the 300 million active user...
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British police are publicly shaming drunk drivers through Twitter

They’re cruising the streets for embarrassing tweets. It’s no secret that every year, the number of people driving under the influence...
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Twitter might be looking to acquire Justin Bieber’s selfie-centric app

With selfies being the rage these days, we can’t say we’re surprised that developers are trying to cash in on the...
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Twitter can be used to track unemployment numbers and patterns

Governments aren’t usually quick to react to changes in demographics. They frequently have to take surveys that are not only slow,...
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IBM has joined forces with Twitter

Computing goliath IBM has signed a deal with Twitter to use tweets to make smarter business decisions. The agreement will let...
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Twitter disappoints investors with recent growth numbers

Twitter said Monday its monthly active user base expanded to 284 million users during the July-to-September quarter, an increase of 13...
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Twitter comes to Twitpic’s rescue at the last second

If you’ve missed the recent Twitpic hullabaloo, the third-party Twitter image host, one of the biggest in operation, has been threatened...
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Twitter is opening a learning center in San Francisco

Twitter has moved a one step closer toward opening a $1 million learning center where company employees will teach tech skills...
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Twitter unveils Fabric, it’s new modular SDK

Twitter is flocking toward mobile like it is the promised land of revenue. On the surface, it appears Twitter has charted...
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Twitter’s hea dof news quits after less than a year

Vivian Schiller, the high-profile media executive hired to run Twitter’s news unit, is leaving the company less than a year into...
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Twitter is suing the US government for the right to be transparent

Twitter is sick of US government-imposed secrecy. After months of attempted negotiations, the company has filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, alleging...
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Twitter gives MIT $10 million and access to every public tweet

Twitter is opening up its vault for researchers at MIT’s Media Lab, and it’s giving them $10 million to try and...
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