Twitter records $574 million in revenue, user base static at 328 million in Q2 2017

Twitter has revealed financial earnings for Q2 2017. The micro-blogging site recorded $574 million in revenue, down 5% YoY. Twitter’s monthly active user base remained unchanged at 328 million in Q2 2017. This means, Twitter reported 0% user growth this quarter.

Twitter now lets you mute notifications from accounts that don’t follow you

Twitter is making it easier to ignore trolls. The micro-blogging site has rolled out a new update that lets you mute notifications from people who don’t follow you. The advanced filters give you more control over your notifications.

Twitter records over 1M conversations on the GST launch in India, 1100 tweets per minute

Twitter saw over one million GST-related Tweets (between 30 Jun – 2 Jul 2017) in India. The micro blogging site revealed that conversations around GST peaked on the platform at 12:30 AM on July 1st and 1100 tweets were posted per minute. 

Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube team up for anti-terror group

In a bid to combat terrorism, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube have formed the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism. “We believe that by working together, sharing the best technological and operational elements of our individual efforts, we can have a greater impact on the threat of terrorist content online”, Facebook said in its blog … Continue reading “Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube team up for anti-terror group”

Twitter reports $548 million in revenues, 328 million MAUs in Q1 2017

Twitter has announced financial earnings for Q1 2017. The micro blogging platform reported $548 million in revenues, a drop of 8 percent from the same period a year ago. Twitter added 9 million monthly active users over the quarter which is 7 million more than expected.

Twitter rolls out Twitter Lite for emerging markets

Twitter has introduced a ‘lite’ version of its service aimed at users from emerging markets like India. Dubbed as Twitter Lite, the app weighs less than 1MB and works via a web browser instead of a standalone app. The app is designed to minimize data usage and load quickly on slower connections.

Twitter introduces player emojis to celebrate a decade of IPL

Twitter and Indian Premier League (IPL) have teamed up to release special player emojis for 30 popular IPL players. Fans can just tweet using the designated player hashtag and an emoji version of that player will automatically appear after the hashtag within the tweet.

Twitter’s new safety tools now lets you filter abusive accounts and mute keywords

Twitter has announced new safety tools to curb abuse and harassment on its platform. The micro-blogging site has introduced features that adds the ability to filter abusive content, fight trolls, mute keywords and improve communication around reporting harassment.