Twitter is eyeing to acquire Flipboard, as per a report from Re/Code. The micro blogging site is said to be in talks to buy Flipboard for more than $1 billion in all stock deal.
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Google has partnered Twitter to display tweets in search result on mobile and desktop. The new feature will become available on the English version of Google.com, the Android and iOS versions of Google’s search app, and on mobile browsers.
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Twitter seems to be quite a popular medium for service providers such as banks and now fast food companies to introduce methods to make transactions easier and faster for customers. Domino’s pizza is now allowing users to place their pizza orders simply by tweeting a pizza emoji to @Domino’s.
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Twitter’s popular livestreaming app Periscope has received a major update to its iOS app. The app is getting the ability to sign up for the service without a Twitter account.
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Twitter announced its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2015. The micro blogging site reported that the revenue was $436 million in Q1, an increase of 74 percent on a year-over-year basis however, well below estimates of $456 million.
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Twitter on Thursday announced that it is rolling out a new feature called Highlights to Android app users that will send out a summary of the missed best-tweets via push notifications twice a day. Continue reading “Twitter introduces personalised ‘Highlights’ feature for Android users”
With an aim to curb online abuse and tackle online threats, Twitter has made some important policy changes. The micro blogging site has introduced new policies to control cyberbullying and abuse threats.
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Twitter has redesigned homepage of its web client with aim to lure non-Twitter users.It features topics that point to timelines of tweets from popular Twitter accounts and a prominent search bar that makes suggestions, as well as a way to login.
The new homepage shows curated content streams and this does not require users to sign in to Twitter. The content ranges from various sections like TV Shows and Stars, Cute Animals, Business news, Pop Artists and so on. Once you click one one of those topics, you’ll see a stream of popular tweets within the category. The new homepage also includes a prominent search bar that suggests queries for popular trends and hashtags.
The redesigned page will allow you to check out real time news and conversations even if you do not plan on creating an account. Twitter had announced in November that 125 million users visit the Twitter homepage which is half of its actual user base. The micro blogging site said that the new Twitter.com is first coming to the U.S and will bring it to more users over time.
Twitter has announced that it now supports slow motion videos taken from your iPhone. The micro blogging site will now play slow motion videos uploaded by iPhone users.
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Twitter has removed the Discover and Activity Tab on its mobile apps for Android and iPhone. The microblogging site is taking down these features that showed users what topics were trending or most popular within their network.
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Twitter has officially launched “quote tweet” functionality that will now embed the actual tweet instead of simply quoting it as text. The feature is coming to iPhone and Web first and will soon land on Android.
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Twitter has started experimenting with auto-play video feature on iPhone and iPad. The autoplay feature is just a test for a small percentage of Twitter’s user base in the U.S.
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Twitter has teamed up with Foursquare to provide tweets more precise locations, the micro logging site announced via a tweet. With the latest partnership users can tag specific locations to Tweets via official apps and the web.
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Twitter has updated it Android app with a profile makeover. The cover photos and the profile photos have gotten a bigger size along with the biography.
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Twitter is in talks with a live streaming app Periscope, according to a report from TechCrunch. Periscope allows users to stream video from their smartphones to their followers in real time.
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