Twitter started working on the “save for later” feature a while ago, and now the company has given the feature a name; it is called Bookmarks which is currently under testing. This news is being confirmed from Tina Koyama, a staff product designer at the company. Continue reading “Twitter testing Bookmarks feature to privately flag Tweets for later”
Right after rolling out 280 characters for all a couple of days ago, Twitter is adding another update that will let you add your ‘display name’ up to 50 characters in length. The original length of display name was 20 characters, so now you can add emojis, middle names, or seasonal-themed display names without hitting the limit.
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Twitter back in September has launched 280 character limit per Tweet for few users, and today the company has made it official by launching it for almost everyone based on the results and goals it achieved during the initial phase.
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Twitter today has published new Twitter rules to clarify the platforms online policies and how they enforce them. The company says that the fundamentals and approach don’t change, the new updated version presents with more detail.
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Twitter has rolled out a new feature that will showcase tweets about events that are happening. Dubbed as Happening Now, the feature will highlight sports games, breaking news, and other topics at the top of its users’ timelines.
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Twitter is working on a bookmarking tool feature to save tweets, according to a latest report from BuzzFeed. Dubbed as ‘Save for Later’, the feature will allow users to bookmark tweets for later reference. Continue reading “Twitter is working on ‘Save for Later’ feature to bookmark tweets”
Saying what you want to say in just 140 characters is quite a task on Twitter. However, the company is now experimenting with the character limit and soon you will have more characters to express yourself on Twitter.
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Earlier in April, Twitter launched Twitter Lite mobile website for emerging markets including India. Now, the company has started testing Twitter Lite Android app that uses less data. Continue reading “Twitter is testing Twitter Lite Android app for countries with poor internet connectivity”
Twitter is rolling out a new feature that will show users articles that are popular. Dubbed as Popular Articles, the feature was being tested for sometime and is now rolling out to everyone on iOS and Android. Continue reading “Twitter will now highlight Popular Articles from your timeline”
Twitter is testing a new feature for Android that will let you publish series of tweets popularly known as tweetstorms in one single go. Spotted by The Next Web’s Matt Navarra, the feature is currently hidden and not live yet. Continue reading “Twitter testing a feature to make it easier to tweetstorm”
Twitter has started testing a premium subscription program that will promote accounts and tweets for $99 per month. The micro-blogging site is currently offering this new program to only selected users via an invite.
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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.
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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.
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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. Continue reading “Twitter records over 1M conversations on the GST launch in India, 1100 tweets per minute”
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 post. Continue reading “Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube team up for anti-terror group”
