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”
Twitter has undergone a major makeover in terms of design with the latest update. The micro blogging site will adorn a new look across mobile and web apps. Continue reading “Twitter adorns a new look with UI tweaks across mobile and web apps”
Twitter is giving its users more control over the DMs they receive. The micro-blogging platform is adding a filter to direct messages that will allow you to review them if they are from people you don’t know. Continue reading “Twitter gives you more control over DMs from people you don’t know”
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.
Continue reading “Twitter reports $548 million in revenues, 328 million MAUs in Q1 2017”
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. Continue reading “Twitter rolls out Twitter Lite for emerging markets”
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.
Continue reading “Twitter introduces player emojis to celebrate a decade of IPL”
Last year, Twitter rolled out night mode for its Android and iOS apps. Now, the micro-blogging site is testing an automatic night mode feature for Android.
Continue reading “Twitter starts testing automatic night mode for Android app”
Twitter is getting rid of its iconic egg avatar. The micro-blogging site is changing its default egg profile photo and replacing it with a new non-gender specific silhouette photo.
Continue reading “Twitter is getting rid of its default egg profile photo”
Check out the latest FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of the latest technology news. Continue reading “iPhone assembling to begin in Bengaluru soon, Telegram introduces voice calls and more – FoneArena Daily”
Twitter is making it easy for its users to communicate on its platform using 140 characters. From today, the micro blogging platform will stop counting usernames as part of the 140 character limit when you’re replying to tweets.
Continue reading “Twitter stops counting @replies from its 140-character limit”
In a bid to garner some potential revenue, Twitter is exploring to build a paid subscription model of its popular Tweetdeck interface aimed at professionals,marketers and journalist according to a latest report from The Verge. Continue reading “Twitter mulls offering paid subscription option on TweetDeck”
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. Continue reading “Twitter’s new safety tools now lets you filter abusive accounts and mute keywords”
Twitter has announced financial results for Q4 2016 and fiscal year. The micro blogging site has recorded $717 million in revenue, a 1% year-over-year increase. Twitter now has 319 million monthly active users, up 4% year-over-year and compared to 317 million in the previous quarter Continue reading “Twitter records $717 million in revenue, 319 million MAU in Q4 2016”
Twitter is bolstering its efforts further to curb abuse and harassment on its platform. The micro blogging site has released three new tools to manage abusive users and tweets. Continue reading “Twitter safety update hides abusive tweets and blocks repeat offenders”
