As reports on Steve Ballmer’s plan to retire from his Microsoft CEO post raced across the Internet this morning, Twitter lit up with tweets poking some fun and hand wringing about the fate of Microsoft.
US Government turns to Tumblr and Twitter for new intelligence transparency drive
In response to the leaks from former NSA-worker Edward Snowden, President Obama swore to preserve the sprawling data collection programs, but he also vowed to make a number of reforms, including making government’s activities more transparent. And Wednesday, it appears that the government is taking at least a cosmetic step in that direction. On Tumblr.
Twitter's new Vine video service hits 40M users since January
Vine, the video service introduced by Twitter in January, now has 40 million registered users, it said Tuesday. The mobile …
New York Post Twitter and Facebook accounts hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
The New York Post is the latest media outlet to be targeted by Syrian Electronic Army, with the hacker group …
Twitter University: Building a world-class engineering organisation
Twitter has acquired Marakana, a company that provides open-source training, as part of an effort to develop new skills among …
Twitter introduces 'in-tweet' abuse button after complaints
Twitter has revised its guidelines around abusive behavior following bomb and rape threats made against several prominent female users of …
Pro-Assad hackers compromise White House emails, Reuters Twitter feed
The goal of these attacks was to spread pro-Assad messages, supporting the Syrian leader whose government is entrenched in a civil war.
Twitter’s two-factor authentication implementation can be abused, researchers say
Twitter’s SMS-based, two-factor authentication feature could be abused to lock users who don’t have it enabled out of their accounts …
Twitter: Advertising in the Middle East
Sarah Rassasse, Digital Consultant, Prototype Interactive, explains how Middle Eastern businesses can benefit from advertising on Twitter. Companies in the …
Twitter launches MENA business
Twitter has officially launched business activities in the MENA region, unveiling a host of regional plans that will be completed …
Twitter report shines light on rising government data requests
Twitter has released new numbers showing that the social network complied with government data requests 69 percent of the time …
Twitter valued at $11bn based on 2014 IPO
Popular micro-blogging website Twitter could be valued at $11 billion if it goes public in 2014, according to a report …
Vatican goes social with Pope’s new Twitter account
Pope Benedict XVI will extend his online presence to Twitter and start answering questions put to him via the social …
Chinese Twitter user detained for posting political joke
Chinese authorities have detained a Twitter user in the country for posting a political joke in the run-up to the …
Twitter booms during presidential election
As presidential election day unfolded on Tuesday, people spent time posting photos of long lines at polling places, tweeting about …
Instagram flies past Twitter in mobile user race
Instagram has seen a huge spike in popularity among mobile device users over the past six months, pushing it past …
Twitter takes page from Facebook for redesign
Twitter is getting a new look and it’s looking a lot like Facebook. Twitter CEO Dick Costolo showed the site’s …
Twitter introduces new ad feature
Twitter will allow advertisers to target users based on their interests following a successful test of a new advertising feature, …
Twitter appeals court ruling over user information
Twitter has filed an appeal of a New York judge’s June decision requiring the company to turn over detailed information …