Tag: Twitter

  • Twitter considering charging for verification

    John Gruber: It’s Twitter that benefits from millions of users being able to feel certain that the “Stephen King” with 7 million followers on Twitter is really theStephen King. It’s Twitter that benefits from Nate Silver engaging with users and tweeting analysis. Popular tweeters aren’t getting paid to tweet. And now Elon Musk thinks they should…

  • White House organizes harassment of Twitter employee as Trump threatens company

    The Verge: Conway called the employee “horrible” and directed listeners to go after him. “Somebody in San Francisco go wake him up and tell him he’s about to get a lot more followers,” she said on air. Immediately, the call was picked up by right-wing personalities and Trump supporters, who began sharing screenshots of the…

  • Official BlackBerry Twitter account sends out tweet from an iPhone

    TUAW reported on BlacBerry’s official Twitter account tweeting from an iPhone. They were probably using the iPhone to take photos and post on Instagram.

  • Twitter’s plans autoplay video ads

    Advertising Age reported on Twitter’s plans to add autoplaying video ads. Twitter is mulling the possibility of making promoted videos automatically play 6-second previews when they pop up in people’s feeds, according to people briefed on the company’s plans. If the autoplay previews were to catch someone’s eye, that person could click to watch the…

  • Facebook’s trending feature

    ReadWrite reports on Facebook’s announcement of its new “Trending” feature. After hashtags and embeddable posts, trending is the latest Twitter feature that Facebook has adopted. This is a step towards Facebook’s goal of becoming more than just a place for friends and family to connect. Twitter’s success stems from it being a way for people…

  • I use Safari to read Twitter on iOS

    Yes, I use Safari on my iPhone to access Twitter most of the time. Before using this method, I switched from the default Twitter client to TweetBot, which is awesome. A quick word of caution: Whether this method is suitable for you or not will depend on what you use Twitter for. I use it…

  • Twitter 3.0 for Mac brings in-line photos, detailed tweets and full profiles

    Engadget reports that Twitter has released version 3.0 of its Mac app. There are some of the new features: In-line photo preview for supported services Expanded tweets with full conversations Full user profiles with more emphasis on visuals While the second and third are not completely new to Twitter, they are new on the Mac…

  • Twitter vulnerability lets apps send DMs without user permission

    The Next Web reports on a Twitter vulnerability that lets apps send direct messages without user permission. Nevertheless, by using the command “d twitter_username message” the app can send a DM to anyone you can normally send DMs to. The app never has to check with the user if he or she is okay with…

  • Twitter dethrones Facebook as the best tech company to work for

    The Next Web reports that Twitter is the top tech company in the sixth Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards, a list of the top 50 best places to work for in the coming year. Facebook held the number one spot among tech companies for the past three years, but slipped to third place this year. Twitter…