(Financial Express) – If it is your birthday, Twitter will not only make sure that you get happy birthday messages but also animated balloons in your...
BRANDON BAILEY, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, who helped turn the trendy messaging startup into a global town square, is...
(International Business Times) – Twitter is blocked in China. But that isn’t stopping the microblogging service from continuing to pitch the country’s advertising networks and business...
(Irish Times) – US president Barack Obama has finally got his hands on his own twitter account, racking up 1.68 million followers since Monday with a...
PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — An incoming Boston University professor who called “white college males” a “problem population” and was publicly criticized by the...
(The Hindu) – Previously, in order to receive a direct message from another person, you had to follow that user on Twitter. Now you can...
(Indian Express) – In an attempt to attract people who visit twitter.com, but do not log in, Twitter has revamped its homepage. The new homepage...
(BBC) – In the old days we stored our treasured memories in photo albums and paper diaries. Physical things which could be passed on in a will....
Mike Wendling, BBC (BBC.com)—Hugely popular black American celebrities are at the receiving end of criticism by black Twitter users using the hashtag #BlackCelebsBeLike. “Racism was an...
(STGist) – Abuse, bullying, and other forms of harassment on the web may be inevitable due to its size — but for Twitter, keeping users with...
(USA Today) – Colin Kaepernick is hard at work in the off-season to return his San Francisco 49ers to the playoffs next season. He decided on...
(Christian Science Monitor) – It’s no secret that Twitter can be a platform where pretty nasty abuse is dished out. Last year’s Gamergate tempest, which began, ostensibly, as...
(Trusted Reviews) – WhatsApp has just revealed staggering new stats for its messaging service, announcing that the app carries 700 million monthly active users. The BBC notes...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief SANTA CLARA, Calif. (NNPA) – Jesse Jackson says it is “outrageous” that high tech firms based in Silicon Valley hire...
(USA Today) – On Thursday, the Patriots official Twitter account had a promotion where they thanked some of the followers who helped them reach a...
BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter’s third-quarter revenue outpaced expectations, but investors concerned about user growth and holiday-quarter revenue clipped the company’s...
(Los Angeles Times) – Twitter Inc. is the latest tech giant to sue the U.S. government for the right to reveal the scope of government...
David Bauder, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — CBS and Rihanna are splitting up, more fallout from the Ray Rice domestic violence incident and the turmoil it...
(DNA India) – Twitter has opened up its Analytics Dashboard to all its users, allowing them to track how each of their tweets are faring. The...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (NNPA) – After he completes his campaign for more diversity in Silicon Valley, Jesse Jackson plans to expand...
MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple primarily relies on white and Asian men for its top-paying technology jobs, feeding the perception that...
(USA Today) SAN FRANCISCO — Civil rights activists are turning up pressure on Twitter to publicly release the gender and ethnic breakdown of its flock...
San Francisco (Business Report) – Twitter is in early-stage discussions to acquire or partner with music-related startups, according to people with knowledge of the talks,...
(TheAge.com) – You can mute your television. You can mute Gmail threads. And now you can mute Twitter accounts if you don’t want to see their activity. These...
BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter booked a net loss in the first quarter because of stock compensation costs, but its results...
