Stories with tag: Twitter

Twitter Announces Vowel-less Twttr Service On April Fool's

Pranks suggests a $5 charge per month will be levied to use "the premium Twitter service".
Kamakshi S, 01st Apr 2013
Twitter Turns Seven, Celebrates With A Video

The popular microblogging site sees 200 million active users posting over 400 million Tweets daily.
Kamakshi S, 21st Mar 2013
Rumour: Facebook Plans To Introduce Hashtags Soon

Facebook-owned Instagram users already have the technology handy, no clarity on when it will be rolled out.
Rahul R, 15th Mar 2013
Twitter Introduces Line Breaks, Windows 8 App

The official Twitter App for Windows 8 is a first for for the micro-blogging site, although the line breaks feature is drawing mixed reviews.
Rahul R, 14th Mar 2013
Twitter App For Windows Phone Gets A Major Revamp

Apart from a new interface, the app lets you Pin Twitter accounts to the start screen.
Kamakshi S, 27th Feb 2013
Anonymous Falls Prey To a Hack On Twitter!

Rival group named Rustle League responsible for the attack.
Kamakshi S, 23rd Feb 2013
Security Breach At Zendesk: Hackers Got Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest User Email Addresses

No passwords suspected to be revealed; no reports of any email account being compromised have come to light.
Kamakshi S, 22nd Feb 2013
And Now MTV Gets Hacked, Not!

Music channel hacks its own Twitter account (for the US of A) in a bizarre publicity stunt.
Jayesh Limaye, 22nd Feb 2013
Tweets With Links Reduced to 118 Characters

New t.co link wrapper has resulted in the change; https URLs reduced to 117 characters.
Kamakshi S, 21st Feb 2013
Burger King's US Twitter Account Hacked, McDonalds Promoted!

Account suspended after it was "taken over" by McDonald's. The handle has now been restored.
Kamakshi S, 19th Feb 2013
Twitter Hacked, Affected Accounts To Be Active After Resetting Passwords

A blog post by Twitter said that about 250,000 accounts may be compromised, and affected users are intimated via email to reset passwords.
Team TechTree, 02nd Feb 2013
Twitter's New Service Suggests Its Future May Lie In Video

Microblogging service hinted at the direction of its evolution with the launch of a new streaming video service for smartphones.
Reuters, 25th Jan 2013
Embedding Tweets Just Got Easier

Microblog updates embedding feature to the main website and TweetDeck.
Kamakshi S, 24th Jan 2013
Twitter Starts Rolling Out Option To Download All Your Tweets

Now you can keep a backup of what you had for lunch a year ago.
Rizwan Memon, 17th Dec 2012
TechTree Blog: Twitter Enters Free-Speech Debate

Sets precedent by blocking propagandists, Hitler-style.
RMR, 19th Oct 2012