Tag: twitter
88-year-old woman forced to awkwardly tweet to avoid social embarrassment
An 88-year-old woman was forced to feign interest in Twitter today, as she was shown around a new exhibition on the information age by younger colleagues. The woman, who identified […]
Is Twitter about to launch direct video uploads?
Warning: Let’s call this speculation. Actor and presenter Robert Llewellyn, who is known for playing Kryten in Red Dwarf and presenting several wildly successful YouTube series (like Carpool and Fully […]
Twitter putting “Buy” buttons directly on to tweets
Twitter is testing new functionality that could add “buy” buttons direct to tweets – making it easier to buy stuff over the network. At the moment, the links are only […]
Twitter rolls out analytics dashboard to all users
Have you ever wondered how many people actually clicked on the link to that cat video that you tweeted? Well, now you can find out. In July, Twitter launched its […]
Twitter to remove images of deceased on families’ request
In a crackdown on gory and upsetting images, Twitter has announced a new policy where it will remove photos or video of dead people if close family members or other […]
Police investigated over social media breaches
Hundreds of police officers in England and Wales have been accused of breaches social media guidelines that include making racist and threatening comments, posing images of colleagues in compromising positions […]
Twitter is showing your favourites in your followers’ timelines
Potentially horrifying news depending on how you use Twitter. The company is testing a new “feature” whereby tweets that you have favourited will act like retweets, and will be shown […]
Twitter promises to do something following Zelda Williams abuse incident
Twitter’s problem with unsolicited abuse by dickheads reached a depressing peak following the death of Robin Williams. His daughter, Zelda Williams quit the social network following a series of abusive […]
Twitter buys “deep learning” company Madbits
Does Twitter know everything? It soon might thanks to its acquisition of intelligence technology firm Madbits. Twitter users often joke about asking the “hive-mind” questions, but could Twitter soon have […]
Twitter CEO wants to boost messaging
Speaking in a call to investors, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has revealed that he’d like to see the platform improve its messaging capabilities. According to Business Insider, Costolo described the […]
