Twitter’s small diversity gains result in cautious outlook for 2017
Twitter mostly met its diversity goals for 2016, but the company is still lacking in terms of overall inclusiveness.
Don’t you forget about meme: Relive Vine’s glory days on its web archive
Twitter's Vine preservation efforts are well and truly underway with its updated web archive of the video-looping app's best content.
President Trump shares first tweet from the official @POTUS Twitter account
Find out how to follow President Donald J. Trump's administration on social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
Twitter is finally ditching its neglected ‘Buy’ button once and for all
Twitter is killing off its “buy” button, a feature it has gradually been phasing out since May 2016.
Google acquisition could make it easier for developers to create apps
Looks like Google is buying (part of) Twitter, after all. The companies have announced that Google will acquire Twitter's developer products.
Vine is officially dead and gone, but there’s still time to save your old uploads
Vine is no more, but you can still salvage your old creations by downloading them from the app (before updating) or from the Vine website.
Twitter competitor App.net shuts down after years of struggle
Five years after the ambitious app first launched, with high hopes of becoming the Twitter alternative, it has thrown in the towel.
Twitter to live-stream Trump's inauguration in partnership with PBS
Twitter is live-streaming President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20 in partnership with PBS NewsHour.
President Obama’s farewell address is the first bona fide social media hit of 2017
Barack Obama's final speech as President of the United States had the most social media activity of any event in 2017 -- so far.
Twitter's Dashboard app will soon be no more, but its best features may live on
Twitter Dashboard, the app aimed at business users, is shutting down just over 7 months since it was launched.
Here's where to catch Sunday's Golden Globes show
It's the first big movies/TV awards show of the season, and there are several different ways to watch it.
Welcome to London: Airbnb is using Twitter live 360 video to showcase travel spots
Airbnb is one of the first brands to jump on Twitter’s recently launched live 360 video feature in order to showcase its global experiences.
Wikileaks whips up furor after proposing a database of verified Twitter users’ info
Wikileaks tweeted it plans to build an online database populated with the information of verified Twitter users.
Twitter strikes deal to live-stream 70 hours of action from the PGA Tour
Twitter is bringing professional golf live-streams back to its platform courtesy of its latest partnership with the PGA Tour.
Twitter ‘accidentally’ killed usernames in replies, and users weren’t happy
On Thursday, Twitter “accidentally” made an upcoming feature available to everyone on iOS, and the reaction from users was hostile, to say the least.
CEO Jack Dorsey says Twitter may start letting users edit tweets
Twitter has spoken. After CEO Jack Dorsey asked users for suggestions for new features, one function won the popular vote: the ability to edit tweets.
Amazon sends out over a billion holiday packages; Echo sales surge
Also today: OurMine hacks Sony Twitter account and tweets out a fake death notice, rumors suggest Apple has more new iPhone models in the wings. Maybe.
Want free books? Just spread the word about Honest Few
Looking for a way to support the writers of the world without digging too deep into your physical pockets? Try spending some social capital instead.
This new fake news search engine tracks webs of web rumors
A group of researchers from Indiana University is tracking the spread of fake news stories with a new search engine called Hoaxy.
Nobody’s perfect: First Facebook, now Twitter has an ad metrics problem
Twitter is adopting one of Facebook's worst traits having revealed it too suffered a video ad metrics blunder for just over a month.
More bad news for Twitter as two more executives exit
Plus: AT&T takes on robocalls and a hacking group takes aim at Netflix.
Twitter will provide data on user who sent seizure-inducing tweet to reporter
In its response to a court order, Twitter has agreed to hand over data relating to an account that allegedly sent a seizure-inducing tweet to a reporter.
Twitter, Facebook, Google being sued by families of Orlando nightclub victims
A lawsuit filed by the families of victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting claims Twitter, Facebook, and Google provided “material support” to IS.
Watch Hollywood’s biggest stars arrive for the Golden Globes live on Twitter
Twitter is partnering with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Dick Clark Productions to live-stream the Golden Globes red carpet preshow.
Think of the children! Proposed U.K. porn law could see Twitter blocked
Twitter and other sites that allow user submissions could be blocked in the UK by a bill currently being debated by British parliament.
Dorsey: Twitter thinking about implementing encrypted direct messages
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says he’s open to implementing more security features, such as encryption, in regard to direct messages on the platform.
Twitter restricts law enforcement fusion centers from accessing bulk user data
Twitter is cutting off access to a social media monitoring tool for federally funded law enforcement surveillance hubs, known as “fusion centers.”
Twitter reportedly built a stand-alone messaging app, only to later kill it off
Twitter reportedly spent more than a year building a stand-alone instant messaging app that never ended up seeing the light of day.
Down Periscope? Its app is no longer needed to live-stream on Twitter
Twitter has taken one more step in killing off Periscope -- the company has enabled the ability to live-stream straight from the Twitter app.
Whistleblower Edward Snowden answers questions about fake news, more via Twitter
In a live Q&A broadcast on Twitter, Edward Snowden spoke to Jack Dorsey about his thoughts on fake news, his extradition, and Twitter's recent updates.
Twitter is banning the bots that feed off Trump’s tweets
Twitter is banning bots that automatically reply to Donald Trump's tweets. This week, the platform has targeted several automated accounts.
CEO Jack Dorsey on Donald Trump’s Twitter activity: It’s 'complicated'
Is Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey a fan of Donald Trump’s nonstop tweeting? Dorsey's reply was characteristically diplomatic, but nonetheless revealing.
Google's experimental new feature lets you search with emojis via Twitter
An experimental new feature lets you perform searches on Google by tweeting emoji to @Google handle on Twitter.