Tag: Twitter news
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Twitter Aiming to Be a Multimedia Hub with BBC Partnership
Just a few days ago, Twitter launched its standalone music app – Twitter Music. Although the app is not yet functional, the micro-blogging platform has just inked deals with entertainment giant BBC America to publish exclusive video content from the media company on Twitter. These videos will be of popular series on BBC America and…
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Music App from Twitter Not too Far Away
After acquiring the music service We Are Hunted, Twitter is looking to launch its own standalone music app for its users. So far, users have been able to open the page music.twitter.com and have been able to see the Twitter logo, a #music hashtag, a sign in button and a message that says that the…
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Long-Awaited Twitter Ads API is Here!
Twitter is now looking to expand its ad revenues with the launch of its highly anticipated Ads API. This API now lets advertisers create rich and visually appealing ads that can be uploaded easily on Twitter. Facebook is seen as the friendlier social media platform for advertisers as it offers various tools and features to…
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Has Twitter Launched a Payment Feature?
It seems like Twitter – the second largest social networking website, is poised to become some sort of an online shopping platform. On February 11th, Twitter announced its partnership with American Express to release a payment-by-tweet feature. Twitter believes that by becoming an e-commerce website, it will be able to attract more advertising revenues in…
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Twitter Becomes More Mobile-Friendly with New Upgrades!
Twitter has just launched three updated features that are focused on content discovery via mobile devices. These updates ensure that mobile users will find one single stream of content in each tab, making it easier to find and engage with content on Twitter. Twitter officially announced these changes to mobile.twitter.com and other changes to Android…
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Pinterest Launches Twitter Support!
Just when Twitter users were dealing with the news that Instagram was pulling out, Pinterest’s recent announcement is bound to bring some cheer. Instagram users may not be able to share their images on Twitter again but they can start using Pinterest instead. The pinboard-based photo sharing service recently added support for Twitter cards. This…
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What You can Learn about Social Media for Businesses from the Olympics
The fact that social media goof-ups can happen even to the best of the best has been proved by some of the athletes at 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Large Company Executives Found Lacking in Social Media Usage
The recently released ‘2012 Fortune 500 Social CEO Index’ shows that among executives occupying the top positions at some of the largest publicly held companies, only 4% use Twitter and 7.6% use Faceb
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Who Uses Social Media More – Men or Women?
Most of us think about age when it comes to demographic discrepancies in social media usage.
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Afraid of Being Stripped of Your Social Wings? There is a Way Out…
In January Twitter announced changes in its censorship policy. The move was met with strong opposition from users.