Quantcast
WebProNews Ad Rates Click Now!
Read WebProNews
With Friends!
 
tweets Articles
Twitter Finally Launches Two-Step Verification

Twitter Finally Launches Two-Step Verification

By Josh Wolford 9 hours ago

After a series of high-profile hacks and calls from the user base, Twitter has finally unveiled their form of two-step verification. “Every day, a growing number of people log in to Twitter. Usually these login attempts come from the genuine …

'Geography of Hate' Shows Racist, Homophobic Tweets 'Geography of Hate' Shows Racist, Homophobic Tweets
By · May 13, 2013 · 4 Comments

If you’ve spent any time at all on Twitter, you know that it can be a great place for a variety of things – real-time news, celeb-watching, comedy, and the list goes on and on. But you also know that …

Social Media
Twitter Two-Step Verification Finally on the Horizon Twitter Two-Step Verification Finally on the Horizon
By · April 24, 2013 · 1 Comment

Following Tuesday’s hack of the AP’s Twitter account that temporarily tanked the stock market and showed just how powerful a false tweet can be, Twitter is looking to slowly roll out two-step verification to some users. According to Wired, Twitter …

Technology
Here’s an Epic Song Full of Inane Celebrity Tweets Here’s an Epic Song Full of Inane Celebrity Tweets
By · April 23, 2013

Sometimes, 140 characters can be used to express something important, thought-provoking, or otherwise newsworthy. And sometimes not, as evidenced by the bulk of the musings coming from a handful of celebrities’ Twitter accounts. YouTuber Shane Dawson penned this epic tribute …

Life
Watch Kids Read Comedian Kelly Oxford's Tweets Watch Kids Read Comedian Kelly Oxford's Tweets
By · April 10, 2013 · 1 Comment

Jimmy Kimmel has a thing where he makes people on the streets read the tweets of some of his guests, you know, when the guest is particularly prolific on Twitter. He did this a few weeks ago when he had …

Life
Pakistan's Mobiilink Offers Free Tweeting Pakistan's Mobiilink Offers Free Tweeting
By · April 2, 2013

Whenever a country that has a history of internet censorship gains better access to one of the internet’s most important tools, it’s big news. And that’s exactly what has happened today. Starting today, Pakistan’s largest provider of cellular services has …

Technology
Twitter Archive Now Supports 12 New Languages Twitter Archive Now Supports 12 New Languages
By · March 22, 2013

Twitter has just announced that they’ve made Twitter archive available for a bunch of new languages: Danish, Filipino, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Urdu. Now, Twitter users using the service in those languages can access …

Social Media
Noteworthy Videos
Twitter Turns 7, Boasts 400M Tweets Per Day Twitter Turns 7, Boasts 400M Tweets Per Day
By · March 21, 2013

Join me in wishing a very happy birthday to Twitter, who turns 7 years old today. Yes, if you were wondering, you can sing the Happy Birthday song in less than 140 characters. Twitter, which first began with a tweet …

Social Media
Donald Rumsfeld Is Having a Very Bad Day on Twitter Donald Rumsfeld Is Having a Very Bad Day on Twitter
By · March 19, 2013

This week is the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, dubbed Operation Iraqi Freedom, which led to the nearly 9-year Iraq War. Beginning on March 20th, 2003 and lasting until December 18th, 2011 (when Secretary of Defense Leon …

Life
In The Newsletter
Pope Francis Finally Tweets to His 2M Followers Pope Francis Finally Tweets to His 2M Followers
By · March 18, 2013

Last Wednesday, a plume of white smoke emerged in Vatican City, signaling that the papal conclave had chosen a new leader for the Catholic Church. Shortly after, Argentinian cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio addressed the crowd as Pope Francis, the 266th …

Here's the Most Annoying Tweet That Exists Here's the Most Annoying Tweet That Exists
By · March 15, 2013 · 4

As you probably know, Twitter just started allowing line breaks inside tweets on the web this week. Before, users could only experience fragmented tweets on mobile. This new functionality is particularly useful in three scenarios. Only three, ok? First, it …

New Pope Chosen, Twitter Account Reactivated New Pope Chosen, Twitter Account Reactivated
By · March 13, 2013 · 2

With a plume of white smoke, the papal conclave has just selected Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a cardinal from Argentina, as the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. He will be called Pope Francis and is the first ever pope …

FTC Gets Specific on Guidelines for Twitter Ads FTC Gets Specific on Guidelines for Twitter Ads
By · March 13, 2013

The Federal Trade Commission has just released some revisions of its decade-old online advertising guidelines, alliteratively titled “Dotcom Disclosures.” In it, the FTC lays out more specific rules for “space-constrained” ads, which you and me would probably just call Twitter …

Apple’s @iBookStore Account Retweets Salty Tweet Apple’s @iBookStore Account Retweets Salty Tweet
By · March 11, 2013

In what is most likely a case of the ol’ personal vs. business Twitter account login switcheroo, Apple’s official iBookstore Twitter account retweeted and then quickly removed a tweet containing an obscene phrase. Early Monday morning, the official @iBookstore account …

Twitter Archives Now Available in 12 New Languages Twitter Archives Now Available in 12 New Languages
By · March 11, 2013

Twitter has just announced that they’ve expanded the reach of their archive service to 12 new languages: Dutch, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, & Spanish. Now, users using Twitter in those languages can download a …

The Pope’s Twitter Account Goes ‘Sede Vacante’ The Pope’s Twitter Account Goes ‘Sede Vacante’
By · March 1, 2013

After the death or resignation of a pope, the Sancta Sedes (Holy See) becomes vacant. Today, the Twitter account of former pope Benedict reflects this reality and has gone “Sede Vacante,” or latin for vacant seat. As such, all of …

Damon Lindelof vs. Justin Bieber's Spiky Yellow Hat Damon Lindelof vs. Justin Bieber's Spiky Yellow Hat
By · February 28, 2013 · 2

Overnight, Lost co-creator Damon Linedelof discovered and then spent many hour tweeting about Justin Bieber’s spiky yellow hat (pictured both above and below, for maximum emphasis). Here is that epic rant, presented without further commentary. Dear Everyone Asking What I …

Next Page »
WebProNews Videos | Advertise | About Us | Newsletter | Archive | News Feeds | Terms & Conditions | Contact Us

WebProNews is an iEntry Network ® publication - © 1998-2013 All Rights Reserved.