Recognizing that text doesn’t always convey the nuances someone may be feeling, Twitter is testing voice tweets.
Twitter Testing ‘Fleets’: Disappearing Tweets
In an effort to better compete with Instagram and Snapchat, Twitter is testing a new feature called “Fleets.”
Twitter Fixes Serious Vulnerability in Android Client
Twitter announced Friday that it has patched a serious vulnerability in the official Twitter client for Android. According to the announcement on the company’s blog, the bug “could allow a bad actor to see nonpublic account information or to control…
Twitter Adds Features Making Embedding Easy
Twitter has made it easier to add rich, responsive Tweet displays directly to your website or CMS. There are now 3 options: 1. Factory Functions – Allows you to easily generate timelines for any web app. 2. oEmbed API –…
Zac Efron Posted an … Interesting MLK Day Tweet
Zac Efron was garetful for two things on Monday, and he decided to put them both in the same tweet. One was the late, great Martin Luther King Jr., and the other was … An Instagram follower milestone? “I’m grateful…
Twitter Killed the Favorite, Now It Needs a Save Button
Twitter just killed the favorite – the star you’ve known and loved for years – and replaced it with a “like” in the form of a heart. Does it change a whole lot? Probably not. Fav’ing wasn’t the most important…
Twitter Favorites Are Dead, Now You Must “Like” Tweets with a Heart
The Twitter favorite, the star, is dead. Twitter has decided to swap favorites for “likes” and stars for hearts on both its main platform and on Vine. Now, Twitter’s three main properties – Twitter proper, Vine, and Periscope – will…
Deleted Politician Tweets Site, Which Twitter Blocked, Now Preserved on Internet Archive
When Twitter decided to kill API access to Politwoops and Diplotwoops, sites the archived the deleted tweets of politicians across the world, it was a pretty big blow to transparency. “Imagine how nerve-racking – terrifying, even – tweeting would be…
What Does Google’s New Tweet Section Mean For You?
Google and Twitter have been teasing us with a new integration of tweets into Google search results for months, but this week they finally made the official announcement. Real-time tweets are now showing in Google search results on mobile devices…