Tag: twitter
3 Free Twitter Tools to Schedule Tweets
Twitter announced Monday that advertisers now have the ability to schedule tweets. If you’re not a Twitter business user but this kind of functionality...
The Beginner’s Guide to the Hashtag
If you’re a social media novice, hashtags — those short links preceded by the pound sign (#) — may seem confusing and unnecessary. But...
Want a Retweet? Include a Photo
Twitter may limit you to 140 characters, but a picture says a thousand words, and can even entice people to read your story
At least...
78% of Twitter’s Users Are Outside the U.S.
Twitter's international user growth is far outpacing its domestic rate. Since 2010, Twitter's international user base has grown 745% — from 20 million to 169...
Twitter’s New Alert System Sounds During Capitol Lockdown
One of Twitter's newest functions got a chance to prove its worth just a week after its launch.
During the brief time that the U.S....
How Twitter Is Changing The Advertising Industry
Bonin Bough, former head of digital strategy at Pepsi, was interviewed by Bloomberg TV to talk about how Twitter is influencing the ad industry...
Iran’s President Deletes Tweet About Phone Call With Obama
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani tweeted historic news on Friday afternoon before quickly deleting it. Then, minutes later, he tweeted about the conversation again.
The screenshot...
Twitter Users In Afghanistan Just Attended The Country’s First Social Media...
More than 200 of Afghanistan’s most active users of Twitter and Facebook gathered Sunday for the country’s first-ever social media summit to explore how...
Apple Users Sent 7 Million iOS 7 Tweets in Two Days
If it feels like your entire Twitter feed is tweeting about the new iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS 7, you’re not alone.
More than 7 million tweets about iOS 7 were...
The 13 Photos That Made Twitter Massive
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then that's a whole lot of 140-character tweets.
Since Twitter launched in 2006, it has grown to...
The 31 Startups Twitter Has Acquired
Twitter's looming IPO brings up a lot of questions, the biggest of which being what going public will mean for the company's future.
As any...
Is Iran easing up on Facebook and Twitter? Not according to...
On Monday evening, Iranians found that national web filters blocking access to Facebook and Twitter had gone down. The blocks have been in place for...
You Can Now Search for Any Tweet in History
Twitter is great for real-time news and updates, but searching through your history for tweets on a specific topic — that's much less efficient,...
11 Twitter Apps You’ll Use Every Day
We love Twitter, we really do. The ever-changing feed. The challenge of squeezing a message into 140 characters. The feeling of accomplishment you get...
Golf Channel Has an Epic Fail on Anniversary of ‘I Have...
In the summer of 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. took the steps of the Lincoln memorial and, in front of a crowd of hundreds...
Eat What You Tweet: Toaster Strudel Personalizes Pastries on Twitter
Pillsbury Toaster Strudel — the store-bought pastry filled with everything from apple to cream cheese — didn't have a social presence until three weeks...
Spotify in Talks With Brands To Create Twitter-Like Follow Feature
Spotify is in talks with brands to beta-test a "follow" feature so that marketers can push content like branded playlists to the music-streaming service's...
Social Media Project Monitors Keywords to Prevent Suicide
A Boston-based project is using predictive analysis technology to comb through social media posts in hopes of preventing suicide.
The opt-in Durkheim Project combines search...
Twitter adds in-Tweet ‘Report’ button following cyber threats
After a slew of cyber threats and aggressive tweets targeted women in the UK this week, Twitter unveiled a new in-tweet report button and...
Enel #guerrieri, in Facebook and Twitter with everyday life heroes
A communication campaign that combines social network and storytelling. With its #guerrieri initiative, Enel asks everyday life heroes to tell their own stories. A platform is already online to log in...
