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Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
INFOGRAPHIC: The Popularity Of Geotagging, Location-based Check-ins In The Social Media Space
Many of us don’t think twice when we check-in to our favorite location-based service -- but how much of ourselves are we really giving away? While it’s not totally necessary to tell our friends we hit up the local pub for lunch or that we are currently tweeting from the Big Apple, there are a lot of us who do it anyway. This infographic by Visible outlines the... Read more » REPORT: Twitter Setting Up New Data Center In Atlanta, Hopes To Kill Fail Whale For Good
With more than 100 million monthly active users, Twitter has to be on top of its game to ensure the infamous Fail Whale does not start popping up more often as it tries to handle its growth. To that end, the company is reportedly expanding its data center network by setting up shop in Atlanta. According to Data Center Knowledge, Twitter will soon move some... Read more » Sinead O’Connor Scares Followers With Suicidal Tweets
We have a tendency to roll our eyes at the stupid things celebrities say on Twitter, like when Xzibit called Planking racist or when 50 Cent joked about the tsunami in Japan. Very rarely does a tweet shock followers -- aside from sometimes sending them into a 140 character rage -- but recent tweets from singer Sinead O’Connor caused followers and those close to the... Read more » Twitter Adds SSL Security Feature To Tweet And Follow Buttons
Twitter has given developers and publishers a way to add the Tweet and Follow buttons to secure HTTPS pages on websites. The company has enabled SSL support for the buttons in its API. Websites which have secure pages will now be able to add Twitter's buttons to those pages, allowing users to share content and follow relevant Twitter accounts without having to... Read more » Twitter Discontinues Popular TweetDeck Feature, Deck.ly
In May, Twitter acquired the third-party Twitter client TweetDeck for a rumored $40 million. The acquisition followed various rumors stating that it was a defensive move against UberMedia who was looking to acquire the app and already owned the popular apps Twidroyd, UberSocial and Echofon and had previously run into trouble with Twitter’s API rules. After 4... Read more »
Investors Fred Wilson And Bijan Sabet Leaving Twitter Board, Chief Scientist Exits Too
It seems that the behind-the-scenes shake-up at Twitter is continuing. Investors Fred Wilson and Bijan Sabet are stepping down from the company's board at the end of September and Twitter is not going to replace their seats on the board. Wilson is a high-profile investor and is a partner at venture capital firm Union Square Ventures. He was one of the earliest... Read more » UberMedia, The Economist Group Partner For Twitter App And UberSocial Channel
UberMedia has teamed up with Ideas People Media, which is part of The Economist Group, to launch a new custom Twitter desktop app and curated UberChannel for UberMedia's UberSocial mobile Twitter app. Both the app and the channel will feature curated content from selected Ideas People Media members, including The Economist, Daily Kos and National Review. The aim... Read more » Twitter Now Available In 5 More Languages, Chinese, Hindi And More
One day after launching their U.K.-specific blog and recently announcing that they've hit 100 million monthly active users, Twitter continues to expand their reach worldwide. The microblogging service announced on Thursday that they’ve launched in 5 new languages. In August, the microblogging service launched translations in Dutch and Indonesian. This time... Read more » How The Twitter (Or Twittr) Website Looked Back In 2006
Since Twitter's launch in 2006, the company has grown by leaps and bounds. It has more than 200 million registered accounts and around 100 million monthly active users, who are posting more than a billion tweets every week. Even the President of the United States is using the social network now. Although the first tweet was sent in March 2006 (by co-founder Jack... Read more » Soccer Player Under Investigation After Saying 9/11 Wasn’t A Terrorist Attack On Twitter
When will people learn that if they’re in the public eye, there are some things they should never, ever say? Yes, there is something called "Freedom of Speech," but there is also something called "common sense" that people frequently forget to exercise. A Liverpool FC player apparently missed the memo and now he’s being investigated for inappropriate tweets... Read more » 
