Articles tagged "Twitter"

Twitter started testing the reply downvoting feature last July, which is now expanding worldwide. The feature will be available on the web and soon arrive on iOS and Android. And once you get it, you'll be able to downvote replies to a tweet by...

Twitter may be planning to allow users to create posts that surpass the 240-character limit. According to a leak published by Jane Manchin Wong, Twitter may soon be implementing a “Twitter Article” feature into the platform. There’s gonna be lots...

Twitter and Quill are announcing a new acquisition that will let Twitter DMs better compete with other messaging apps. Quill is a messaging app for collaboration and communication with teams, one that competed with other productivity messaging...

In an unexpected announcement, co-founder of Twitter Jack Dorsey has confirmed that he’s stepping down as CEO and (now, former CTO) Parag Agarwal will take over as CEO effective immediately. not sure anyone has heard but,I resigned from Twitter...

Back in September, Twitter acknowledged an issue that many users experienced that caused tweets to suddenly disappear as users were reading them. To quickly recap, when users returned to their Twitter feed after being idle, the user would begin...

Today Instagram proudly announced that you can now see previews of Instagram posts on Twitter. These will automatically be made into a card format once you enter any Instagram link into any tweet. That sounds like a neat feature to have, of...

Have you ever experienced this issue on Twitter when you switch back to the Twitter app or desktop website and start reading a Tweet, only for it to suddenly be gone and the feed seeming refreshed itself? It breaks the experience and annoys users,...

Twitter today announced a bunch of features that it will be testing over the coming days. This includes a new UI design, a way to remove your followers, and also the Communities feature that was announced a while back. The new UI change is edge...

Android users will soon receive the benefit of signing in with a Google account when accessing the app via an Android device. As reported by 9to5Google, the Twitter Beta build for Android now allows you to sign into your Twitter account using...

Remember when Snapchat created the Stories format and then every company under the sun copied it? Well, as it turns out, some were more successful than others at that. Facebook's Instagram, for example, overtook Snapchat a long time ago and it's not...

Twitter is apparently looking into implementing richer reaction option on its platform. The insider info comes courtesy of Jane Manchun Wong - the same researcher that has recently been tipping the internet about other Twitter features, like its...

Twitter has paused its new account verification program after just over a week of relaunching it, the reason being it received more requests than it anticipated, and now the micro-blogging platform needs time to review those before it can accept any...

Twitter announced in a blog post on Monday that it is opening its Spaces feature to all users with at least 600 followers. Spaces is an audio-only voice chat feature that lets a host stream voice chats with other Twitter users. Audience members can...

Twitter is rolling out a server-side update on its iOS and Android apps that will enable higher quality uploads from these platforms while also changing how the image appear on the timeline. Both apps now support uploading images in 4K. This...

Twitter has announced two new upcoming features for its platform. The first is Super Follows, which is the company's first premium feature. The other is Communities. Super Follows allows users to charge their followers for access to...

Edit: Following Trump’s initial 12-hour ban from Twitter that required the removal of a few Tweets, the social media platform has decided to permanently ban Donald Trump from ever posting on Twitter again. After close review of recent Tweets...

Twitter’s latest crackdown on the spread of misinformation comes in the form of another warning message. Users are already shown a warning when they try to retweet a tweet that’s been marked with potentially misleading information. Now Twitter will...

On Wednesday afternoon, a dozen or so major Twitter accounts were compromised in an organized attack that scammed unsuspecting people out of tens of thousands of dollars in Bitcoin. The event began at around 4PM Eastern time and lasted for about...

Twitter has added another enhancement to its social network. Users on iOS are now able to add voice messages to their tweets which will complement the short text-based message. You can Tweet a Tweet. But now you can Tweet your voice!Rolling out...

Twitter's posted a statement on its Privacy blog, notifying of the discovery of a security vulnerability in its Android app. It offered the possibility to allow a bad actor control over your profile (including sending tweets and DMs) and access to...