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Twitter India’s Country Director Taranjeet Singh Steps Down

Taranjeet Singh, the man behind the growth of the business of Twitter in India has stepped down from his position as Country Director. This announcement was tweeted by him on the microblogging website on Tuesday. Following the stepping down of Taranjeet Singh, the company’s Twitter’s global head of revenue strategy and operations Balaji Krish will take […]

Twitter Introduces Filtering Tool for Direct Messages

One of the leading social media platforms Twitter has brought in some new features or filtering tools for direct messages on its platform. The platform has launched a fresh feature where the users will be able to filter and ignore the unwanted messages. The platform will now have two separate sections that are ‘Inbox’ and […]

Twitter’s Invention Hashtag is Now Eleven Years Old

It’s quite impossible to remember the time when we didn’t use the tagging system on social media through hashtags, but for your surprise hashtag has been with us for only eleven years. It was for the first time used by former Google and Uber designer Chris Messina on 23 August 2007 on Twitter, and since […]

Twitter Lite App to Expand in 21 More Countries

One of the leading social media platforms Twitter has announced that its lighter app known as Twitter Lite will be expanding to 21 more countries. After the expansion, Twitter Lite will be available to people across 45 countries in total. The data-saving app was launched last year with an aim to increase the user base […]

Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter Band Together For The Data Transfer Project

Four of the biggest technology companies are associating together to make it easier for the users to download and transfer their data between services. Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter formally announced The Data Transfer Project (DTP) today, an open-source initiative to create new tools that ‘enable people to freely move their information across the web without any kind of hassle. The Data […]

Top 5 Entrepreneurs You Should Follow On Twitter

How many of you are active on Twitter? Well, nowadays, the social media networking has become a vital part of our lives and through these platforms, we get to know a lot about the happenings and latest trends of the world. Twitter is the most popular platform for following all the well-known personalities of the […]

Twitter Suspends 70 Million Fake Accounts in Two Months

Leading Microblogging website Twitter Inc. suspended over 70 million fake accounts in two months (May and June), as per the latest report revealed by the Twitter sources to The Washington Post. In the report of the Washington post, Twitter said that they are running a massive clean-up drive to clear out bots and trolls on the platform. The impact […]

Twitter App Update: Now Get Highlights on Big Events, News stories

Social media giant Twitter is revamping its service to give more space to events such as World cup, earthquakes, royal weddings and elections, a move dedicated at making it a lot easier for users to find interesting tweets. Notably, Twitter has made efforts to stand out with advertisers and users alike by pushing live events […]

Twitter Shuts Down Apps for Roku, Xbox and Android TV Devices

Micro-Blogging Site Twitter has announced to shut down its TV apps on Roku, Android TV and Xbox from 24 May. The decision to suspension has come after Twitter has already pulled down apps used by the minority of its userbase including “Twitter for Mac”. According to the sources, the suspension has come due to the […]

Twitter Changes Strategy to Fight “Internet Trolls”

Social Media Platform Twitter is gearing up its strategy for fighting abusive “internet trolls” by announcing that it will use behavioural signals to identify harassers on its platform and then limit their visibility of tweets. Twitter’s present rules already prohibit abuse as the social media platform can block or suspend offenders once someone reports them. […]

Twitter is working on End-to-End Encrypted Messanging:Report

Amidst data security concerns looming over Facebook and WhatsApp, Twitter is reportedly working on testing a new feature on its Android app that will aim at making messaging secure with end-to-end encryption. With this feature onboard, the messaging platform will roll out “Encrypted messaging” that will facilitate secret conversation allowing viewing both sides of the […]