Finding new music or hits from your favorite artists just became easier thanks to Twitter #music. In collaboration with iTunes, Spotify, and Rdio, you can now search Twitter’s new music app and listen to previews of all the songs you are interested in. The Popular selection allows you to find all of the new music [...]
After buying out TweetDeck in May 2011 for roughly $40 million, Twitter has now acquired Bluefin Labs, a social TV analytics service provider, for an undisclosed price. According to BusinessInsider.com sources, this recent acquisition is the most expensive made by Twitter to date. Acquisition price assumptions are anywhere between $50 million and $100 million considering [...]
Move over Facebook and Google+. The latest research findings by Global Web Index has crowned Twitter as the fastest-growing social platform in the world for Q4 2012, having experienced a whopping 714% growth in its number of active users since 2009. Global Web Index, a market-research firm specializing in social media and Web trends, made [...]
Here are some recent numbers about Twitter. The social network has now 1 billion accounts (including spam and fake ones) according to Twopcharts. Since December 18, 2012, Twitter has 200 million active accounts (there were 100 million in September 2011) 400 million tweets are posted each day 1.6 billion searches are conducted every day Twitter receives [...]
Written on 05 Jan 2013 by Vincent AbryDays after it was revealed by New York Times sources how Twitter first offered $525 million to Instagram before the latter was snatched up by Facebook for a 1 billion deal, the microblogging site has recently reshuffled its executive ranks, naming a new CFO and COO. Former chief financial officer Ali Rowghani is now the [...]
A few months back Twitter issued the promise that before the year is over, their users will have the opportunity to download all of the tweets they’ve ever made in their respective accounts. Now, it appears that CEO Dick Costolo is making good on his promise, which he first announced during this year’s Online News Association conference. [...]
The Pope is expected to publish his very first post on Twitter next week, December 12, as the Vatican made announcements about the pontiff’s personal Tweeting presence with the handle @Pontifex. After much speculation, Pope Benedict is finally joining Twitter through a handle that is synonymous to both ‘pope’ and ‘bridge builder’. But why Twitter? [...]
Approximately 1.4 million Tweets per day come from Australia, and it appears that Twitter executives are pleased with the fact. In a report by Australia’s Startupsmart, senior Twitter executives are expected to arrive in the country within the week to convene with the media, major sporting companies, and top Twitter users in Australia. Twitter’s Head [...]
In support of Small Business Saturday, a movement started in 2010 that promoted the preference for locally-owned businesses during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Twitter is giving away $1 million free advertising credits to as many as ten thousand small businesses. The announcement was published over at Twitter’s advertising blog on Tuesday. In February of [...]
While almost everyone seems to be on Twitter, the microblogging site appears not to think so. In an effort, thus, to drive more people to sign up, start spreading more Tweets, and have them check out all those ads, Twitter is launching a new option for users to share tweets via email, without having to [...]
Barack Obama just set a new record on Twitter with the most popular tweet of all time. “Four More Years” has been retweeted more than 220,000 times in less than 20 minutes, breaking the previous record hold by Justin Bieber. More than 643,000 retweets and still counting… see below realtime count : Four more years. [...]
Written on 07 Nov 2012 by Vincent AbryTwitter employers who have refused to be named have shared the company’s most recent mobile application plans, according to The New York Times Bits. Plans by Twitter to offer a photo filter feature not unlike the photo-altering tools offered by Instagram are already in the works. Instagram is known to make photos shared by users [...]
According to estimates recently released by eMarketer, Twitter ad revenues are still growing quite rapidly. Although the year isn’t over yet so we can’t look at any official numbers, ad revenue for Twitter looks like it’s going to go up by around 107% this year if the estimates are correct. The largest amount of growth [...]
Written on 19 Sep 2012 by Vincent AbryTwitter is now harnessing the voices of its millions of users to assess political opinions in America. The Twitter Political Index, or ‘Twindex,’ launched in August 2012 and has been keeping a steady eye on a number of hot-button issues since. The results are surprisingly accurate and offer a direct look into the minds of [...]
Written on 28 Aug 2012 by Vincent AbryA new Twitter feature now allows you to easily monitor stocks and track shares on markets and companies by clicking on the stock symbol $ on the microblogging site. A click on the symbol will bring you conversations about the company in the same way that you would be able to do so with a [...]
Twitter has recently introduced several of their latest search features which are directed at making simplified, real-time search on the site. The search autocomplete and ‘people you follow’ tools help to make getting search results on Twitter easier and breezier, especially if you are trying to look for a specific account or looking for tweet [...]
With European Football 2012 concluded yesterday, where the world witnessed Spain pummel Italy in a 4-0 triumph, Twitter has disclosed that the championship recorded the most number of related tweets on their site. In their blog, Twitter mentioned that the final match compelled as many as 16.5 million football aficionados all over the world to [...]
Now, reading original tweets from any Twitter user when you visit their profiles is made easier, as Twitter has just introduced a new option on their site. This handy feature allows you to see your friend or any other Twitter user’s original tweets – and none of the lengthy exchanges or replies below the tweets [...]
Twitter has gotten more serious with their expanded tweets service – which allows for a more interactive experience inside the site – now that it has partnered with news websites like TIME and The Wall Street Journal. On Wednesday Twitter released an update announcing new partners for their Expanded Tweets feature, which will allow for [...]
Starting tonight, Twitter is changing the way the Trending Topics will appear in each user account. Now the social network will display tailored trends for each user according to the people he follows. “In order to show emerging topics that matter more to you, today we’re improving our algorithms to tailor Trends based on your [...]
Written on 12 June 2012 by Vincent Abry
