Micro-blogging Website News

In a bid to show what people are talking about on the social network, micro-blogging website Twitter is testing a new feature wherein users` will see a list of current events at the top of their timelines.

Micro-blogging website Twitter has rolled out quick replies and welcome messages in Direct Messages to speed up customer service and to enhance conversational experiences between businesses and people online.

Micro-blogging website Twitter will stop counting media attachments, including images, GIFs, videos, polls, and usernames, against the 140-character limit starting September 19, allowing users to compose longer tweets, a media report said.

Micro-blogging website Twitter will stop counting media attachments, including images, GIFs, videos, polls, and usernames, against the 140-character limit starting September 19, allowing users to compose longer tweets, a media report said.

Micro-blogging website Twitter will not use its livestreaming video app, Periscope, to broadcast its Q2 earnings, which are set to land next Tuesday, a media report said.

 Micro-blogging website Twitter has increased its animated GIF (graphics interchange format) size limit from 5MB to 15MB if uploaded on the web from a desktop, a media report said on Tuesday.

After a series of celebrity Twitter handle hacks over the past few months, Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, had his account compromised briefly on Saturday, a media report said.

Wimbledon's official Twitter account tweeted the live feed early Wednesday morning, opening up Twitter plans to stream live sports more broadly.

Twitter users can now post videos that are up to 140 seconds long, a considerable increase from the previous 30-second limit.

Nearly two years ago, the micro-blogging site had planned to buy SoundCloud but since then, had gone silent on this.

As the news of Microsoft`s $26.2 billion acquisition of the professional networking website LinkedIn made the headlines on Tuesday, the shares of micro-blogging website Twitter went up more than eight percent in early-morning trading.

Micro-blogging website Twitter responded to news that surfaced on Thursday indicating that over 32 million Twitter passwords may have been compromised by locking accounts that demand extra protection and requiring a password reset.

Amid the growing concerns over terrorism, security and users` privacy, micro-blogging website Twitter has barred US intelligence agencies from accessing a service that sends alerts about unfolding terror attacks and political unrest, the Wall Street Journal reported.

 Twitter shares fell sharply about 12 percent on Tuesday after the micro-blogging website - which managed to add 5 million people to take its monthly active user base to 310 million - missed the first quarter revenue estimates.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey did not take salary or stock options since he joined the struggling micro-blogging website last year and received personal and residential security costs totaling $68,506, a media report said on Saturday.

Twitter has launched new feature that will allow businesses to directlyd receive messages from customers.  

Twitter on Friday said it has added four more Indian languages in which the popular micro-blogging website can be used.

Micro-blogging website operator Twitter Inc reported quarterly revenue below Wall Street expectations, hurt by weak monthly user growth.