
Twitter’s relaxed character limit doesn’t apply to ads, but there’s a workaround
It’s finally happening. Starting today — four months after announcing it would do so — Twitter will no longer count photos, videos, polls...

2.3 million people tuned into Twitter’s NFL livestream, less than watched Yahoo’s
Twitter scored 2.3 million total viewers for its first-ever livestream of an NFL game on Thursday night, according to figures provided by...

Twitter’s NFL live stream and Facebook’s Sports Stadium should get married
Twitter’s NFL live stream last night was fine, but could have been better if the feeds of tweets attached to it had been better....

Twitter now lets brands say when they’re available to respond to tweets
rvlsoft / Shutterstock.com Twitter is playing catch-up with Facebook once again when it comes to becoming brands’ favored social platform...

Twitter rolls out apps for Apple TV, Xbox One and Amazon’s Fire TV
Twitter’s TV apps will broadcast Thursday Night Football games, as well as other live shows, Periscope streams, Vine clips and normal...

Twitter rolls out an app for Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant
Copyright Aaron Durand (@everydaydude) for Twitter, Inc. Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant now speaks Twitter. Twitter has rolled out an app...

Twitter floats better revenue split for creators’ YouTube, Facebook videos
Twitter wants to attract digital video stars to help build its video business. But it can’t offer them more eyeballs than YouTube or...

Twitter fights abuse by making it easier to hide abuse
rvlsoft / Shutterstock.com Twitter is tackling its harassment concerns by making changes to the user experience. Today, the company...

4 ways for Twitter to stay relevant
Facebook dominates in terms of ad dollars and performance and has the user base and engagement to back up growth that doesn’t seem to be...

Twitter turns stickers into ads for brands but won’t say how it’s charging for them
Social advertising used to be about brands inserting themselves in people’s content feeds. It still is. But it’s also become about brands...

Will Twitter address its harassment issue?
This morning, BuzzFeed came out with a scathing report about how Twitter has operated as a platform that enables stalking, harassment and...

Twitter will hand out awards to spark advertiser interest, investment
There are two ways to get someone to do something: Encourage them with some kind of carrot or command them with some sort of stick. With...

Twitter’s ad biz struggles under pressure on video ad pricing
Even Twitter sounds bummed about its latest quarterly earnings report. “We’re seeing a continuation of the trends discussed last quarter...

Twitter recycles 7-year-old tagline in new ad campaign
On a day that one high-profile tech company that had notoriously struggled for years to define itself gave up its independence — and soon...

Twitter adds to live sports roster with weekly MLB, NHL games
Twitter is based one town over from the Golden State Warriors, so maybe it’s not surprising that the social network is trying to build a...

Twitter-NBA deal marks first exclusive original shows for social network, company confirms
Twitter’s latest deal with the NBA marks one first for the social network and one for its relationship with the sports league. First, the...

Twitter will tell brands more about people who see their tweets, visit their sites
Copyright Aaron Durand (@everydaydude) for Twitter, Inc. Twitter knows a lot about a person based on their Twitter account. Like whether...

Twitter’s live TV lineup grows with three Bloomberg weekday shows
If Facebook wants to be the YouTube of digital live video, Twitter apparently wants to be the Hulu. Twitter has struck another deal to...

Twitter, CBS discuss ad sales tied to Democratic, Republican convention live streams
Once the second-screen companion to TV, Twitter keeps striking deals to make itself the first screen. Yesterday, USA Network released the...
























