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India is one of the fastest growing markets and is our 'huge focus': Twitter

Micro-blogging site Twitter yesterday said India is one of the fastest growing markets and a "huge focus market" for the company.

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PTI

01:25 PM
May 14, 2015

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Twitter can find you a better job: Experts

Twitter can help more job-seekers than any other traditional platform if it incorporates a formal job board, say experts. The number of Twitter users has grown more rapidly than LinkedIn and Facebook in 2014, according to a study by the Pew Research Centre.

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IANS

11:35 AM
May 11, 2015

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Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi debuts on Twitter

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has made his debut on micro blogging site Twitter. The handle of his official account is "@OfficeOfRG".

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IANS

05:11 PM
May 07, 2015

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Twitter removes support for embedding MS-DOS games in tweets

Twitterati will no longer be able to embed MS-DOS games in tweets as the micro-blogging platform has withdrawn support for the feature.

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ANI

02:51 PM
May 05, 2015

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Microsoft, Wal-Mart, Intel, Kraft are better in handling Twitter: Study

You may find shopping at a Nike showroom or visiting Starbucks for your favourite coffee a reason to cheer you up but according to a latest study, these two brands are among those who are failing at corporate tweeting.

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IANS

03:13 PM
May 04, 2015

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Google+ Twitter account goes live 4 years after it launched

The Twitter account of social network Google+ has gone live for the first time in the last four years since it launched.

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ANI

10:46 AM
May 04, 2015

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Here's how you can embed classic MS-DOS games in tweets

Classic games can now be played on Twitter, by tweeting the URL the game user wants to play. According to the Verge, the feature only appears to work for MS-DOS games right now.

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ANI

12:50 PM
May 02, 2015

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Periscope gets over 1 million sign-ins in first 10 days

Twitter has announced that its live streaming video app Periscope has more 1 million users signed in to the app in the first 10 days after its official launch.

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ANI

11:22 AM
Apr 30, 2015

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Narendra Modi third-most followed world leader on Twitter: Study

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains the third most followed world leader on the micro-blogging site Twitter while External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is the most followed foreign minister, according to a latest study.

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IANS

04:03 PM
Apr 28, 2015

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Instagram surpasses Twitter in user engagement race: Study

Instagram surpassed Twitter, and its own parent company Facebook, in terms of post interactions, reveals a new study by Quintly.

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IANS

05:19 PM
Apr 27, 2015

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Twitter will defend its users' voices: CEO Dick Costolo

On the day the Supreme Court quashed Information Technology Act's section 66A as violative of constitutionally guaranteed freedom of speech, Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo on Tuesday said here the platform will ensure that its users' "voices" are defended, even as it would make it harder for any "abuse" to take place.

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IANS

01:15 PM
Mar 25, 2015

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Narendra Modi meets Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, urges him to help promote India's tourism

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met Twitter CEO Dick Costolo and shared his views on how the microblogging site can help initiatives such as 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan' and 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' and promote India's tourism potential.

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IANS

01:14 PM
Mar 25, 2015

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Twitter can persuade youngsters to vote: Study

The micro-blogging site Twitter can not only help political parties gauge the mood of youngsters but also persuade them to vote as elections approach, says a study.

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IANS

10:19 AM
Mar 23, 2015

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Delhi man uses Twitter to help find three stranded children their home

When Abhishek, a journalist at PTI saw three kids abandoned, and looking positively stranded on a New Delhi railway station, he decided to tweet it out to get some help. He posted a picture of the three kids and asked netizens to help him find their home. The tweet, NDTV reports, proved to be a social win and quickly resulted into the police finding the kids' mother.

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Tasneem Akolawala

03:35 PM
Mar 18, 2015

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Twitter updates 'Terms of Service' to ban revenge porn on platform

Twitter has now updated its Terms of Service to prohibit users from posting revenge porn or other non-consensual, intimate photos on its platform.

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ANI

10:32 AM
Mar 13, 2015

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Twitter posts can reveal popularity of TV shows

Micro-blogging site Twitter can predict the popularity of a TV show, finds a study by global market research firm Nielsen, adding that advertisers can scan Twitter activity to identify television shows with highly-engaged audiences.

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IANS

06:58 PM
Mar 11, 2015

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46,000 Twitter accounts linked to ISIS: Study

Nearly 50,000 Twitter accounts are being run by supporters of the dreaded Islamic State terror group, a study by a prominent US think tank has said, a worrying indicator of the outfit's reach on social media.

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PTI

04:16 PM
Mar 08, 2015

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Twitter launches official WordPress plug-in

Micro-blogging site Twitter has announced that it is releasing its first official Twitter plug-in for WordPress, said media reports. The new plug-in would bring a plethora of features.

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IANS

04:43 PM
Feb 26, 2015

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Twitter CEO urges you to join Twitter even if you don't intend to tweet

There are many types of Twitter users. One kind that tweets a lot, the other that tweets in moderate amount, and then we have people who tweet once in a blue moon. If you identify yourself in the third category, it s alright, says Dick Costolo, the CEO of Twitter.

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Manish Singh

07:12 PM
Feb 25, 2015

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Twitter now influences your policy making decisions

Twitter is playing an important role in helping ordinary citizens and advocacy groups gain greater influence than so-called authority figures who would have dominated policy decisions till a decade ago, a new study reveals.

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IANS

05:19 PM
Feb 25, 2015