Tweets

Twitter to launch redesigned timeline on March 3

Twitter is all set to roll out an update to embedded timelines.

Feb 26, 2016, 18:29 PM IST

Twitter to unveil refreshed timeline on March 3

The micro-blogging site Twitter is set to roll out a refreshed design to its timeline display on March 3. With this change, people can start embedding profiles, lists, collections and more with the new embedded timeline, VentureBeat reported.

Feb 26, 2016, 18:01 PM IST

Bassi tweets into ridicule on Twitter

Irked by the tweet that ridiculed him, Bassi termed Kejriwal and journalist Ravish Kumar as "self-styled appraisers". 

Feb 20, 2016, 20:43 PM IST

See the best tweets first with Twitter's new timeline feature

The company also sought feedback from the users.

Feb 11, 2016, 16:05 PM IST

See the best tweets first with Twitter's new timeline feature

Micro-blogging website Twitter has introduced a new timeline feature that allows users to never miss important tweets from people they follow by giving an option to see the best tweets first.

Feb 11, 2016, 16:04 PM IST

Twitter to change homepage to customise tweet displays to individuals

Twitter Inc made a dramatic product change on Wednesday, saying it will recast the way it displays tweets on its homepage by customizing them to individual users, instead of uniformly displaying tweets in reverse chronological order.

Feb 11, 2016, 06:10 AM IST

Now you don't need to be logged in to view tweets on mobile

The mobile visitors can now view tweets without logging in twenty three countries, the Verge reported.

Feb 03, 2016, 16:31 PM IST

Tweets can quicken disaster response

By analysing the September 2013 floods in Colorado, US, the researchers showed that a combination of remote sensing, Twitter and Flickr data could be used to identify flooded areas.

Jan 21, 2016, 16:45 PM IST

How a harassed girl's tweet to railway ministry landed the accused in jail

A girl, who was harassed on a running train, tweeted to the Railway Ministry for help following which the accused was arrested, a railway police official said in Patna today.

Dec 20, 2015, 22:17 PM IST

Selective tweets can wake up health policymakers

 Effective, selective tweets can advance research from lab to health policymakers, say scientists, adding that with over 300 million monthly users, Twitter's success has piqued the interests of many researchers as a social media tool to reach their target audience.

Dec 11, 2015, 16:54 PM IST

Railways to the rescue after a woman tweets misbehaviour of male passenger

Railways came to the rescue of a woman passenger in Neelachal Express after she posted an anxious message on the Railways twitter site, alleging misbehaviour by a male passenger.

Dec 04, 2015, 00:22 AM IST

How tweets can make winter roads safer

The winter is upon us and with it comes hashtags, like #snow and #weather, on Twitter.

Dec 03, 2015, 11:57 AM IST

What your tweets reveal about you

What can you tell about people and their situations from only 140 characters? Quite a lot, says a new study that scanned more than 20 million tweets to study the psychological characteristics of real-world situations.

Nov 15, 2015, 16:40 PM IST

Twitter tests paid-for content with Promoted Moments

Twitter announced that it had started testing Promoted Moments in the US, a new native ad format with selected brands.

Oct 24, 2015, 00:21 AM IST

Twitter launches new tool for embedding tweets

Twitter product manager Michael Ducker described embedded tweets as the modern day pull-quote, reaching a far larger audience than Twitter itself. 

Oct 22, 2015, 20:13 PM IST

Turkey detains 2 for tweets suggesting knowledge of blasts

The two suspects were detained after Twitter provided information on users of the accounts, a government official said, adding that the two have ties to the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, which is fighting Turkey's security forces.

Oct 15, 2015, 00:34 AM IST

Here's when you should tweet to get maximum retweets

Retweets are especially valuable to marketers because they help to spread a brand's message beyond core followers.

Oct 12, 2015, 15:12 PM IST

Twitter launches Moments tab for browsing best tweets

The micro-blogging site Twitter has launched Moments - a tab that will show you the best of what is happening on Twitter in an instant and in real time.

Oct 07, 2015, 23:51 PM IST

Post tweets after 5 pm to get maximum retweets

If you want to see more retweets to your post, focus on tweeting in the evening hours during weekdays when people are back home from work or relaxing at a bar, reveals a new study.

Oct 07, 2015, 13:32 PM IST

Tweets from smartphones more likely to be egocentric

This may annoy some souls but according to an Indian-origin researcher and his team, tweets sent from smartphones are more likely to be egocentric and self-praising in nature than those sent from computers or laptops.

Oct 01, 2015, 15:40 PM IST