Twitter has finally made a great move for brands – the ability to allow Twitter users to Direct Message (DM) a Twitter user, even if they aren’t following. This will make customer service easier for brands without having to worry about who follows who in order to facilitate it. It is one of the pain […]
Twitter Testing New Photo Placements in News Streams
Twitter appears to be testing out new ways do display images to users, with some users seemingly opted into it. It gives priority to the actual image in the news stream, rather than the accompanying tweet like the default display shows. Here is how photos are appearing in relation to tweets for some users: And […]
Twitter Bringing Foursquare Location Tagging to Tweets
Better geo-tagging of tweets is coming soon with a partnership between Foursquare and Twitter. Since Foursquare split the check-in functionality of their app to a second app Swarm, Facebook has become a more popular avenue for social media users to check in to locations on mobile devices. And while Twitter had been rumored to be […]
Twitter Adds Quality Filtering for Verified Users
Tech blogger Anil Dash spotted a new feature that popped up in his verified Twitter account today… the ability to add a quality filter to the notifications timeline. It aims to remove tweets that “contain threats, offensive or abusive language, duplicate content, or are sent from suspicious accounts”. Well, that's an interesting & welcome addition, […]
Twitter Begins Testing Autoplay Videos for iOS Users
Twitter has followed the lead of both Facebook and YouTube by testing autoplay videos that appear in the news stream for some Twitter users. The test is for users on Twitter through the iOS apps on both iPhone and iPad. Some users will see the videos autoplay in their entirety. Others will only see a […]
Twitter Finally Releases Official Twitter WordPress Plugin
If handing over credentials to your Twitter account for a WordPress plugin has you feeling a bit squeamish, you will be happy to know that Twitter has finally released their own official Twitter plugin. This actually surprising that it has taken so long for Twitter to release their own plugin. Many anxious for an official […]
Embed Twitter Videos Directly To Websites
If you post many videos directly to Twitter, you’ll be happy to know that now users can embed your videos directly. The new video embedding allows users to link the direct video, which will show as a traditional video screen, but it will also display the Twitter logo and the uploaders name and Twitter handle. […]
Twitter on Android Finally Gets the “While You Were Away” Change
If you use Android and have suddenly noticed tweets made hours ago showing up at the top of your newsfeed after not checking it for a couple hours, it’s because Twitter’s “While You Were Away” feature has finally launched on Android. The “While You Were Away” feature was added to iOS last month as a […]
Google Begins Showing Tweets in Google News & “In the News” in Search Results
Google has begun showing results from Twitter within their “In the news” section on the front page of the regular Google search results. Aaron Bradley was the first to notice the change in posted this screenshot on Google+. Google recently signed a deal with Twitter that would see them have access to their firehose, this […]
Twitter Finally Offers Multiple Logins for Sharing Twitter Accounts Without Sharing Passwords
Businesses on Twitter will be happy to hear that Twitter has finally introduced support that allows for multiple users to use the same Twitter account but with different logins. With the addition of TweetDeck Teams, it means that companies will no longer have to worry about their employees stealing their Twitter account simply by changing […]