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Twitter introduced “related headlines” feature on Monday to add context to  posts that might otherwise be difficult to understand. Clicking through to a tweet’s permalink page will feature articles and websites that have embedded it. Twitter demonstrated the feature, the tweet from NBA player Jason Collins regarding his decision to’ come out’ was embedded in articles on ESPN, [...]

Twitter was fast in rolling out the new Twitter Card formats Twitter’s mobile iPhone and Android apps and mobile.twitter.com. Twitter for Android gets a brand new look and feel to the social app which according to Twitter  “reflects a native Android experience: wider and taller timelines that fill the screen, a flat navigation bar, tap and hold for quick actions, and more.” New in this [...]

Twitter has improved embedded tweets by adding a couple of new features,  embedded tweet boxes have been redesigned to enhance readability, and to display more context  like retweet and favorite counts.   “Embedded Tweets make it easy for publishers and developers to use Tweets in their content, and today we’re excited to share a number of updates that make the product better and easier [...]

Twitter released its 2012 Year In Review  on Tuesday which reflect upon what happened on Twitter this year. Here’s what Twitter had to say: Every day, we’re amazed and humbled by the many ways in which people use Twitter, which range from simply retweeting to igniting conversations with hashtags (even around lesser-known topics) to sharing spectacular and far-flung views. In 2012, everyone on [...]

Although “tweet” is a word attached to Twitter and, although the social network introduced it, it does not necessarily mean that it is theirs. This transcribes to “Twitter might not even have the means to trademark it”. Moreover, this is exactly what happened on July 1st. Twitter applied to trademark “tweet” on April 16 and, on July 1st, the Patent Office preliminary denied it. Tough blow, [...]