Four surprising discoveries from Twitter’s latest transparency data February 10, 2015 Twitter has released the latest round of its bi-annual transparency data, showing requests for removal of data, account information and copyright notices from both governments and private individuals. The company has been making its data available since 2012, when it and other tech giants complained that governments were forcing them to disclose data they'd rather [...]
Twitter share price soars following massive increase in revenue February 6, 2015 Twitter’s share price is soaring in early trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Investors have shrugged off any concerns about slow growth in monthly active users and are instead being swayed by fourth-quarter revenue that came in ahead of expectations. Revenue at the social media company reached $479m (£314m) for the [...]
Twitter suffers slowdown in user growth February 5, 2015 GROWTH in Twitter’s user numbers slowed in 2014, increasing by 20 per cent on 2013, to 288m, although the company’s financials took an impressive upward turn. Users jumped by 30 per cent between 2012 and 2013, and in 2012 the social media site reported user growth of 59 per cent. On a quarterly basis, the [...]
Twitter earnings beat estimates but user numbers of 288m miss as growth slows February 5, 2015 The figures Twitter now has 288m monthly active users (MAUs), up 20 per cent on the same fourth quarter period last year, below expectations of 295m and a slight decline in growth compared to last quarter when MAUs grew 22 per cent. Twitter had 284m users in the previous quarter. Revenue was up ahead of [...]
Twitter’s chief executive Dick Costolo says site will start “kicking people off left right and centre” as it tackles trolls February 5, 2015 Dick Costolo, chief executive of Twitter, has admitted that the company is not doing enough to tackle harassment and abuse. "We suck at dealing with abuse and trolls on the platform and we've sucked at it for years," he wrote in an internal memo seen by The Verge earlier this week. "It's no secret [...]
General election 2015: Twitter offers political parties the chance to target messages at individual postcodes January 28, 2015 A new level of geo-targeted advertising is being offered by Twitter ahead of the general election in May. The social media network says political parties will now be able to promote both individual candidates and local issues on a constituency by constituency basis, according to Wired. Twitter already had geo-targeting services on offer, [...]
General Election 2015: The best #UkipFilmTitles on Twitter January 26, 2015 Ukip may be trying to laugh off the defection of MEP Amjad Bashir to the Tories, as the Yorkshire and Humber representative dubbed the anti-immigration party “pointless” this weekend. But will Nigel Farage et al find today's #UkipFilmTitles hashtag amusing? And most importantly, with 100 days to go until the General Election, will [...]
Twitter buys Indian mobile content marketing startup Zipdial as it eyes emerging markets January 20, 2015 Twitter has confirmed speculation that it’s buying Zipdial, a mobile content marketing startup based in India which lets users connect through Twitter without being online. Zipdial provides a “missed call” feature allowing users to receive inbound marketing via text message, app notifications or voice calls after making a call to a free number. Users avoid [...]
David Cameron wants Twitter and Facebook to help intelligence agencies track down dangerous people January 15, 2015 Later today, Prime Minister David Cameron will try to persuade US President Barack Obama of the need for more cooperation between intelligence agencies and US tech firms like Twitter and Facebook. He will say that public safety is at stake, and that new laws regarding communication via social media platforms should be imposed [...]
US Centcom Twitter account hacked by pro-Islamic State “CyberCaliphate” January 12, 2015 The US Central Command (Centcom), perhaps the most powerful unified command in the US military armoury, has had its Twitter account hacked and made to read “I love you isis.” The Twitter account, which is run by Centcom, was hacked by a group calling themselves the “CyberCaliphate.” The hackers replaced Centcom’s profile picture with an [...]