PayPal’s Peter Thiel: “Twitter workers smoke a lot of pot” September 17, 2014 Has the co-founder of Paypal just effectively accused Twitter's workforce of being high on the job? Peter Thiel, an early investor in Facebook, was speaking on American cable channel CNBC when he suggested that “there’s a lot of pot smoking going on” at Twitter's headquarters. Thiel said: Twitter’s hard to evaluate. They [...]
Burberry steps out with Twitter technology September 15, 2014 Fashion house Burberry used its runway show yesterday at London Fashion Week to reveal its tie-up with Twitter. A “buy now” button allows users to purchase an item from the tweet, without being redirected to another page.
Twitpic shutdown: The companies that could be vulnerable to Twitter’s trademark clampdown September 5, 2014 Is Twitter getting twitchy? Picture sharing site Twitpic has revealed it is shutting down to avoid being embroiled in a costly trademark dispute with the social media giant – and it's not the first one to have done so. According to Twitpic founder Noah Everett, the Silicon Valley corporation contacted Twitpic's legal team “demanding we [...]
Twitter paying out $140 to people who report bugs September 3, 2014 Micro-blogging service Twitter has launched HackerOne – a program that will pay at least $140 to security researchers every time they report a bug or vulnerability in their system. The purpose, Twitter says, is “to recognize their efforts and the important role they play in keeping Twitter safe for everyone." The rewards will [...]
Central and Waterloo & City line Tube strike driving outraged commuters to buses and Twitter August 22, 2014 Transport for London strikes again. City workers' travel has been thrown off course this morning due to strike action on the Waterloo & City and Central line services. The Waterloo & City line is down throughout the entire day while Central line services have been severely limited and are currently only running between Leytonstone – [...]
Twitter updates: Favourites to appear in timelines and gory photos of death to be removed August 20, 2014 If you're on Twitter, you may have noticed a change. A new update means that from now on, tweets favourited by people you follow will occasionally appear in your timeline – whether you agree with the sentiment or not. Twitter began testing the update two days ago, and it received a pretty hostile [...]
Greggs scum hack prompts Twitter team to “bribe” Google with doughnuts August 19, 2014 Greggs bakery’s cheeks were left burning as hot as the middle of its sausage rolls yesterday, when someone who Googled the firm found that its logo had been hacked to read “providing shit to scum for 70 years”. Naturally, the news went viral and Greggs was trending on Twitter. “We are aware of the [...]
“I resign”: Russian prime minister Medvedev’s Twitter account hacked August 14, 2014 “I resign. I am ashamed for the actions of the government. I’m sorry,” Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev tweeted earlier today. Or so hackers would have us believe. The Russian leader's Twitter account appeared to have been successfully targeted, publishing a series of tweets this morning criticising president Vladimir Putin, retweeting opposition journalists and [...]
Richard Branson’s PM Chequers boast sparks awkward Twitter questions August 14, 2014 Richard Branson’s latest blog has been conjuring some awkward questions on Twitter. The entrepreneur wrote about relationship between business and politics before stating, “Dined at Chequers with 9 of last 10 Prime Ministers. Won’t reveal who didn’t invite me – was it something I said?!” Impressive, you might say. But Michael Jary, partner at OC&C [...]
Top of the Bots: Twitter’s users not all they seem as 23 million revealed to be robots August 12, 2014 The concept of Twitter bots is an amusing one. We’re imagining legions of automatons sitting behind their iMacs in a dark room, pressing the tweet button with mechanically superior bot fingers and spamming us with mega lolz. But Twitter bots are a reality (albeit slightly different, it’s just a computer) and yesterday the social [...]