Germany’s thrashing of Brazil smashes Twitter records July 9, 2014 Germany's ruthless 7-1 semi-final demolition of tournament hosts Brazil had records tumbling – both on and off the pitch. The thrashing was Brazil's heaviest ever defeat, eclipsing a 6-0 loss at the hands of Uruguay in 1920 as well as being the side's first defeat at home in a competitive fixture in 39 years. Perhaps unsurprisingly, [...]
Ex-Barclays boss Bob Diamond joins Twitter July 7, 2014 Bob Diamond, the former boss of Barclays bank, has joined Twitter using the name @rediamondjr. The ex-Barclays chief, who departed the bank in 2012 amid the Libor scandal, has yet to tweet but is already following three people. Perhaps wanting to build a better relationship with the media that lay much of the blame for [...]
Is Google down? Searchers turn to Twitter to express shock after server outage July 4, 2014 Google appeared to be down this morning, with many users experiencing a 500 error. It means a generic error suggesting a problem with the website's server and is shown to users when a more specific error can't be found. Twitter users turned to the social network to air their surprise and shock. It's extremely rare for [...]
Tim Howard can solve US national debt problem: Twitter reacts to new US hero July 2, 2014 The USA's World Cup hopes may have ended last night with a heartbreaking defeat at the hands of Belgium, but a new hero was born. Tim Howard, the US national team goalkeeper kept his team in the match for long periods with an impressive display of shot-stopping, denying the Belgian forwards again and again as [...]
Twitter hires its IPO banker July 1, 2014 Twitter yesterday announced the appointment of former Goldman Sachs banker Anthony Noto as its new chief financial officer. Noto, who played a key role in driving forward Twitter’s flotation last year, joins the team just as the social media platform is struggling to add new users. Its share price that has plunged around 40 per [...]
Twitter recruits former Goldman Sachs banker Anthony Noto as finance chief July 1, 2014 Anthony Noto, the former Goldman Sachs banker who worked on Twitter’s IPO, has been recruited as the social network’s chief financial officer. The 46 year-old replaces Mike Gupta, who becomes senior vice president of strategic investments in a reshuffle designed to allay fears caused by a slowdown in user growth. Both execs announced their moves [...]
Twitter turned down $500m offer from Facebook June 23, 2014 One of Twitter’s founders has revealed how the fledgling company turned down an offer from Facebook to buy the company for $500m. Speaking to Sky News, Biz Stone said that a meeting between himself, co-founder Ev Williams, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, resulted in an offer being made for the then startup. Stone said the [...]
Twitter adds editing and sharing platform SnappyTV to its flock June 19, 2014 TWITTER has snapped up SnappyTV, the real-time video-sharing service, as it works to improve its services for broadcasters, businesses, and event producers to share high-quality videos on the service. SnappyTV, which launched in 2010, was acquired for an undisclosed sum by Twitter. “Our goal is to help publishers quickly share great moments from events so [...]
Twitter to buy video sharing site SnappyTV June 19, 2014 Twitter is extending its drive into video today after it announced the acquisition of SnappyTV, a video sharing website. The social media network has already started to embrace video with its Amplify programme, which allows sponsored video excerpts of televised content to be easily viewed on mobile. SnappyTV, which allows users to edit and share video [...]