• New Twitter, new look

    Thursday, October 28, 2010

    We’ve refreshed our logos, buttons and widgets to bring the improved look and experience of the new Twitter to your website or blog.

    Go to our

    Posted by @ at 4:00 PM

  • Twitter for Windows Phone: Pivot Power

    There is a new addition to our mobile family: Twitter for Windows Phone. This Twitter client is available now for all Windows Phone 7 devices. We want you to be able to get Tweets quickly and easily, no matter what device you’re using, and the clean design of the Windows Phone platform is particularly great for this.

    As with our other mobile clients, Twitter for Windows Phone includes all of the features that you’d expect from Twitter - your timeline, suggested users, messages, lists, and a great way to explore Twitter without even logging in. You can sign up for an account right from the app as well. The app is really fast, and we think you’ll enjoy the experience.


    The platform’s design and user interface, which is called Metro, is especially great for Twitter users because it’s simple and easy to use. It also provides a different way to look at information on a phone’s screen through Pivots, which are sort of like pages of the app. Pivots allow you to swipe left or right to view different categories or types of information within a single application. For example, in Twitter for Windows Phone, you can swipe left or right to move from your timeline to mentions to direct messages.

    We dug into the platform with a development partner, IdentityMine, who helped us get started creating our application. We used an open source REST API library, Tweet Sharp, as the foundation for our app, and IdentityMine will release some significant improvements back into open source for everyone to use.

    We look forward to creating more innovative experiences on the Windows Phone 7 platform (and everywhere)!

    Posted by @ at 11:30 AM

  • A Guest Post from Haiti

    Wednesday, October 27, 2010

    We had the opportunity to meet Luke Renner in person not too long ago. He shared his story with us about being an American expat in Haiti and witnessing the devastation of the quake this year. Luke runs the Carribean Institute of Media Technology there where he educates the community about modern technologies. Below is his inspiring story, in his own words.

    Twitter In Haiti
    On January 12, 2010, the day of Haiti's catastrophic earthquake, at 4:53 PM, when our house began to shudder around us along the Northern coast of Haiti, Twitter entered back into our lives in a radical way. In that moment, when all of Haiti’s phones were instantly taken offline and communication with others was brought to a standstill, it was my dormant Twitter account that connected our organization to the outside world and ushered in a fundamental change in the way that we operate.
    In those first moments, the job was simply to find out what was going on, to place ourselves within the greater context of events, and get a grasp on what was at stake. Twitter proved to be the only way to do this quickly and comprehensively. Beyond just sending and receiving emails within our own circles, we were now using Twitter to communicate with a broad range of people we had never met, each offering more clarity and form to what would otherwise have been sheer madness.
    Informing The Narrative
    After finding our place within the evolving narrative, we began adding our own experiences from the ground. By morning, I had talked with @a news clip that we posted to Twitter on January 12, 2010 (subsequently picked up by most of the major news networks). Sylove talks more about her experiences with Twitter our YouTube channel offers an example of one such exchange.

    Twitter repeatedly served as the catalyst that launched potential energy into kinetic action and transformed the common person into a powerhouse of positive social change. The potential to affect policy, incite action, motivate systematic change, and drive progress is fundamental to Twitter’s design, with even greater surprises that likely await us. Those who say otherwise simply don’t understand, while those who know best are busy doing the work and leading the way toward the betterment of society. I was once a member of the former group, a critic and non-believer. After Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake, I cannot express my newfound need for Twitter strongly enough. Whereas I once was blind, now I see; the revolution is being tweeted.

    Luke Renner

    Posted by @ at 2:58 PM

  • @NBA season tip-off

    Tuesday, October 26, 2010

    Now that the free-agency dust has settled and the first @NBA games are happening tonight, it’s time to see how the 2010-2011 season will unfold. Will the #lebrondecision to join @chrisbosh and @dwadeofficial on the @MiamiHeat be the right one? Will the @Lakers repeat as World Champions? While we don’t have those answers for you, we do have some tips on how to stay up-to-date on the last NBA news.

    While the games will be happening offline, the conversations around the game and among players will be happening online on Twitter. Whether or not you can make it to the game, you can be part of the action. All with one of his celebrity friends. Teams are also starting to host tweet ups before games and often give away gear, tickets, or player meet-and-greets.

    With Twitter, the water cooler chatter about who’s an all-star and who’s a pretender can happen in real-time. Who will you follow this year?

    Posted by @ at 1:32 PM

  • #TwitterTip: Freshen up with a new background for the revamped layout.

    Ah, profile backgrounds. The wardrobe of your online self. Now that the Twitter.com interface has been overhauled, it's the perfect time to toss last year’s look and freshen up with a new one.

    An easy place to start is by navigating to your settings page and clicking on the Themelon tool built by COLOURlovers. You can choose custom background images, then adjust your color pallette to complement your new look.

    Need specifics for your design? Here are a few helpful things to note, courtesy of our friends at Mashable:

    • The opacity of the details pane is about 75%
    • The main timeline is a static 540 pixels wide
    • The details pane ranges in size based on screen resolution and covers 380-500px.

    When you’re done, don’t forget to Save your sweet new style - either from the service you’re using or from your settings page. Then you’ll be ready to post tweets that represent you as well as your new look.

    Posted by @ at 11:04 AM

  • A World of Tweets

    Friday, October 22, 2010

    Twitter shortens the distance between people and provides access to different cultures and events around the world that may otherwise remain contained to a locality. In fact, as this post is being written, worldwide trending topics include Tweets about a Moscow soccer team, a Brazilian politician and a Dutch TV show character.

    Our rapid worldwide growth means that there are amazing stories emerging everyday about Twitter use in very different places. While there are many similarities in usage, we’re watching closely how people in different countries get value out of Twitter in their own unique ways.

    Here are some recent examples of Twitter’s impact around the world:

    Brazil - This year, all three Presidential candidates were tweeting about their campaign in the first round of the election, and under house arrest but has a Twitter account. Recent commentary from a Beijing media critic says that Twitter is Fast Follow to allow people to follow sources via regular mobile phones without creating an account.

    India - There are five times as many users in India as there were a year ago, a growth fueled by usage from high-profile users like according the the Associated Press, Twitter “tapped into a greater sense of individuality in Japan.”

    Nigeria - We are seeing increasing usage of Twitter across Africa, especially in larger populations such as Nigeria. In fact, office of the president began tweeting in hopes of creating better communication with voters.

    Providing a truly global platform for people to exchange information and perspectives about their world requires Twitter to make the service easier and more locally relevant in all corners of the globe. This is why we and our teams of volunteer translators are continuously translating Twitter.com into Japanese, Spanish, German, French and Italian and plan to expand to other languages soon.

    Posted by @ at 2:35 PM

  • A Good Integration

    Wednesday, October 20, 2010

    hope140 or @clairew. We'd love to know about your efforts.

Posted by @ at 1:24 PM

  • #TwitterTip

    Tuesday, October 19, 2010

    Here at Twitter Support, we’re always looking for ways to help people better understand and find value on Twitter. Our few dozen support agents, including myself, work daily with Twitter’s user-base to help enhance and improve their experience of the site. “Twitter Tips” – a series of blog posts aimed at helping you get the most out of Twitter – is an extension of that effort. We’ll explain features that average Twitterers may not know about and open doors to discovery on our site. Through these tips, we hope to enhance your experience of our product. Here it goes!

    Tip #1: Browse accounts by interest to quickly discover and follow meaningful sources.
    People and sources you care about are on Twitter – you just have to find them. Not always as easy as it seems? Twitter's got several tools that can help. One that we think everyone can appreciate is the lists of suggested users by topic.

    Let's say this guy we know named Mark joins Twitter so he can get a quick snapshot of the news each day. To immediately find some of the top news sources on Twitter, he clicks the "Browse Interests" link below his “Who to Follow” suggestions, and is presented with a list of categories. By selecting "News," he quickly finds and follows @Browse interests" button on your new Twitter homepage. Follow whomever strikes your fancy because, awesomely, you can always unfollow them later if it turns out they're not tweeting what you expected.

    Posted by @ at 11:38 AM

  • @OnTheRoad

    Monday, October 18, 2010

    OnTheRoad.

    Posted by @ at 2:50 PM

  • A Triumph for Chile

    Friday, October 15, 2010

    Laurence Golborne, engineer I borrowed phones from our local friends to tweet for the occasion.

    Local newspapers printed special issues dedicated to the rescue. One paper dedicated a whole page to Tweets from around the world to show the community the world is cheering them on.

    This was another powerful example of how the way we experience world events is evolving. When people can experience local events on a global level through open communication, humanity can move forward as a whole with the greater empathy that comes from sharing our unique perspectives and understanding of the world.

    • Posted by @ at 1:40 PM

  • #100%

    Wednesday, October 13, 2010

    As of today, everyone who uses Twitter now has access to the new Twitter. Whether you’re just signing up today or you’ve been a user for years, this new experience is finally real for everyone – all 160 million of you – and in six languages to boot.

    Since we People this explanatory video to learn more about how to get the most of out of new Twitter. (Or, if you prefer a hip hop version, check out the fan video that @iamwill and team created.)

    Not sure how to access the new Twitter? Check for the blue bar at the top of Twitter.com, and click on the yellow “Try it now!” button to give it a shot. You’ll be able to switch between both the old and new versions of Twitter for the next few weeks. After that, everyone will just use the new version.

    Posted by @ at 10:27 AM

  • Discover: Baseball

    Friday, October 08, 2010

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    Did you know MLB and @SI_JonHeyman, @jonmorosi, @amyknelson, @Evan_P_Grant (Rangers), @kellythesier (Twins)

    • Posted by @ at 2:36 PM

  • #newtwitterceo

    Monday, October 04, 2010

    By all accounts Twitter is on a roll. We've redesigned our web site to Ali Rowghani, Kevin Thau joined our leadership team this year and are having a big impact. Given Dick’s track record as a three-time successful CEO, I’m confident we can make this a smooth transition.

    I’m extremely proud of how far Twitter has come in the last two years. And, I couldn’t be more excited about where our amazing team will take it next.

    Posted by @ at 11:40 AM

  • Promoted Promotions

    When we HootSuite is launching today, and others are on the way. These partners will run Promoted Tweets in search and highlight Promoted Trends, sharing in Twitter’s revenue for these products.

    This is an important step for these partners and for the many highly active Twitter users who spend considerable time on third-party applications. As with all Twitter launches, we’ll review the initial feedback and determine where we take it from here.

    And more
    Along with these more noticeable changes, we made additional tweaks to our Promoted Products suite last Friday. We bumped up the Promoted Trend to the top of the trending topics list because we’ve been pleased with the quality of Promoted Trends and people are finding them useful. And you may have noticed that if you click on a Tweet with a hashtag that a brand is promoting, you will see a Promoted Tweet among the related Tweets in the details pane.

    It’s been a busy but exciting few months for Twitter’s advertising team. We’ve launched 3 major products in the past 6 months. We’re working with over 40 advertisers – nearly 80% of whom have already become repeat buyers in this short period of time – and we have an exciting roadmap to expand to more advertisers. Plus, the new Twitter creates exciting opportunities to be creative with Promoted Tweets by combining text with pictures and video.

    Thanks to our growing engineering and sales teams, you can look forward to more innovative ways to connect people with their favorite brands and interests.

    Posted by @ at 10:48 AM

  • Meet Twitter for Google TV

    People often Google TV. It brings Twitter to a platform that merges the Internet and TV into one experience.

    The application has most of the features and functionality that you’d expect from Twitter. It makes it easy to look through Tweets, @mentions, and favorites. When you click on a Tweet, you can reply, retweet, favorite, or share it. You will also see additional options depending on the content of the Tweet. For example, you can visit a URL or click a hashtag to search for it on Twitter. If a user is mentioned, you can visit that user’s profile to see their Tweets or follow them. And if there is a link to a photo or video, you can see a thumbnail version. Clicking the link will take you to the site so you can see a larger version of the photo or watch the video.

    Additionally, the search box provides access to trending topics and recent searches, so you can quickly check out popular topics and revisit past searches. Twitter for Google TV, which is preinstalled, also lets you share videos, web pages, pictures, and other content on Twitter – just look for the “Share” option and select Twitter.

    This is just the beginning of what could be possible at the intersection of Twitter and television. We’re excited to see what’s next.

    Posted by @ at 8:34 AM

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