Twitter opens verification for all: How to get a blue tick
Twitter is finally giving everyone a chance at the coveted blue verified badge, offering an online application for its users that will grant them presigious tick. However, Twitter still says it will only approve ‘an account may be verified if it is determined to...Combined TV and Twitter ads ‘get 18% boost on ROI’
Combining TV and Twitter ads can result in an 18 percent increase in ROI when run concurrently, according to new research. The study, from Neustar and Twitter in Spain aimed to give marketers the insights needed to validate the impact social media has on TV, and...Twitter adds Snapchat-style #Stickers to photos
Twitter has launched #Stickers, offering users a library of props to add to their photos, following Snapchat’s strategy in a bid to boost engagement. Coming soon! Unleash your creativity by adding fun #Stickers to your photos on Twitter: https://t.co/Ph92Oivyhy...Twitter extends videos to 140 seconds with new Engage app
Twitter has launched a new app Engage, with longer videos designed to help popular creators interact with their fans and grow and retain an audience. Now, everyone can post videos up to 140 seconds long! We can’t wait to see the amazing videos you create and...Emojis become keywords: Twitter to let brands target ads by user’s emojis
The ‘winky face’ is set to become the new keyword, as Twitter starts letting brands target ads based on the emojis people use. Under the new scheme, brands can push ads to people based on their use of sentiment, food, and passion emojis. The social media...Jawbone hit by backlash for ‘insensitive’ Fathers’ Day email
Wearable tech firm Jawbone has faced heavy criticism for “insensitivity” after sending an email to thousands of its customers with the subject link ‘Re: Your Dad’. Dear jawbone, my father is dead. Love, Ellie. pic.twitter.com/WQ6qsCVniA— ✍ (@_ellie)...Mary Meeker’s Internet trends: Get ready for a hands-free future
Internet users are talking to their phones much more, meaning that brands need to prepare for a hands-free future in digital, according to the annual report from digital guru Mary Meeker. Every year, Meeker’s State of the Internet presentation is used as an industry...More to Tweet: Twitter drops media and @name replies from 140-character limit
Twitter has relaxed the rules for what counts against its iconic 140-character limit in Tweets, dropping pictures and video along with @name replies. Twitter is hoping the changes hopes this will help people engage more, and have more meaningful dialogue. It found...Twitter to exclude photos and links from 140-character limit – report
Photos and links will no longer count towards Twitter’s 140 character limit, as the social network looks to give its users more room to tweet, according to a new report. According to Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources, Twitter will make the update in the next...Twitter ad spend drops (but user growth returns)
Twitter has released a mixed earnings report for the first quarter of 2016, as the social network struggles to com[pete with larger rival Facebook. Twitter reported a return to user growth but its shares fell up to 12% in after-hours trading after its first quarter...Unilever runs social media contest to push bathroom recycling campaign
Unilever is launching a social media contest to encourage consumers to show off their recycling efforts. #Rodale100 honoree @Unilever is committed to recycling & a greener world: https://t.co/dJ5MwRCBS6 #ReimagineThat pic.twitter.com/2SCBhuDUXH— Rodale Inc....OMG! Microsoft AI chatbot acts like a Millennial
Microsoft has created an artificial intelligence chat bot that talks like a Millennial and learns from humans. But its good intentions have already backfired, with mischevoius web users getting it to cite Hitler and support Donald Trump.
