August 28th, 2010
Every now and then you hear a great story about someone getting fed up with their job and quitting in dramatic style. A JetBlue flight attendant named Steven Slater probably takes the prize, however, after he reamed out an unruly passenger earlier this week over the plane’s intercom, then grabbed two beers from the cantina and exited the plane onto the tarmac using the emergency exit slide.
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August 28th, 2010
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that Twitter has, at its core, a secret, passionate love for SMS. That’s why the original 140 character limit came along in the first place – so that Twitter users could use the microblogging platform with just about any phone made in the last ten years, and on pretty much any network. In an age when many of us use smartphones and computers to access Twitter, one can easily wonder whether Twitter has forgotten its roots.
August 28th, 2010
When Twitter’s "Who to Follow" feature launched at the beginning of this month, it was met with relatively little fanfare. That’s probably because it currently exists only on the Twitter website; the API for the new "Suggested Users" feature set hasn’t yet been released to developers, although Twitter promises that’s in the works.
August 28th, 2010
Back when the iPhone was still a new product, we used to hear a great deal about what a sea change it was causing in the world of video games. Gaming, previously considered the provinence of introverted, stay-at-home nerds sitting in the dark with a two-liter bottle of Mountain Dew, had suddenly become something that you might see on the bus, on the subway, at a restaurant.
August 21st, 2010
Last week, we announced an easy-to-install and lightweight Tweet Button that allows publishers to make it easy for users to share a link to their content on Twitter. Thousands of sites have implemented the Tweet Button already.
But what if you go to a site that doesn’t have a Tweet Button? Have no fear. Today, we’re making available a Tweet Button Bookmarklet that allows you to tweet a link with your own commentary from anywhere on the web. You just need to drag and drop the Bookmarklet into your browser’s bookmark bar.
Like the Tweet Button, it shortens links automatically. If there’s a Twitter account listed on the site, it also may suggest users to follow. To install the Bookmarklet, visit this page and drag the “Share on Twitter” link to your bookmark bar on any browser.
August 18th, 2010
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For those of you who like to share content on Twitter, the site of the ubiquitous TweetMeme "Retweet" button is a familiar and welcome site. For over a year, it’s been the primary one-click solution for sharing web content with Twitter users without resorting to copying a URL,…
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August 18th, 2010
Today we’re launching Twitter Tales – a growing set of articles that highlights creative individuals and businesses from all corners of the world that help make Twitter awesome. The examples of great Twitter use will also likely inspire others to use the service in innovative and interesting ways.
For the next several weeks, we’ll add a new story to the Twitter Tales homepage that you can access by clicking on the Twitter Tales icon on the sidebar of the Twitter Blog. Today, we’re sharing three entries about:
- Life: @natashabadhwar is a mother/filmmaker/photographer/writer from New Delhi who sees Twitter as a form of self therapy
- Community: @caltrain is a crowd-sourced Twitter account where people can help others avoid pitfalls on their daily commute
- Humor: @thebloggess provides a witty and honest behind the scenes look into her blog writing
Do you have a tale to tell? Tell us who you are and share more information by emailing tales@twitter.com.
August 13th, 2010
Twitter is great for sharing interesting things you find on the web. In fact, close to a quarter of all Tweets include a link in them. Despite the high volume of sharing, there is plenty of room to make it easier. Copying and pasting, link shortening, and bouncing between browser tabs just to share a link in a Tweet is too much work.
Today we’re launching the Tweet Button to make sharing simple. It lets you share links directly from the page you’re on. When you click on the Tweet Button, a Tweet box will appear — pre-populated with a shortened link that points to the item that you’re sharing.
After you post to Twitter, you may see suggestions for accounts to follow. These accounts are suggested by the web site you visited and may include, for example, the news outlet and reporter of the article you shared.
Check out our video, and try out the button at the bottom of this post!
The Tweet Button is not only simple for users, but for publishers of all sizes, too. Recreational bloggers to large media companies can quickly and easily add the Tweet Button to their sites. It only takes a few lines of code. The Tweet Button will help publishers grow traffic and increase their Twitter following.
You may have seen similar buttons on blogs, news sites and other places that let you share content on Twitter. These have been created by third parties. Most notably, a company called TweetMeme created a popular “retweet button” for publishers. They’ve already made it easier to share links on Twitter and have helped a tremendous number of publishers get their content into Twitter. We’re pleased to be working closely with the good folks at TweetMeme and, from here on out, they will be pointing to the Twitter Tweet Button. Check out TweetMeme’s blog to learn more about what they’re up to next.
Starting today, the following sites will use the Tweet Button. All of them integrated this in less than one week.
AddThis
Arizona Republic/azcentral.com
Ask.com
CBS Interactive
CNN.com
Cracked.com
Detroit Free Press
eHow.com
Eventbrite
Gawker Media
HuffingtonPost.com
Hulu
LIVESTRONG.com
Redfin
SFGate.com
ShareThis
Sky News
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The Des Moines Register
The Indianapolis Star
The Onion
The Tennessean
Threadless
TIME.com
TV Guide
USA TODAY
WordPress.com
WUSA 9
Yardbarker
YouTube
Our guess is that more than a few sites will join the above in the hours to come. Get the Tweet Button for your website today and let the sharing begin.
August 12th, 2010
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Every now and then you hear a great story about someone getting fed up with their job and quitting in dramatic style. A JetBlue flight attendant named Steven Slater probably takes the prize, however, after he reamed out an unruly passenger earlier this week over the plane’s intercom,…
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August 11th, 2010
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Sometimes it’s easy to forget that Twitter has, at its core, a secret, passionate love for SMS. That’s why the original 140 character limit came along in the first place – so that Twitter users could use the microblogging platform with just about any phone made in the last ten years,…
This is a content summary only, please visit twittown.com for the full article.
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