Twitter Announces A More Polite Way to Block with Mute Feature

Sick of annoying tweets but feel obligated to follow them? Twitter now has a solution that is as easy as pressing a mute button. Twitter has just released a new Mute feature that allows users to control the tweets and updates they receive on their primary feed. When a user is muted, their activity will … Read moreTwitter Announces A More Polite Way to Block with Mute Feature

Twitter and MoPub to Target 1B Users with Mobile App Promotions

Twitter has just announced the start of it’s new mobile app advertising service which has the ability to reach over 1 billion users. The new service allows marketers to purchase ads on Twitter to promote mobile app installs using MoPub, a mobile advertising exchange that was purchased by the microblogging company back in October. MoPub … Read moreTwitter and MoPub to Target 1B Users with Mobile App Promotions

Twitters Revamp Continues With Interactive Pop Up Notifications

Twitter has been undergoing some serious renovations this last week with the latest addition being interactive, pop-up notifications. Twitter users can expect to see fully interactive pop-up notifications starting from today. The notifications will appear on the lower right corner of the timeline and will allow users to interact with activity on their account. “When … Read moreTwitters Revamp Continues With Interactive Pop Up Notifications

Turkish Twitter Ban Backfires

Turkey’s plan to ban Twitter has backfired with 33 percent more residents signing up to the social media service following the decision.  The Turkish government aimed to ban Twitter after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared that the service was being utilized to publish audio recordings that implicated Turkey was involved in bribery and corruption. … Read moreTurkish Twitter Ban Backfires

Twitter Celebrates 8th Birthday by Giving Users Access to First Tweet Ever

To celebrate their 8th birthday, Twitter is opening up it’s archives to allow users to revisit their first ever tweet. Twitter is taking users on walk down memory lane, providing access to the first ever tweets of every single user. By going to first-tweets.com, Tweeters can type in their username and retrieve their very first … Read moreTwitter Celebrates 8th Birthday by Giving Users Access to First Tweet Ever

Angry Tweeters force Twitter to Reverse Blocking Policy

Twitter has reversed their blocking policy less than 24 hours after launch due to consumer backlash.  Early on Thursday, Twitter updated it’s blocking policy so that members who had been blocked could see the tweets of the blocker and be able to re-tweet and favorite their messages. Twitter said this was done to prevent retaliation … Read moreAngry Tweeters force Twitter to Reverse Blocking Policy