It has been 89 days since Twitter has had a full-time chief executive. That might change now that the company’s board has…
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Twitter users are growing and the stock market is pleased
Twitter's second quarter earnings pleased investors and the stock jumped 30 percent after the report came out.…
Read MoreTwitter’s executive turmoil masks a deeper problem: Confusion over what Twitter wants to be
The departure of a couple of senior executives masks a much deeper problem at Twitter, and that is a lack of conviction about what exactly the product is supposed to do, who it is supposed to be for, or how to attract and keep them…
Read MoreTo live and die in public: That’s Twitter
Twitter is making its debut on the public markets and with that the fortunes of its founders, employees and many of its investors will change. As it crosses into adulthood, Twitter and its new owners need to remember this one thing -- Twitter is us!…
Read MoreTwitter spreads its wings: From harmless distraction to multibillion-dollar public offering
Just a few years ago, Twitter was dismissed by many as a plaything, but it has grown to become a crucial part of the real-time information ecosystem -- and now it is about to become a multibillion-dollar public company…
Read MoreTwitter makes IPO plans official: files confidential S-1, but expected value is about $14B
Twitter has finally announced that it will go public via a tweet that went out after markets closed on Thursday.…
Read More5 startup lessons from Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg & others
Here are my 5 takeaways from comments made by Evan Spiegel (Snapchat), Boris Sofman (Anki), Don Valentine (Sequoia Capital), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) and Dick Costolo (Twitter) at the Disrupt SF 2013 conference.…
Read MoreWhy Twitter’s new Conversations view is a big deal and why it matters for its IPO
Twitter wants to go public and in order to do so, it needs to grow really fast - both in terms of revenues and users. And in order to do so, it needs to cut ties with the past and look at the normals.…
Read MoreTwitter hands over user data in “good Jew” hashtag controversy
Critics say Twitter is "bending" to the French government by finally handing over data to comply with the country's hate speech laws.…
Read MoreTwitter enables translation on tweets from high-profile users amid Egyptian turmoil
As the world looks to the news unfolding in Egypt right now, Twitter has made it easier than ever for English-speaking users to follow high-profile Egyptian accounts with a new translation feature.…
Read MoreTexas and Turkey show why Twitter is often the only media outlet that matters
Twitter may not want to be seen as a media entity, but when news breaks and traditional media outlets are not around -- as in Texas and Turkey -- it quickly becomes the only media source that matters…
Read MoreTwitter is testing ways to replay live events, but can it separate signal from noise?
Could Twitter let you replay the big moments from important events if you missed them live? CEO Dick Costolo said the company is giving it a shot.…
Read MoreTwo-factor authentication is good, but social media services can’t stop there
LinkedIn is the latest web company to add two-factor authentication to protect a user's password and account. But is that really the best companies can do?…
Read MoreHootSuite now has some new anti-hacking features. So what’s Twitter waiting for?
HootSuite is rolling out new functions for its enterprise clients to help them avoid getting hacked on Twitter. But the new features do create another question: why can't Twitter itself take a stronger stand in protecting user accounts?…
Read MoreNo IPO hints as Twitter’s Costolo focuses on simplicity and security
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo thinks Apple is his spirit company, news organizations shouldn't fear Twitter, and that engineers need room to experiment.…
Read MoreGoogle Reader lived on borrowed time: creator Chris Wetherell reflects
Google Reader was doomed to fail from the very beginning: the company never really believed in it and it took big effort on part of a small team to make it work. Chris Wetherell, original creator & part of the Reader team reflects on past & the future.…
Read MoreTwitter appoints Adam Messinger as company’s new CTO
Twitter has appointed a new CTO Adam Messinger, his Twitter bio indicates and AllThingsD first reported, showing that the company is moving forward in selecting top leadership.…
Read MoreTwitter switches up top executives in COO, CFO roles
Twitter has switched up two top executive positions, moving the company's former chief financial officer to become chief operating officer, and implementing the former Zynga chief financial officer into that role at Twitter. The changes come as Twitter works to monetize and solidify its growth.…
Read MoreTwitter rolls out profile header pictures to all users this week
Twitter is finally rolling out header profile pictures for all users beginning on Wednesday, forcing over the change that will put large, horizontal photos on profile pages and make Twitter look much more like Facebook as the two sites continue to compete for user attention.…
Read MoreDick Costolo says being the ‘second screen’ is the future of Twitter
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo says the most powerful feature of Twitter is the way it can show us what others watching the same event are thinking, and that the best use of this feature is as a companion to a televised event like the Olympics.…
Read MoreTwitter CEO Dick Costolo: “Twitter is a city company”
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo talked with advocates for the city of San Francisco Thursday, talking about how Twitter's move into office space in the city has helped the company keep options for growing larger and allowed employees to be flexible.…
Read MoreJack Dorsey confirms reduced role at Twitter and renewed focus on Square
Square CEO and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey wrote Tuesday that he has indeed taken a more limited role at Twitter this year after spending March to December of 2011 working to guide product at the company. Dorsey confirmed a New York Times profile mentioning his role.…
Read MoreJack Dorsey and Twitter: Can you have a part-time product visionary?
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey was brought back into the company last year to be its chief product visionary, but his role appears to have been dramatically reduced. So who is Twitter's product visionary now, and what does that mean for the future of the service?…
Read MoreTwitter CEO wish list — curation tools, tweet downloads, Tom Brady?
At ONA, Dick Costolo promised free curation tools to help newsrooms better present the flavor of news events. That's all well and good, but can these tools--and the ability to download your own tweets -- resolve growing tensions between Twitter users and Twitter itself?…
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