The Twitter Blog Network

News, notes and stories on our products, initiatives and company doings.

Results from all blogs forJuly 2009

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Bonjour! Hola! Guten Tag! Nǐ Hǎo! Ohayou!

Apparently there are over 6,000 languages spoken in the world and TweetDeck is only available in one of those, English. Obviously we’re not being very fair to our friends in far-flung places who would be much more comfortable in their mother tongu…Read more…

New Front Page!

Today we’re trying a redesigned front page for folks who are new to Twitter.com. If you’re a regular around these parts, then you won’t notice the new look unless you sign out of your account. Helping people access Twitter in more relevant and useful ways upon first introduction lowers the barrier to accessing the value Twitter has to offer and presents the service more consistently with how it has evolved.Read more…

Twitter Over SMS with O2 in the UK

Full, two-way interaction with Twitter over SMS is now available for everyone who uses O2, the largest mobile operator in the UK. There are no extra fees associated with Twittering over SMS on the 02 network—standard or in bundle rates apply for updating your account and receiving tweets over SMS is free so Tweet your heart out!Read more…

Enhancing Value for Customers and Businesses

BestBuy, Good Stuff


We’re beginning to discover the value that customers and consumers are getting from businesses who use Twitter in smart and interesting ways. Businesses of all shapes and sizes are discovering the value too—whether it’s raising the bottom line or engaging more actively with consumers.Read more…

Letterman Discovers Twitter via Spacey


David Letterman was introduced to Twitter via Kevin Spacey on last night’s Late Show. Once Dave got past the concept of typing with his thumbs he was able to characterize Twitter as “a waste of time.” That’s generally how Twitter was characterized in 2007 so Dave’s only two years behind—we’ll give him a little more time to catch up.Read more…

Welcome Richard Barley - our new Community Manager

“If the person you are talking to doesn’t appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.” Winnie the Pooh The last twelve months have seen TweetDeck grow from a personal solution to Iain’s overw…Read more…

Someone Call Security

Early yesterday, we were contacted by two blog journalists who had just been offered internal business documents stolen from Twitter by a hacker.Read more…

Twitter, Even More Open Than We Wanted

About a month ago, an administrative employee here at Twitter was targeted and her personal email account was hacked. From the personal account, we believe the hacker was able to gain information which allowed access to this employee’s Google Apps account which contained Docs, Calendars, and other Google Apps Twitter relies on for sharing notes, spreadsheets, ideas, financial details and more within the company. Since then, we have performed a security audit and reminded everyone of the importance of personal security guidelines.Read more…

Auto-Upgrade "Stream-crossing" Balls-Up

Ok to start with a huge apology for those people who have been affected. We’re not hiding from it - we messed up. Really sorry. TweetDeck has a built in location to look for its latest versions and then auto-upgrades if it finds a new version. Ver…Read more…

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