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Twitter for Android: Now on tablets

  • The Twitter Blog
Thursday, October 10, 2013 | By Michael Ducker (@miradu), Senior Product Manager [18:04 UTC]

Today, we’re introducing Twitter for Android Tablets.

While we’ve long offered a mobile app for Android users, we’ve not yet provided an app that is optimized for Android tablets –– until now.

The landscape view fills your screen with Tweets, conversations, Trends, accounts to follow and more. With a single tap, Tweets expand on the right side to show photos, videos and article previews. Dive deeper with another tap to see photos, play videos or read links from the web in fullscreen mode.Read more…

Change the channel directly from Twitter

  • The Twitter Blog
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 | By Jana Messerschmidt (@janamal), VP, Business Development & Platform [15:15 UTC]

Today, @Comcast and @NBCUniversal are announcing a partnership with Twitter that lets users tune in to a TV show directly from a Tweet. Comcast will give Xfinity TV customers the ability to do several things such as change the channel, set the DVR and play a show On Demand, directly from an expanded Tweet. Called See It, the feature will debut with NBCUniversal offerings including The Voice and Sunday Night Football.Read more…

New features on Twitter for Windows Phone 3.0

  • The Twitter Blog
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 | By Charles Wu (@ccwu), Partner Program Manager [16:29 UTC]

Today we’re introducing a new version of Twitter for Windows Phone with features that you can customize specifically for the Windows platform.

In this update, we’re including a number of options to make your Twitter experience better suited for you.Read more…

Verifying Tweets when news breaks: Q&A with the NYT’s Jennifer Preston

  • Media
Friday, October 18, 2013 | By Andrew Fitzgerald (@magicandrew), Interim Head of News Partnerships [19:27 UTC]
When news breaks, Twitter can help reporters track down a story. New York Times reporter Jennifer Preston explains how to work fast and get things right on Twitter.Read more…

Netty 4 at Twitter: Reduced GC Overhead

  • Engineering
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 | By Trustin Lee (@trustin) [13:11 UTC]

At Twitter, Netty (@netty_project) is used in core places requiring networking functionality.

For example:Read more…

Fall premieres: The new Tweeters show how it’s done

  • Media
Monday, October 14, 2013 | By Lara Cohen (@Larakate), Head of TV Talent [20:14 UTC]
New fall season TV show stars use Twitter to build engagement and buzz.Read more…

Now available: Scheduled Tweets

  • Advertising
Monday, October 14, 2013 | By Christine Lee (@chrstnelee), Product Manager, Twitter Ads team  [16:27 UTC]

Starting today, all marketers using Twitter’s Ad Products can schedule organic or Promoted Tweets for specific dates and times up to a year in advance. These can be coordinated to go live with new or existing Promoted Tweet campaigns to enable you to plan your real-time campaigns at your convenience.

With scheduled Tweets, you can publish content at any time without having staff on-call to Tweet on evenings, weekends, holidays, or other inconvenient times. Advertisers also gain the flexibility to plan content in advance for events like premieres and product releases.Read more…

Two weeks in Twitter alerts

  • Media
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 | By Bridget Coyne (@bcoyne), Partnerships, Government & Politics Team [21:07 UTC]
How Twitter Alerts has helped government and emergency responders notify the public during recent breaking events.Read more…

News for Bostonians, by Bostonians

  • Media
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 | By Simon Rogers (@smfrogers), Data Editor [19:36 UTC]
A new website uses Twitter recommendations to find the best news stories.Read more…

Fall premieres: From #ScandalRecruitment to #ScandalRewatch ...#ScandalisBack in a big way

  • Media
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 | By Liz Myers (@thisbeliz), TV Partnerships [19:33 UTC]
ABC uses its strong #Scandal following to recruit new fans on Twitter.Read more…
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