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Announcing the Man Booker on Vine

Thursday, September 12, 2013 | By Helen Prowse (@hlp) [09:12 UTC]
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The Man Booker Prize (@ManBookerPrize) drove international interest around its 2013 shortlist by bringing it to life with Vine and Twitter.

@ManBookerPrize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel written in English from the Commonwealth, Ireland and Zimbabwe, and is of great significance to the book trade.Read more…

#TransferDeadlineDay

Tuesday, September 3, 2013 | By Lewis Wiltshire (@LewisWiltshire), Director of Media Partnerships, Twitter UK [16:51 UTC]
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Fans, players, clubs and commentators from across the globe come to Twitter to follow the news of who will end up where, following the latest news 140 characters at a time.Read more…

Welcoming a new #ChiefRabbi on Twitter

Monday, September 2, 2013 | By Helen Prowse (@hlp), Communications, Twitter UK [15:46 UTC]
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Yesterday’s installation of the new Chief Rabbi was the first to take place for 22 and years - and the first ceremony of its kind to feature a specific Twitter element.

To mark the day and bring the event to a digital audience, the Office of the Chief Rabbi re-launched the @ChiefRabbi Twitter account for incoming Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis.Read more…

How the #Ashes played out on Twitter

Monday, August 26, 2013 | By Lewis Wiltshire (@LewisWiltshire) [15:45 UTC]
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The last time England hosted the Ashes was more than half of Twitter’s lifetime ago, so for many UK cricket fans, the summer of 2013 was their first opportunity to taste this oldest of sporting traditions while following along on their favourite platform.

But the conversation on Twitter was not limited to the UK. Whilst the action may have been in the middle of the night at times Down Under, one part of the 2013 #Ashes that Australia did win at was the number of official Tweets.Read more…

#1DMoviePremiere

Tuesday, August 20, 2013 | By Sunil Singhvi (@illsun) [15:29 UTC]
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The UK was abuzz with One Direction fever today as thousands of fans descended upon London’s Leicester Square. They flocked to the London landmark for the premiere of the band’s new film ‘One Direction: This Is Us’, hoping to catch a glimpse of Harry, Zayn, Louis, Niall and Liam.Read more…

This Week On Vine: Poolside Tricks

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 | By Stewart Russell (@stewartrussell) [15:07 UTC]
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With the holidays in full flow, this week’s Vine spotlight has a distinctly summery feel.

Capturing poolside tricks in six seconds seems to be one of this summer’s latest trends, with social media users taking to Vine and Twitter to show off their skills.

Be prepared to be amazed by these mini masterpieces, created by Vine users:Read more…

Celebrating Eid on Twitter

Thursday, August 8, 2013 | By Helen Prowse (@hlp) [13:27 UTC]
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As the holy fasting month of Ramadan comes to an end, Muslims around the world have been celebrating Eid al-Fitr on Twitter.

Over the last two days (August 7 & 8) there have been more than two million mentions of the festival on the platform. We’ve seen Tweets from those celebrating Eid, as well as greetings from individuals and organisations sharing their best wishes with the Muslim community.

Tweets on the topic have come from around the world, with the five top countries for Eid-related messages being Indonesia, the USA, Malaysia, the UK and Saudi Arabia.Read more…

#DoctorWho

Monday, August 5, 2013 | By Lewis Wiltshire (@LewisWiltshire) [13:55 UTC]
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Only 11 people have ever officially played Doctor Who, so when the announcement of the 12th came yesterday, it set Twitter abuzz with conversation. In fact, there were more than a million mentions of the news over the course of the day.

This was only the second announcement of a new Doctor since Twitter was created, and the first since 2009 (not counting the announcement of John Hurt appearing in the 50th anniversary special!) so Whovians flocked to Twitter to discuss it.Read more…

Our Commitment

Saturday, August 3, 2013 | By Tony Wang (@TonyW) [13:11 UTC]
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It comes down to this: people deserve to feel safe on Twitter.

Over the past week, we’ve been listening to your feedback on how we can improve our service. You told us that we need to make our rules clearer, simplify our abuse reporting process, and promote the responsible use of Twitter.

Today, we want to give an update on what we’ve done and what we’re committing to do over the next few months.Read more…

We hear you

Monday, July 29, 2013 | By Del Harvey (@delbius) [13:09 UTC]
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At Twitter, we work every day to create products that can reach every person on the planet. To do that, we must take a wide range of use cases into consideration when designing interfaces or developing user tools. We want Twitter to work whether you are trying to follow your favourite musician, talk to others about shared interests, or raise the visibility of a human rights issue.Read more…

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