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Results from all blogs forJuly 2012

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Our approach to Trust & Safety, and private information

  • The Twitter Blog
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 | By Alex Macgillivray (@amac) [19:43 UTC]

We want to take a moment to explain some of our general Trust and Safety policies and procedures, and address the specific case at hand that has unfolded over the past 48-hours (we normally don’t address matters pertaining to individual accounts for the privacy of the account, but here the relevant communications are now public).Read more…

Pepsi #SummerBeats concert: Live stream today on Twitter

  • Advertising
Monday, July 30, 2012 | By Dianne Molina (@diabolina), Editorial, Sales Marketing [21:08 UTC]

Dust off your cowboy hat. The @Pepsi and @Billboard Summer Beats Concert Series is heading to Nashville today. Part of Twitter’s global partnership with Pepsi, this evening’s pop-up concert will feature top country music group @GlorianaTheBand.Read more…

Spotlight on Olympic stories

  • The Twitter Blog
Thursday, July 26, 2012 | By Chloe Sladden (@ChloeS) [23:24 UTC]

When it comes to events that capture the world’s attention, the Olympic Games have long been the gold standard — and never more so than right now, when Twitter is on hand for every competition. Even today, heading into the Opening Ceremony, we’re already seeing more Tweets about the Olympics in a single day than we did during the entire Beijing games in 2008. (Yes, you read that right.)Read more…

#OnlyOnTwitter: Through the eyes of Olympians

  • The Twitter Blog
Thursday, July 26, 2012 | By Andrew Fitzgerald (@magicandrew) [23:24 UTC]

Only the world’s best athletes get to experience the thrill and privilege of marching in the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremonies. And as they tweeted pictures during every step of their memorable night, they took all of us along with them.Read more…

Our apologies for today’s outage.

  • The Twitter Blog
Thursday, July 26, 2012 | By Twitter (@twitter) [20:56 UTC]

We are sorry. Many of you came to Twitter earlier today expecting, well, Twitter. Instead, between around 8:20am and 9:00am PT, users around the world got zilch from us. By about 10:25am PT, people who came to Twitter finally got what they expected: Twitter.

The cause of today’s outage came from within our data centers. Data centers are designed to be redundant: when one system fails (as everything does at one time or another), a parallel system takes over. What was noteworthy about today’s outage was the coincidental failure of two parallel systems at nearly the same time. Read more…

Profile improvements for TweetDeck on the web

  • TweetDeck
Thursday, July 26, 2012 | By TweetDeck (@TweetDeck) [18:30 UTC]
We have updated web.tweetdeck.com with some new features and fixed a few bugs. One of the most visible changes is an updated design for the profile panel, which is now cleaner and clearer, making it easier to find out more about the people that ma…Read more…

Thu, 07/19/2012 - 13:06

  • The Twitter Blog
Thursday, July 19, 2012 | By Grace Chu Lee (@gracelee) [17:06 UTC]

This year, the superhero-themed Premios Juventud (Youth Awards) show on Univision will join forces with Twitter. With Twitter as their superpower, fans will be able to have their voices heard through their Tweets.Read more…

New targeting adds greater relevance to your Promoted Tweets

  • Advertising
Thursday, July 19, 2012 | By Kevin Weil (@kevinweil), Product Manager [17:01 UTC]

It’s a fact — brands have been on Twitter since our earliest days. They use the platform to connect with consumers in meaningful ways, offering everything from special discounts and exclusive content to new product information.Read more…

Swifter navigation for TweetDeck

  • TweetDeck
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 | By TweetDeck (@TweetDeck) [19:00 UTC]
Today you can more easily discover and react to the information you care about with new navigation features in TweetDeck. You have given us some really useful feedback after using these features on web.tweetdeck.com, and now you can use this swift…Read more…

Swifter navigation for TweetDeck

  • The Twitter Blog
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 | By Richard Barley (@richardbarley) [15:33 UTC]

Cross-posted on the TweetDeck Blog

Today you can more easily discover and react to the information you care about with new navigation features in TweetDeck. You have given us some really useful feedback after using these features on web.tweetdeck.com, and now you can use this swifter TweetDeck on other platforms too by visiting tweetdeck.com.

Here’s an overview of what’s changed.Read more…

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