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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…

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…

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…

#UNGA: Twitter and the global political conversation

  • Media
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 | By Sean Evins (@Evins), Partnerships Manager, Government & Politics Team [18:02 UTC]
Twitter was an integral part of the conversation around #UNGA from the beginning. Find out howRead 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…

Celebrate #ArtForFreedom with Madonna

  • The Twitter Blog
Monday, October 7, 2013 | By Jenna Mannos (@JennaMannos), Media Partnerships [16:12 UTC]

The Queen of Pop says “express yourself” — on Twitter.Read more…

Study: Twitter’s influence on holiday shopping

  • Advertising
Monday, October 7, 2013 | By Jonathan Stringfield (@JDStringfield), Ad Research [16:09 UTC]

Throughout the year, and especially during the holidays, Twitter brings people closer to a particular passion: shopping. According to Crimson Hexagon, holiday shopping conversations increased in 2012 by 30% over the previous year. Buzz on Twitter peaked around key shopping dates, as you see here:

Read more…

Politicians, gov’t agencies turn to Twitter amidst #Shutdown

  • Media
Friday, October 4, 2013 | By Simon Rogers (@smfrogers), Data Editor [22:00 UTC]
How Twitter is being used to spread information - and opinions - during the #shutdown.Read more…

Fall premieres: Live-tweeting with #CBSTweetWeek

  • Media
Friday, October 4, 2013 | By Liz Myers (@thisbeliz), TV Partnerships [21:11 UTC]
See how CBS brought their talent together and invited fans to join them to watch and tweet the fall season premieres in the the third part of our series.Read more…
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