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Twitter for Android - Now on Tablets

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…

Two weeks in Twitter alerts

How Twitter Alerts has helped government and emergency responders notify the public during recent breaking events.Read more…

Change the channel directly from Twitter

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

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

ABC uses its strong #Scandal following to recruit new fans on Twitter.Read more…

#UNGA: Twitter and the global political conversation

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

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

Study: Twitter’s influence on holiday shopping

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:

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

How Twitter is being used to spread information - and opinions - during the #shutdown.Read more…

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