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A fresh take on campaign setup

We launched Twitter Ads more than three years ago; since then we’ve been busy adding new features, including more targeting options to help you reach new audiences, and additional reporting capabilities to help analyze campaigns as they’ve become increasingly sophisticated.Read more…

Twitter and synchrony

Events cause people to synchronize and act together. Here we look at three different causes of synchrony around the world: natural, routine and cultural.Read more…

"Beats by Trey": Congressman Radel tweets review of Jay Z's #MCHG

Freshman Congressman Trey Radel (@TreyRadel) offers his take on Jay Z’s new album “Magna Carta…Holy Grail” on Twitter.Read more…

Working to increase #transparency: Our latest report

A lot has happened in the data privacy space since the release of our last #transparency report back in January. As we’ve noted, we believe the open exchange of information can have a positive global impact.Read more…

Announcing Parquet 1.0: Columnar Storage for Hadoop

In March we announced the Parquet project, the result of a collaboration between Twitter and Cloudera intended to create an open-source columnar storage format library for Apache Hadoop.Read more…

Twitter #CreativeFavorites: @Maaco and @PitchAgency offer drivers real-time #Twestimates on auto repair after an accident

The Summary (in 140 characters or less)

@Maacover and @PitchAgency rescue drivers after a car accident with real-time #Twestimates on cost of repairs.Read more…

Depeche Mode just can’t get enough of Vine

Depeche Mode asks fans to share Vine videos documenting their current European tour.Read more…

Guardian says Twitter surpassing other social media for breaking news traffic

Andrew Miller, Guardian News & Media CEO, says that Twitter is driving more referral traffic for key breaking news stories to The Guardian than other social media platforms.

Speaking at the recent #TweetsFromTheTop Twitter event for chief executives, Miller (@AndrewMiller100) says 10% of the newspaper’s traffic now comes from social media, and that Twitter is central to its efforts.

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America's Got Talent viewers vote via Twitter

For the first time ever, a competition reality show collects votes for contestants on Twitter via Tweet — and wins the ratings battle for the night.Read more…

Vine videos that grew on us - July 26

An ongoing look at noteworthy uses of Vine.Read more…

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