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Discover: Thanksgiving

  • The Twitter Blog
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 | By Twitter (@twitter) [22:40 UTC]

Thanksgiving Day is upon us—tomorrow families and friends across the U.S. will gather to feast, relax and watch football or movies. It seems like a good time to share all the ways to enjoy our national holiday of gratitude on Twitter.Read more…

@Bonobos Twitter exclusive flash sale delivers 1,200% ROI

  • Advertising
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 | By Twitter Advertising (@TwitterAds) [18:17 UTC]

Every fashion forward man needs a pair of “Boo!-Ya” glow in the dark pants or a floral print of “Photosynthepants.” Whimsy is not unfamiliar territory for men’s apparel brand and e-tailer, Bonobos, which also offers an extensive selection of men’s clothing that are more suited for everyday wear.Read more…

Once in a lifetime

  • The Twitter Blog
Monday, November 14, 2011 | By Twitter (@twitter) [20:19 UTC]

Increasingly people flock to Twitter to discover information and connect around occurrences like natural disasters, sporting events and cultural moments. And then there are times when Twitter is where you might go to experience an infrequent curiosity.

Take last Friday, which was November 11, 2011. Whether you were inclined to crack a joke about this rare binary occurrence, wax poetic about its meaning, or join in a global game to share photos at 11 a.m. and 11 p.m., numerology dominated the conversation.Read more…

SpiderDuck: Twitter's Real-time URL Fetcher

  • Engineering
Monday, November 14, 2011 | By Twitter Engineering (@TwitterEng) [18:44 UTC]

Tweets often contain URLs or links to a variety of content on the web, including images, videos, news articles and blog posts. SpiderDuck is a service at Twitter that fetches all URLs shared in Tweets in real-time, parses the downloaded content to extract metadata of interest and makes that metadata available for other Twitter services to consume within seconds.

Several teams at Twitter need to access the linked content, typically in real-time, to improve Twitter products. For example:Read more…

Promoted Tweets in timelines: success stories

  • Advertising
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 | By Twitter Advertising (@TwitterAds) [07:28 UTC]

We’ve recently expanded Promoted Tweets to appear in users’ timelines, and the results are in: Promoted Tweets in timelines are driving engagement.Read more…

Introducing Twitter Stories

  • The Twitter Blog
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 | By Twitter (@twitter) [16:30 UTC]

Stories.twitter.com

Today we’re launching the first in a series of Twitter stories. Read about a single Tweet that helped save a bookstore from going out of business; an athlete who took a hundred of his followers out to a crab dinner; and, Japanese fishermen who use Twitter to sell their catch before returning to shore. Each story reminds us of the humanity behind Tweets that make the world smaller.Read more…