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Twitter for Android: Now on tablets

Thursday, October 10, 2013 | By Michael Ducker (@miradu), Senior Product Manager [18:04 UTC]
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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…

Change the channel directly from Twitter

Wednesday, October 9, 2013 | By Jana Messerschmidt (@janamal), VP, Business Development & Platform [15:15 UTC]
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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…

New features on Twitter for Windows Phone 3.0

Tuesday, October 8, 2013 | By Charles Wu (@ccwu), Partner Program Manager [16:29 UTC]
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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

Monday, October 7, 2013 | By Jenna Mannos (@JennaMannos), Media Partnerships [16:12 UTC]
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The Queen of Pop says “express yourself” — on Twitter.Read more…

Twitter Q&A with Paul McCartney

Wednesday, October 2, 2013 | By Sunil Singhvi (@illsun), Entertainment Partnerships, Twitter UK [23:55 UTC]
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Tomorrow (at 9:40 am ET), music legend @PaulMcCartney will host his first-ever Twitter Q&A to celebrate the upcoming release of his solo album New.

Music fans around the world can join the conversation and tweet Sir Paul using the hashtag #AskMacca:Read more…

Rich photo experience now in embedded Tweets

Thursday, September 26, 2013 | By Brian Ellin (@brianellin), Product Manager, Platform  [18:49 UTC]
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Every day, publishers and journalists all over the world share the best of Twitter with their readers by embedding Tweets in their articles.

Perhaps not surprisingly, many of the most compelling Tweets include photos:Read more…

Twitter Alerts: Critical information when you need it most

Wednesday, September 25, 2013 | By /ɡaˈβɾjela/ (@gpena), Product Manager [16:58 UTC]
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Today, we’re launching Twitter Alerts, a new feature that brings us one step closer to helping users get important and accurate information from credible organizations during emergencies, natural disasters or moments when other communications services aren’t accessible.Read more…

Stay in the know

Tuesday, September 24, 2013 | By Venu Satuluri (@venusatuluri), Sr. Software Engineer, Search & Relevance [20:19 UTC]
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We’ve started rolling out a new notification that recommends interesting accounts and Tweets for you.

If you’re like me, you occasionally feel like you’re missing out on some of the day’s great Tweets, or that you’re the last to find out when someone awesome joins Twitter. We wanted to tackle that problem. With this new feature, you’ll receive personalized recommendations when multiple people in your network follow the same user or favorite or retweet the same Tweet.Read more…

Follow the #Emmys on Twitter and Vine

Saturday, September 21, 2013 | By Fred Graver (@fredgraver), Head of TV [02:43 UTC]
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Twitter and Vine are your ticket to the Emmys this weekend.Read more…

Welcoming iOS 7

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 | By Sung Hu Kim (@sunghu), Mobile Team [18:20 UTC]
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Today we’re introducing new versions of Twitter for iPhone and iPad for iOS 7, with a refreshed design that looks and works great on iOS 7. The update is also compatible with iOS 6 and iOS 5.

You can download this update from the App Store.Read more…

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