Posts from The Twitter Blog: announcements

Fighting for more #transparency

As we’ve shown over the years, Twitter is firmly committed to enabling free expression around the world and providing meaningful transparency to our users.Read more…

Friendlier photo sharing is here

Over the past few months, we’ve made it easy to share and edit photos on Twitter. Starting today, you can make the photos you post on Twitter even better.

The following updates are available today on Twitter for Android, and they’re coming soon to Twitter for iPhone.Read more…

Twitter Alerts: New countries and features

In September, we launched Twitter Alerts to help people receive critical information during times of crisis. Since then, Twitter Alerts has grown to include countries and organizations around the world.Read more…

Reverting the changes to block functionality

Earlier today, we made a change to the way the “block” function of Twitter works. We have decided to revert the change after receiving feedback from many users – we never want to introduce features at the cost of users feeling less safe. Any blocks you had previously instituted are still in effect.Read more…

@TIME’s Person of the Year

Once a year, the editors of TIME magazine select the one person or entity who has most affected the world stage over the past 12 months. The honoree adorns the cover of the the news magazine — and this year, is also recognized by this Tweet:Read more…

Winning the Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award: #jointheflock

Earlier today, the jobs and career community @Glassdoor announced Twitter has won its Employees’ Choice Award, recognizing the 50 Best Places to Work in 2014. As the top technology company recognized, and number two overall, we’re extraordinarily honored by this recognition.Read more…

New ways to search on Twitter

We’re updating our iOS and Android apps to make it easier to discover what’s happening on Twitter.

New filters in search help you quickly find exactly the Tweets and people you’re looking for. And now you have the option to view all Tweets –– simply toggle between top Tweets and all Tweets at the top of your search results.Read more…

Picture this: More visual Tweets

So many of the great moments you share on Twitter are made even better with photos or with videos from Vine. These rich Tweets can bring your followers closer to what’s happening, and make them feel like they are right there with you.

We want to make it easier for everyone to experience those moments on Twitter. That’s why starting today, timelines on Twitter will be more visual and more engaging: previews of Twitter photos and videos from Vine will be front and center in Tweets. To see more of the photo or play the video, just tap.Read more…

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…

Change the channel directly from Twitter

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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…

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