Hackers steal passwords of a quarter million Twitter users
02 Feb 2013
Even as it successfully foiled one attack soon on detection, it found that 'extremely sophisticated' hackers might have managed to access user names, e-mail addresses and encrypted passwords of over 250,000 users
Sacked HMV workers hijack Twitter stream
01 Feb 2013
Twitter users can now email tweets from the web
19 Nov 2012
Sam Pitroda to hold first-ever global press conference on Twitter
02 Nov 2012
Live video communication was established during the event from Rashtrapati Bhavan to Moradabad cluster and Kanpura gram panchayat in Ajmer district of Rajasthan
Twitter to let advertisers target users by interest
31 Aug 2012
Twitter has moved to a strategy of actively sifting through what each user is reading and tweeting to learn every individual's interests
Government blocks 16 Twitter accounts
23 Aug 2012
Twitter launches service to buy and place ads
17 Feb 2012
Tweets censorship triggers global outrage
28 Jan 2012
Twitter, the global megaphone for dissidents and activist around the world become the target of outrage by the same users after it announced yesterday that it would allow country-specific censorship of tweets if it breaks local laws
Twitter to censor tweets on a country-by-country basis
28 Jan 2012
Twitter says a tweet containing content breaking a law in one country can be taken down there and still be seen elsewhere in the world
Twitter slams Google search changes
12 Jan 2012
Google is facing criticism from Twitter and accusations of fixing its search results and breaking antitrust rules by boosting posts from its Google+ social network in its standard search results
Twitter hires Google’s Bruce Daisley as UK sales director
02 Dec 2011
Twitter has hired Google’s Bruce Daisley, director of YouTube display advertising, as its first UK sales director
With 250 million tweets a day, Twitter worth around $8 billion: CEO, Dick Costolo
19 Oct 2011
Twitter’s problem is how to monetise the wealth of information that flows through its site every day.
Twitter set to raise $800 million in private equity
25 Jul 2011
A new round of funding from investors is set to value the microblogging site at a whopping $8 billion.
FTC launches antitrust probe against Twitter
01 Jul 2011
Twitter grants users' wish for URL shortner
08 Jun 2011
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