Twitter is exploring new ways to engage sports fans, tapping into their passion as it fights its corner in the cutthroat world of social media. Theo Luke, Twitter’s sports partnership director for Europe and the…
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Twitter aims to boost appeal with new 280-character tweet limit
Twitter is testing allowing tweets to be expanded to 280 characters — double the existing limit — in the latest effort to boost flagging growth at the social network. San Francisco-based Twitter said Tuesday that…
Twitter dives, growth stall highlights contrast with Facebook
Twitter shares were hammered Thursday after the company reported no gain in its user base in the past quarter, raising fresh fears about the future of the service as it loses more ground to Facebook….
Lupita Nyong’o proud to be in tweet-inspired movie
Lupita Nyong’o thinks it’s “really cool” that a tweet brought her and Rihanna together for a movie. The ‘Black Panther’ actress is teaming up with the ‘We Found Love’ singer for an upcoming heist movie,…
Woman marries stranger from Twitter
A woman has tied the knot with a man three years after proposing to him on Twitter as a joke. In 2014, Llia Apostolou asked a stranger to pretend to be her husband as part…
Teen breaks internet record, spurred by love of nuggets
An American teenager has broken the world record for the most retweets, in a crusade to win a year’s supply of his favorite food: chicken nuggets. Beating out TV stars Ellen Degeneres and Kim Kardashian,…
Nicki Minaj becomes college benefactor through Twitter
Hip-hop star Nicki Minaj has promised to pay university tuition for dozens of fans after a promotional contest metamorphosed over Twitter. Minaj’s transformation into educational benefactor took place over the weekend as she unveiled a…
Twitter, Bloomberg team up for streaming news channel
Twitter is launching a 24-hour streaming news channel in partnership with the Bloomberg news agency, in a major expansion of its video operations. Bloomberg Media chief executive Justin Smith confirmed the partnership late Sunday, retweeting…
Trump’s first 100 days in 10 tweets
Since entering office, President Donald Trump has used Twitter to issue declarations on everything from America’s geopolitical rivals to his personal feuds with the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger. As Trump prepares to mark 100 days…
‘Twitter Lite’ aims at emerging markets
Twitter on Thursday unveiled a low-data usage version of the social network, which aims to bring in users in emerging markets and areas with slow or expensive mobile networks. The California group unveiled Twitter Lite,…