Twitter’s adding new search features for web users: filter results by videos, photos, news, or peopl

Twitter’s adding new search features for web users: filter results by videos, photos, news, or people. You can also filter only results from those you follow. [Twitter via The Verge]

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Twitter partners with CNN and Dataminr to zero in on news tidbits

Social journalism has been a growing force as increased connectivity and instant sharing is adopted by larger portions of the Internet. Still, media companies rule the roost, and to make … Continue reading

Obama hosts real West Wing “Big Block of Cheese Day” across social

Fans of the West Wing – and of getting greater insight into how the US government ticks – will be excited to hear that today is Big Block of Cheese … Continue reading

Twitter user claims user name worth $50k was stolen with help from PayPal and GoDaddy

A twitter user was recently extorted into giving up his twitter user name. It would be bad enough giving up your established twitter user name, but this one was worth … Continue reading

Twitter app update brings improved photo editing and tagging

The official Twitter app has been updated for Android users. The updated app gets improved photo editing and sharing capability. Tagging has also been updated in the app making it … Continue reading

A Simple Twitter Bug Lets You Get Unlimited Followers Just By Clicking

Your number of Twitter followers is sort of a badge of honor. It doesn’t mean much, but having more is something (stupid) to brag about. Thanks to a bug currently active on Twitter, you can have as many as you want, just by clicking one button a ton of times.

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CNN Twitter and Facebook accounts hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

Hackers are constantly targeting the social media and websites of major corporations and organizations. In October of last year, the Syrian Electronic Army hacked into President Obama’s social media accounts. … Continue reading

Twitter Cards analytics dashboard brings advertisers increased insight

Following the update allowing advertisers to target users based on email addresses and user IDs, Twitter has rolled out another update that gives its advertisers better insight — Twitter Cards … Continue reading

Game Boy Screen Shows Off Twitter Feed (It’s A Fake!)

Game Boy Screen Shows Off Twitter Feed (It’s A Fake!)For those of you who grew up in the 1990s, I am quite sure that you are familiar not only with the NES, SNES, Sega MegaDrive, but also with the hugely popular portable console from Nintendo that is known as the Game Boy. The Game Boy provided me with countless hours of fun, and who knew that four AA batteries could deliver so much enjoyment? There was nothing quite like having the ability to play Mario wherever you go, not to mention collect all 50 Pokémon (yeah, there were that few back in the day), but who would have thought that this 8-bit machine that could would actually be able to display a Twitter feed?

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    Twitter advertising update allows targeting based on email addresses and IDs

    Yesterday, Twitter revealed a refresh to its Web design, something still rolling out and ushering in another change, this one for the company’s advertising partners: the ability to target based … Continue reading