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Twitter Archive

Archives for November 2016

Technology
Disney will stream new ‘Star Wars’ content live on Twitter this weekDisney will stream new ‘Star Wars’ content live on Twitter this week
Technology

“Star Wars”!

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Twitter reminds everyone it won’t cooperate with government or police surveillanceTwitter reminds everyone it won’t cooperate with government or police surveillance
Technology

Twitter doesn’t want third parties spying on its users.

By April Glaser and Kurt Wagner
Technology
Here’s why Twitter turned down a Donald Trump advertising campaignHere’s why Twitter turned down a Donald Trump advertising campaign
Technology

Twitter didn’t want people to think it was sponsoring anti-Hillary ads.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says a white-supremacy ad the company showed users was a ‘mistake’Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says a white-supremacy ad the company showed users was a ‘mistake’
Technology
Twitter will let you block tweets with nasty words in its latest attempt to combat abuseTwitter will let you block tweets with nasty words in its latest attempt to combat abuse
Technology

Twitter is also training employees to better understand what constitutes abuse.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: ‘Without Twitter, you wouldn’t have President-elect Trump’Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: ‘Without Twitter, you wouldn’t have President-elect Trump’
Technology

Still, Salesforce investors pushed him to pass on a possible acquisition.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Twitter COO Adam Bain is leaving the companyTwitter COO Adam Bain is leaving the company
Technology

CFO Anthony Noto will take Bain’s COO job.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Clinton supporters are flooding Twitter with pantsuit selfiesClinton supporters are flooding Twitter with pantsuit selfies
Technology

A dorky fashion choice has become a (still dorky) powerful statement via social media.

By Amy Keyishian
Technology
Now is the Twitter of our discontent, made garish bummer by this Trump of New YorkNow is the Twitter of our discontent, made garish bummer by this Trump of New York
Technology

It is a tweet, writ by the candidate, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

By Kara Swisher
Technology
Donald Trump wants to win so badly that he’s stopped tweetingDonald Trump wants to win so badly that he’s stopped tweeting
Technology

No more 3 a.m. tweetstorms. (Sad!)

By Peter Kafka
Technology
On Twitter, Trump bots are out-tweeting Clinton bots 7 to 1On Twitter, Trump bots are out-tweeting Clinton bots 7 to 1
Technology

Trump’s social media popularity is rigged, too.

By April Glaser