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Twitter Archive

Archives for September 2016

Anyone on Twitter can now create a Moment
Technology

More Moments = more content.

By Kurt Wagner
Why Disney won’t buy Twitter
Technology

I can’t believe I have to type this, but here you go.

By Peter Kafka
Marc Andreessen, father of the tweetstorm, is taking a ‘break’ from Twitter
Technology

It’s not you, Jack, it’s him.

By Kara Swisher
Technology
Two million Twitter followers? Whatever. Fox Sports 1’s Skip Bayless just ignores the internet.Two million Twitter followers? Whatever. Fox Sports 1’s Skip Bayless just ignores the internet.
Technology

“I’m actually proud of the fact that I don’t think about it.”

By Eric Johnson
More than two million people watched the NFL on Twitter (again)
Technology

But the average Twitter audience for NFL football jumped 34 percent for the Patriots-Texans Thursday night game.

By Kurt Wagner
What price for Twitter? A lot, which might be a big issue for many buyers.
Technology

Could it fetch up to $30 billion, as some sources suggest?

By Kurt Wagner and Kara Swisher
Here’s how to watch the Patriots v. Texans Thursday Night Football game for free on Twitter
Technology

It’s free. Did we say that already?

By Kurt Wagner
Twitter will livestream all three presidential debates, thanks to a new deal with Bloomberg
Technology

Clinton versus Trump, live on Twitter.

By Kurt Wagner
Twitter laid off its ZipDial engineering team in India
Technology

Twitter is moving away from tweets-via-text.

By Kurt Wagner
Twitter’s longer tweets are now live
Technology

Media attachments no longer count toward the 140-character limit.

By Kurt Wagner
Twitter is being sued for ‘misleading’ investors ahead of last year’s stock decline
Technology

Former CEO Dick Costolo and current CFO Anthony Noto were also named.

By Kurt Wagner
More than two million people watched Twitter’s NFL stream on Thursday night
Technology

And 48 million watched it on regular TV.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Full transcript: Quip CEO Bret Taylor on Recode DecodeFull transcript: Quip CEO Bret Taylor on Recode Decode
Technology

“Even if your decision was good before, it’s not just your decision. You have to bring everyone along with you.”

By Eric Johnson
This is what it was like to watch the NFL on Twitter
Technology

Spoiler: It was fine.

By Kurt Wagner and Peter Kafka
Technology
When Hillary Clinton stumbled, Twitter got the scoopWhen Hillary Clinton stumbled, Twitter got the scoop
Technology

CNN’s Brian Stelter calls the clip a game-changing piece of “eyewitness video.”

By Eric Johnson