Tag: Twitter
Twitter toes Turkey’s lines, shows willingness to follow new Indian social media norms
The move assumes significance as the social media platform is at loggers head over similar norms in India
Govt defines IT rules further, ‘social media platforms with 50 lakh users to fall in new IT code ambit
Social media companies with over fifty lakh users will have to adhere to additional obligations and compliance under the new IT rules
India weighs options to counterbalance global tech giants with ‘desi opinion’ platform
With India becoming a global centre for technology consumption all global players under the government’s Digital India programme are invited to work for digital inclusion and digital delivery of services
Twitter acquires podcasting app Breaker
Twitter has acquired the podcasting app Breaker, according to a blog post by Breaker.
In the post, Breaker also said that it is planning to shut down its website and app on iOS and Android on January 15.
“Here at Breaker, we’re truly passionate about audio communication and we’re inspired by...
Digital Footprint in the age of Facebook, Twitter and Google: Here’s how you can manage it
Digital footprints left by you can be very wide but fortunately, now there are tools that can help you manage the quantity and type of information you share online.
Twitter Moments launched in India for all users: Here’s how it works
The Explore Tab will feature Twitter Moments created by Curation team and Twitter partners across news, entertainment and sports categories
Twitter expands character limit from 140 to 280 to all users; Here’s why
Social media giant Twitter has officially expanded its character count limit to 280 from 140 today. Now, all the users in all the supported languages including English would be able to tweet 280 character in one go.
Theresa May govt proposes levy on tech firms like Twitter, Facebook, and Google for online safety plan
Theresa May government is mulling to levy on social media firms and internet providers to help fund its online safety strategy, designed to tackle bullying, abuse and other risks for children and vulnerable users.
Facebook, Instagram faced outage, now, back to normal
Social media giant Facebook and its App Instagram faced outage on Saturday. The website was unavailable for some time in the evening, however like in the past Facebook services were restored immediately.
Twitter to track opioid misuse: Here’s how
Researchers have found that social media platform like Twitter can be a useful tool to find out how widespread the misuse of a prescribed opioid drug is in a particular state or town.
