RIP Tweetbot
Twitter just murdered a cottage industry of better Twitter apps
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Twitter's relationship with third-party client developers has always been tenuous. Now it's over.
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Twitter announces new controls for conversations, available globally now
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Twitter has announced that it is changing the way conversations work on Twitter, bringing more control to users so as to make Twitter safer and more comfortable.
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PSA: Twitter was down but now it is back!
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Around 2:50 PM ET, Twitter became inaccessible for people all across the world.
Available starting today!
Twitter now lets you add videos, photos and GIFs to retweets!
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Starting today, Twitter is allowing you to add videos, photos or GIFs to retweets across Android, iOS and the Twitter mobile site.
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Five steps you should take to protect your data privacy
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It takes a bit of legwork, but protecting your data online actually isn't as complex as you'd think.
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BlackBerry files patent infringement suit against Twitter
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Following their legal battles with Facebook and Snapchat, BlackBerry has now filed a patent infringement suit against Twitter.
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Twitter for Android can now show your timeline in chronological order
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In December, they allowed iOS users to revert to the traditional chronological order and now, they have rolled out the same changes to Android.
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Twitter launches new bottom navigation bar on Twitter for Android
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Twitter has now announced they're launching a new bottom navigation bar on Twitter for Android, which aims to help you navigate through tabs in the app easier.
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BlackBerry Hub+ Services update fixes Twitter login issues
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BlackBerry has now pushed a new beta update for the BlackBerry Hub+ Services app to fix a small bug that was preventing new Hub users or those setting up Hub again for the first time from authorizing their Twitter accounts.
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Twitter suggests changing your password after internal bug found
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As posted on the Twitter blog, the company has now revealed an internal bug caused passwords to be stored unencrypted. However, the changing password suggestion is out of an abundance of caution, not due to any breach.
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Twitter introduces Bookmarks as an easier way to save and share Tweets
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Although it was initially introduced as 'Save For Later' back in October, Twitter today has announced the full rollout of a new Bookmarks feature that allows Twitter users to privately save Tweets for later.
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Blaq for BlackBerry 10 updated to include support for 280 characters
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With BlackBerry World being a bit shall we say unstable lately, it seems as though we missed mentioning one important update to the popular BlackBerry 10 Twitter client, Blaq.
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Twitter officially expanding character count to 280 starting today!
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You'll soon be able to fit more characters into your Tweets as Twitter has now officially started expanding character count to 280.
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Twitter begins testing a new 280 character limit within a small group
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For some Twitter users, 140 characters just is not enough to get out what you need to say. Twitter has now recognized that and has begun testing a new 280 character limit within a small group.
Just a small update
Latest Blaq update brings support for extended tweets
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If you've been using Blaq as your Twitter client on BlackBerry 10, you will want to fire up BlackBerry World and get the latest build downloaded if you haven't already.
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Twitter launches verified account application online
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Twitter is making it easier for anyone to request a "Verified" account with a new online application process open to the public.
Time to change your password
Twitter warns people of username and password leak
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Twitter has acknowledged that a number of usernames and passwords have been leaked, but says that its own systems were not breached.
Rolling out new features
Twitter to add exceptions to 140-character post limit
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Twitter has announced that it will add a number of exceptions to the social network's previously strict 140-character post limit in the coming months.
More flexible
Twitter will reportedly stop counting photo, link characters
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Twitter is reportedly planning to stop counting photos and links against your 140-character limit for tweets.
better for safety
Twitter now allows you to send multiple tweets at once
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Twitter is adding a new feature for reporting harassing messages on its service, allowing users to send multiple tweets in one report, rather than just sending them one at a time.
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Twitter for BlackBerry 10 updated to add new features
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When the last Twitter for BlackBerry 10 update rolled out, BlackBerry CEO John Chen noted there was another release being worked on and lo and behold, it has now arrived sporting some much-needed changes and feature additions.
Photos for everyone
Twitter increases accessibility of images with descriptions
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Twitter is making a change to images that will allow them to be more accessible for people who are visually impaired.
Keep it short
Twitter's 140-character limit for posts will remain
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said in an interview that the social network's current 140-character limit for public posts is "staying". Previous rumors claimed Twitter was considering an option to increase that limit to 10,000 characters.
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Twitter for BlackBerry 10 updated to fix image display issue
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Still using Twitter for BlackBerry? If so, you might have noticed the app having some issues with displaying images in your timeline and the loading of images when a link is followed but no matter. A new update has finally been released to BlackBerry World that aims to solve those issues.
May all your tweets be best
Turn off Twitter's 'best Tweets first' algorithm
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Twitter is by default now showing you the "best tweets first." Here's how to make sure you get all the hot takes in the order they were actually sent.