Google’s former chief business officer, has been named Omid Kordestani, by Twitter, as the new executive chairman of its board of directors. Kordestani, had been with Google since 1999, and according to his LinkedIn profile, was Google employee 11. For ten years, he was a senior vp for worldwide sales and business development, and was chief […]
We all have been hearing the news that Jack Dorsey has recently been named the Twitter’s permanent CEO. But, only eight days into his permanent reign as CEO, Dorsey has confirmed a report from Re/code that Twitter will be reducing their number of employees. In an email from Dorsey to Twitter’s employees, there will be a layoff of 336 […]
Who else noticed an update to Twitter this morning? To many, people have bore witness to the new “Moments” feature in their Twitter feeds. This format gives users a quick view of the best stories that are happening on Twitter at the moment, with the top tweets and content around each topic. New! Find the best […]
Today, Twitter launched its long awaited curated news product, called Moments, and they did it without advertising for it at all. This doesn’t mean they won’t be advertising for it though. A spokesperson said that the company is talking to brand partners about Promoted Moments and that they’ll be starting testing soon. This will be in […]
Twitter has come full circle and returned to where it began when, this morning, the 140 character social network company introduced co-founder Jack Dorsey as its permanent CEO. For the last four months, Dorsey was operating with the interim stamp of CEO, until now. Along with the announcement, there was also an SEC filing and a series […]
For the longest time, YouTube was the king of video. But lately, there has been some grip lost on the part of YouTube, as more major sites have been stepping into the video arena. Facebook was one of the first big places you could go to upload your videos for social sharing. At this point, […]
You all know about Facebook’s “Instant Articles” and Apple’s News app, right? Well, it looks like they’ll be getting a little bit of competition. According to Recode, publishers will be given a better way to display stories on mobile phones, all thanks to a partnership between Google and Twitter. In the Recode story, multiple sources were […]
Now, for some verified Twitter users, the notifications tab on the Web is displaying analytics highlights. Up on the top of the tab of the Twitter desktop version, users will see up to three high-activity highlights, which includes: Popular Tweet Noteworthy Mention Top Follow Every time the page is refreshed, there will be a new […]
If you follow Google on Twitter, as well as their blog, you may have noticed last week that they officially announced that they have expanded displaying Tweets in the Google desktop search results. Hey, @twitter. Search party at our place. Meet us on desktop? http://t.co/Eqj6kkB18b — Google (@google) August 21, 2015 Earlier this month, it […]
Google began showing Twitter listings within its mobile search results back in May within the US, and its been confirmed by a Google spokesperson that the company has been experimenting with displaying Twitter in desktop search results. Conductor tipped off Search Engine Land that Twitter was integrating tweets in Google’s desktop results in the UK. Currently, Twitter integration […]