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Why Twitter Can’t Pull the Trigger on New Products

EghtesadOnline: Two years after returning as Twitter Inc.’s chief executive officer, Jack Dorsey has pulled the company back from the brink, persuading people to spend more time on the micro-blogging site and attracting more advertising. Investors ratified his efforts this week, when Twitter posted a surprise surge in revenue growth and a first-ever profit. The shares rose 12 percent.
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Publish Date:12/February/2018 | 10:13

Why Twitter Let Noto Walk Away

EghtesadOnline: Twitter Inc.’s executives gathered from around the world this week at its offices in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood to discuss the state of the company, goals for the year, and management’s broader ambitions. The twice-yearly meeting is usually a chance for Twitter ’s leaders to re-commit themselves and air any concerns to their hundred or so peers.
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Publish Date:25/January/2018 | 11:37

Ex- Twitter Engineer Seeks to Show Women Can Climb Only So High

EghtesadOnline: The way Tina Huang tells it, the path to her resignation from Twitter Inc. was a Kafkaesque experience. She said she was denied a promotion, led to believe her coding skills were inferior, asked to take a leave of absence, and scolded for taking that leave.
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Publish Date:24/October/2017 | 05:57
Twitter debate reveals concerns about diversity, political correctness

Black AI Workshop Becomes Latest Flashpoint in Tech’s Culture War

EghtesadOnline: An event designed to encourage greater participation by black researchers in artificial intelligence has become the latest flashpoint in the debate over diversity at the cutting edge of computer science and whether political correctness has gone too far.
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Publish Date:23/October/2017 | 05:55

Iran Telecoms Minister Hints at Twitter Unblocking

EghtesadOnline: The new minister of Communications and Information Technology has said that Twitter ’s blocking is not linked to moral and cultural factors, but to security issues and could be unblocked.
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Publish Date:23/August/2017 | 09:16

Facebook, Twitter Are Said to Seek World Cup Clips From Fox

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Snap Inc. are seeking online rights to video highlights from next year’s World Cup, soccer’s most popular tournament, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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Publish Date:06/July/2017 | 20:27

Twitter Says It Would Love World Leaders to Use It Like Trump

EghtesadOnline: Twitter Inc. won’t attribute a bump in activity on its platform to U.S. President Donald Trump’s prolific usage. But the president’s tweets certainly put the company in the spotlight, Chief Operating Officer Anthony Noto said.
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Publish Date:03/May/2017 | 03:59

Twitter partners with Bloomberg for streaming TV news

EghtesadOnline: Twitter Inc is partnering with Bloomberg Media for a round-the-clock streaming television news service on the social networking platform, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
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Publish Date:01/May/2017 | 05:18

Twitter software helps find, ban users advocating violence

EghtesadOnline: Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it had stepped up efforts to rid its social network of posts from users advocating political or religious violence, and was increasingly using software to find them rather than relying on reports from users or governments.
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Publish Date:22/March/2017 | 06:48

EU authorities demand changes from Facebook, Google, Twitter

EghtesadOnline: Social media companies Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc and Twitter Inc will have to amend their terms of service for European users within a month or face the risk of fines, a European Commission official said on Friday.
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Publish Date:18/March/2017 | 16:01

Ahmadinejad Joins Twitter in Political Comeback Bid

EghtesadOnline: Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made his most visible attempt at a political comeback, joining Twitter and posting a video request for followers in English.
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Publish Date:06/March/2017 | 11:10

Snap IPO Values Photo-Chat App Maker at Twice Facebook’s Worth

EghtesadOnline: Snap Inc., maker of the disappearing photo app dependent upon the fickle favor of the millennial demographic, is going public at a valuation at least twice as expensive as Facebook Inc., and four times more costly than Twitter Inc.
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Publish Date:02/March/2017 | 10:47

Twitter , Netflix Plan Brief Opposing Trump Immigration Order

EghtesadOnline: Technology companies including Twitter Inc. and Netflix Inc. plan to submit legal documents condemning President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, adding to the industry’s growing opposition to the policy, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Publish Date:06/February/2017 | 06:14

Alphabet’s Google Buys Mobile App Tool Fabric From Twitter

EghtesadOnline: Google isn’t buying Twitter Inc., but it’s buying one of Twitter ’s remaining parts. Alphabet Inc.’s online search division agreed to purchase Fabric, a Twitter business that provides a software toolkit for mobile apps. The companies didn’t disclose financial terms.
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Publish Date:20/January/2017 | 13:21

Twitter CEO Solicits Product Feedback as He Takes Larger Role

EghtesadOnline: Jack Dorsey wants Twitter Inc.’s users to know he’s listening to them. His tweet Thursday soliciting product feedback from users drew hundreds of responses, highlighting concerns with everything from abuse on the site to users’ inability to fix errors after they publish tweets.
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Publish Date:31/December/2016 | 04:37