Twitter pushes deeper into targeted advertising

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 13:06

Twitter has launched a new form of targeted advertising, allowing companies to deliver "promoted tweets" to customers who show interest in the brand through Web browsing.

I only spoke the truth: Taslima Nasreen on FIR against tweets

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 18:00

Shocked to hear that an FIR was lodged in Lucknow against her for allegedly hurting religious sentiments in a tweet last month, controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen on Thursday said she had only spoken the truth.

Kapil Sibal debuts on Twitter

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 22:48

Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal today joined the popular micro blogging site Twitter and also generated a following of over 5,100 by evening.

Airtel DTH subscribers can now watch their tweets live on TV

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 20:57

This has been made possible by the company through a partnership with Twitter.

Twitter`s most celebrated tweets include bin Laden raid and Obama victory!

Last Updated: Friday, October 4, 2013, 14:21

Twitter filed for its IPO on Thursday and reportedly included some of the coolest tweets ever in its documents.

Al Qaeda`s Twitter account suspended

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 15:52

Twitter did not give any reasons for the suspension of the account, the New York Daily News reported.

Tweets reveal global news readership patterns

Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 18:01

Different countries have stronger preference towards different types of articles - Americans and Brits are drawn to opinion and world news, while Brazilians go for sports, a twitter analysis has found.

Angry customer uses promoted tweet against British Airways

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 19:06

A disgruntled customer of British Airways has bought a promoted tweet to complain against the airline which allegedly failed to respond to his father`s lost luggage, according to a media report.

Why this hullabaloo about Parvez Rasool?

Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2013, 13:35

Parvez Ghulam Rasool Zargar, to give his full name, is a decent off-spinner and handy batsman to be considered a bowling all-rounder. It is immaterial whether he came from Kashmir or Kerala, he will play for India if he is good enough to earn his cap. A cap can`t be handed out for sentimental reasons.

IPL Spot-fixing: Shilpa Shetty thanks well wishers on Twitter

Last Updated: Sunday, July 28, 2013, 22:16

Rajasthan Royals co-owner Shilpa Shetty took to Twitter on Sunday soon after her husband Raj Kundra was cleared of fixing charges by the BCCI probe panel.

Twitter hands over data in French anti-Semitism case

Last Updated: Friday, July 12, 2013, 17:41

witter said Friday it had handed over data to French authorities to help identify the authors of anti-Semitic tweets, following a complaint from a Jewish students` group.