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Indian hacker discovers Vine’s source code; Twitter pays him $10,080 for his efforts
Indian bug-bounty hunter, Avinash got paid $10,080 (around Rs lakh) for discovering that Vine’s source code was publicly available. Twitter founded Vine as a sort of video-based micro-blogging platform. It…
Twitter will now support large GIFs up to 15MB in size
Micro-blogging website Twitter has increased its animated GIF (graphics interchange format) size limit from 5MB to 15MB if uploaded on the web from a desktop, a media report said on…
Over 32 million Twitter passwords may have been hacked
NEW YORK: Soon after the news of the hacking of Twitter co-founder Evan Williams's account surfaced on Thursday, another report said that hackers might have used malware to collect more…
Twitter websites and app services goes down
Twitter and its services were down last night for nearly 40 minutes. Users were unable to access the service on a native web browser or from apps from about pm…
Twitter on Its 10th Birthday Confirms 140-Character Limit to Stay
With 320 million users including celebrities such as Harry Styles, Katy Perry and Justin Bieber on its platform, the micro-blogging site Twitter on Monday wrote a 140-character thank you note…
UC Browser ties up with Twitter, Microsoft to provide live cricket content
New Delhi: UC browser, popular on mobile phones, has tied up with micro-blogging site Twitter and tech giant Microsoft’s search engine Bing to provide a mobile gateway to live content…
Twitter’s Fabric app to help developers track app crashes
NEW YORK: After five months of development, micro-blogging website Twitter has launched an app for its Fabric mobile development toolkit so that developers can address various issues related to their…
Ravi Shankar Prasad Tells Twitter to Help Stop Spread of Extremism
Twitter and other social media platforms need to ensure that they are not abused to spread terrorism and extremism, Telecom and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Tuesday said, as he…
Twitter planning character limit for tweets
Twitter Inc is building a new feature that will allow users to post tweets as long as 10,000 characters, well beyond its current 140-character limit, technology news website reported on…
Twitter updates rules to stop abusive behaviour online
In a fresh bid to combat abusive behavior, micro-blogging site Twitter is revising its rules to tackle hateful conduct including spreading of terror messages on line. "We believe that protection…
Twitter warns some users of possible state-sponsored cyber attack
San Francisco: Twitter Inc. issued an alert to some users warning them that state-sponsored hackers may have tried to obtain sensitive data from their accounts, the company said, the first…
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey gives 33% of his stock to employees
Twitter chief executive and co-founder Jack Dorsey said he is giving a third of his stock in the company, about 1%, to the employee equity pool. The move, worth $197…