Tweet is now officially a word.
 
By tweet, we and the folks at The Oxford English Dictionary, mean sending out a message via Twitter.
 
The official arbiter of the English language added the word tweet to the Oxford English Dictionary during its June update.
 
John Simpson, Chief Editor of The Oxford English Dictionary, said in a “quiet announcement” for June that:
 
“The noun and verb tweet (in the social-networking sense) has just been added to the OED. This breaks …

The once exclusive analytics tool designed by Twitter for its micro-blogging platform is now available to the public.
According to the social networking company, Twitter Analytics is now open to all Twitter users worldwide.
Previously exclusive to the company’s advertising partners, Twitter Analytics is an online tool for users who want to check and analyze the performance of their tweets and show details about their followers graph or table form.
Twitter Analytics has a Timeline Activity …

Not only do the perks of being a celebrity include fame and the like, it also includes getting paid for what others may consider such a mundane task as sending out a tweet.
In this infographic, how much 18 celebrities who get paid to tweet earn is revealed.
For a single tweet, the celebrity who earns the least earns $252. That’s Frankie Muniz of Malcolm in the Middle fame who goes by the handle @frankiemuniz on Twitter where he has over 175,000 followers.
The best paid celebrity earns a …

What do Amazon Web Services, Dropbox, Facebook, Google Accounts, Microsoft/Hotmail, PayPal/eBay, and Twitter now have in common? Two-factor

Twitter has taken things a step further to help brands earn more from the micro-blogging platform.
The company launched Wednesday a feature called Lead Generation Card, an addition to its Twitter Cards suite, that allows a business to draw in high-quality

Twitter has recently collaborated with Fox to endorse the programs of the television broadcaster and let advertisers reach television audiences as discussion regarding the shows is going on in the micro blogging social networking

If a person or an organization wanted to spread hate and terror through the use of social media, Twitter should be on top of their list.
Twitter is the best social network to promote hate and terror, the Simon Wiesenthal Center said in an annual report presented on Capitol Hill by the organization on Tuesday.
The global Jewish human rights that tackle anti-Semitism, hate and terrorism in the report gauged how social networks monitored hate and terror groups using their services.

“Twitter is …

Warren Buffett is finally on Twitter using the handle @WarrenBuffett and the billionaire has stirred up a following spree.
According to estimates, Buffett gained a thousand followers per minute on Twitter. Currently, his follower count is at 269,018.
His first ever tweet was 20 hours ago and it simply said, “Warren is in the house.”
As of publication, that tweet already has 33,143 retweets and 9,102 favorites.
Warren is in the house.
— Warren Buffett (@WarrenBuffett) May 2, 2013

The …

Using tweets from 50 million Twitter users, a happiness index measuring how the world feels in general can now be accessed online. This index, which shows a wavy line graph, can be accessed at www. hedonometer.

Twitter needs to improve its security tools. The Associated Press was hacked and a false tweet caused the White House to explain, and the stock market to drop 150