Twitter shares are surging after a Mastercard exec discussed a potential...
Twitter's stock is up sharply following comments by a Mastercard executive about the financial company's interest in partnering with Twitter.Mastercard's president of international markets said the...
View ArticleJack Dorsey didn't take any salary, but Twitter spent more than $68,000 to...
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey waved off any salary or stock awards last year when he returned to take the top spot at the company he founded.The only compensation the 39-year-old received from Twitter last...
View ArticleHere's how much tech companies pay to protect their CEOs from security threats
It's a CEO's job to run the company, but it often falls to the company to keep them safe in turn.Companies like Amazon and Facebook shell out big bucks to keep their top executives safe at home and at...
View ArticleTwitter's stock plunges on revenue miss (TWTR)
Twitter's stock is tanking after the internet company reported Q1 revenue that missed Wall Street targets and offered a forecast for the current quarter that was far below expectations.Here are the key...
View ArticleHere's how Jack Dorsey reacted when asked about Facebook's desire to 'own'...
Twitter's has based its comeback effort around being the social network for live events and happenings. Unfortunately for Twitter, Facebook, which is roughly five times the size of Twitter, has also...
View ArticleTwitter may be fighting a losing battle
Twitter Inc's race against the clock is intensifying.The company is trying hard to improve its much-criticized interface, but analysts said the challenge was to do that before more users and...
View ArticleSquare shares are crashing after reporting lower than expected earnings (SQ)
Square shares dropped as much as 15% in after hours trading on Thursday, after the payments company reported widening losses as spending accelerated.Operating expenses increased nearly 72% year-on-year...
View ArticleJack Dorsey got a double dose of investor anger this earnings season (TWTR, SQ)
Nobody said running two public companies would be easy.And Jack Dorsey, the 39-year-old CEO of Twitter and Square, got a painful reminder of just how tough the jobs can be with a double-dose of...
View ArticleTwitter is about to fix one of the most annoying parts of its product (TWTR)
Twitter is about to make a long-needed change that will make everyone's lives easier.The company will no longer include web links or photos in the 140-character limit for tweets, according to a report...
View ArticleJack Dorsey is moving too slowly to save Twitter (TWTR)
Jack Dorsey is on a mission to save Twitter.The founder and CEO's latest move? The social network plans to stop counting photos and links in the 140-character limit for tweets within "the next couple...
View ArticleCONFIRMED: Twitter plans to exclude photos and videos from 140-character...
Twitter has confirmed plans to exclude photos, videos and @names from its 140-character tweet limit, giving users more freedom to write longer messages.The social media platform, founded in San...
View ArticleTwitter's big change isn't impressing investors
"I think there is so much potential in Twitter that we haven't yet unveiled," said Twitter co-founder and board member Evan Williams in a CNBC interview last October.Williams said he expected bold and...
View ArticleTwitter has disbanded the team that created the 'Buy' button (TWTR)
Twitter has dissolved its 25-member commerce team as CEO Jack Dorsey kills off initiatives that won't pay off for the social network's core business, reports BuzzFeed's Alex Kantrowitz.This means that...
View ArticleThe 2 guys who led Twitter's biggest product launch in years are no longer at...
The two managers who oversaw the creation of Twitter Moments are no longer at the company, the latest reflection of the stream of departures that the struggling business continues to grapple with.Madhu...
View ArticleTwitter’s Jack Dorsey: We have a report card every single day (TWTR)
Wall Street has not given Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey a glowing report card for his first year on the job, to judge by the company's battered stock price.But Dorsey says he measures success using a...
View ArticleREPORT: Twitter and Yahoo held merger talks
Twitter has been in talks with Yahoo about a possible merger, according to a report in the New York Post.The social-media company, whose user growth has plateaued, held a management-level meeting with...
View ArticleThe difference between Facebook and Twitter is perfectly summed up by one...
Facebook and Twitter were born only two years apart. But the two social networks have had very different lives. Facebook now has more than 1.6 billion monthly users, and continues to grow, whereas...
View ArticleTwitter's 'jinxed' product role has claimed yet another head (TWTR)
Twitter's hunt for a product lead is getting ridiculous.The social network has cycled through half a dozen different execs over the last few years — with appointees barely lasting a year.In January...
View ArticleBillionaire tech CEO Jack Dorsey shares the most important question he asks...
Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey says that running a successful business is "all about the people."He told a group of small business entrepreneurs at the 20th graduation of the Goldman Sachs "10,000...
View ArticleTwitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey says these 7 books changed his life
Jack Dorsey, the CEO and cofounder of Twitter and Square, is stretched to the limit this year running two publicly traded companies.As he's matured as a leader, Dorsey has focused on pushing himself,...
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