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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey won't bar Trump over his tweets (TWTR)
US President Donald Trump is one of the first global leaders to make daily headlines through Twitter.After his controversial firing of FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday, Trump used Twitter to defend...
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JACK DORSEY: 'I wasn't surprised' at Trump's tweeting
It was only 11 years ago that Jack Dorsey first sent a message via the experimental messaging platform that would be known as Twitter.He thought of it as a real-time status tool—a kind of smoke signal...
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Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's advice to entrepreneurs: 'Get out of PowerPoint'
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Jack Dorsey's main piece of advice to entrepreneurs is don't spend too long dreaming about your idea — get out there and build it."As soon as you get to that space where you...
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Twitter's 12-day winning streak is in jeopardy (TWTR)
Twitter has been consistently posting gains for the last couple of weeks, but that may come to an end on Friday.The social media company has closed higher 12 days in a row, but is trading down 1.61% in...
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The expensive, rare, and stylish sunglasses worn by Silicon Valley's top tech...
Silicon Valley's tech elite don't define their status with the typical trappings of wealth.You generally won't find Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos, or other billionaire tech execs sporting expensive tailored...
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Ten years ago Wednesday, an entrepreneur named Chris Messina tweeted "#barcamp"— and the Twitter hashtag was born.Since then, the hashtag has evolved to be part of our everyday language.People use the...
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JEFFERIES: Twitter's 'strong brand' isn't enough (TWTR)
Everyone has heard of Twitter these days, especially since President Donald Trump has made it his preferred platform. But, the "strong brand" of Twitter isn't enough for one Wall Street bank.In a note...
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Square's small-business lending unit wants a piece of a $186 billion market
Payment-processing company Square plans to apply to form an industrial bank that will offer services to small businesses, including lending and deposit accounts.The small-business lending market in the...
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Jack Dorsey just hinted he turned down an acquisition offer for Twitter...
Jack Dorsey just dropped a massive hint suggesting that Twitter was considering an acquisition offer exactly one year ago — and that he turned it down.Dorsey made the remarks to Martin Sorrell, the...
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Twitter's got problems bigger than a character count (TWTR)
Twitter finally started to loosen post size restrictions on Tuesday night.The social media juggernaut announced that it will double the size of the characters allowed on tweets in most languages on...
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Disney confirms that it looked at buying Twitter last year but went with...
Disney looked at acquiring Twitter last year but decided to buy video streaming firm BAMTech instead, CEO Bob Iger said onstage at Vanity Fair's New Establishment conference on Tuesday."We thought...
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey promised to introduce 'aggressive' new rules after...
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said in a series of tweets on October 14 that his company will introduce "aggressive" new rules aimed at protecting users.The tweets by Dorsey were a response to a movement...
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Twitter will be tougher on 'non-consensual' nudity, hate symbols, and violent...
Twitter will take a tougher stance on moderating "non-consensual" nudity, hate symbols, and threats of violence, according to an internal email obtained by Wired that details the forthcoming...
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Twitter admits it hasn't kept its promises to make the site safer and...
Twitter admitted that it has to do more to protect its users from harassment and threats.It also said it needs to be more open about what it is doing and why.So, on Thursday it announced something new:...
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Despite growing its monthly users in Q3, Twitter is still far behind other...
In its Q3 earnings call on Thursday, Twitter reported that it had been miscalculating monthly user numbers since the fourth quarter of 2014. As a result, it was forced to lower previously reported...
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Twitter outlines how it will be tougher on banning revenge porn (TWTR)
Twitter said Friday that it would start imposing stricter rules on banning revenge porn and other tweets featuring non-consensual nudity.The company laid out the specific kinds of tweets featuring...
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Twitter stops its verification program after giving its 'verified' badge to...
Twitter suspended its verification program after granting a verified badge to the organizer of the Charlottesville "Unite the Right" rally. The company says the suspension is only temporary, and that...
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Square's Venmo rival is testing a feature that lets users buy and sell bitcoin
The payment company Square is rolling out a new feature that lets users of its Cash app buy and sell bitcoin.Unlike some competitors, Cash doesn't yet let users pay or accept payment in bitcoin.The...
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Twitter warns it may strip users of their 'verified' status as it rethinks...
Twitter is reviewing all of its verified accounts and plans to remove verification from accounts that don't adhere to its new rules.Verified badges won't be given to any accounts until Twitter...
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Tech execs and fashion — an up-close look at the carefully cultivated...
Silicon Valley is known for a lot of things, but high-fashion isn't one of them. Its elite show up to meetings in pajamas, fleece vests have become the go-to uniform of venture capital investors, and...
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