Twitter buys mobile security start-up
Twitter has acquired a start-up mobile security firm in a bid to tighten up the security of its micro-blogging service over mobile devices.
Facebook tool of choice for social app integration
Localytics said that 20 percent of apps are currently “socially connected,” via either Facebook or …
Funding values Twitter at US8.4B
Twitter said it received a “significant” round of funding led by Digital Sky Technologies and including existing investors.
Twitter revamps developer website
Twitter launched a new version of its developer website, noting that it has more than one million registered applications and 750,000 developers building on its platform today.
Twitter funding round could see US7B valuation
The Wall Street Journal reports that Twitter is set to undertake another private funding round, which could value the business at US$7 billion – the talks come seven months after a previous round, which valued it at US$3.7 billion.
Report: FTC probing Twitter developer policies
The US Federal Trade Commission has begun talking to developers to assess whether Twitter’s business practices harm competition, as part of a preliminary inquiry, Bloomberg reported. The agency is said to be responding to complaints that the company is making it harder for some software developers to design apps which use APIs to connect to the service, although it was also noted that as yet the investigation has not been made public.
London-based application company TweetDeck has reportedly been sold to micro-blogging site Twitter in a £25 million deal.
Docomo inks Twitter partnership
NTT Docomo, the biggest mobile operator in Japan, announced a partnership with Twitter to develop “innovative applications and services incorporating Twitter features for DOCOMO feature phones and smartphones.”
Docomo to offer extended Twitter functionality; ups Philippine investment
Japanese mobile market leader NTT Docomo announced this morning it has reached an agreement with Twitter to deeply embed the social networking service into its feature phones and smartphones.
UberMedia planning Twitter rival
UberMedia, publisher of a number of Twitter apps for mobile devices, is apparently planning to set up a rival microblogging service.
