Yahoo signs global contract with Twitter
Telecompaper reports that Yahoo has signed a global contract with Twitter to integrate Twitter’s real-time social experiences with people in Yahoo!’s global network.
Twitter founder launches iPhone payment product
Jack Dorsey, who came up with the idea for Twitter and is now the micro-blogging site’s chairman, has just unveiled Square, his new technology start-up which allows someone with an iPhone or iPod Touch to begin accepting credit or debit card payments instantly.
US firm launches dedicated Twitter device
US boutique device-maker Peek has launched today what it claims is the world’s first dedicated Twitter device.
Twitter drops text support in UK
The Guardian notes that popular microblogging system Twitter has dropped text message support in the UK.
iSkoot turns cheap mobiles into smarter phones
CNET News reports that iSkoot is offering a software development kit to mobile handset manufacturers so that they can turn their inexpensive feature-phones into Web-enabled devices that can access and get live updates for popular Web services like Facebook, IM, e-mail, Twitter and other social media sites.
Twitter resurrects UK SMS service with Vodafone
Twitter, the micro-blogging phenomenon, has resurrected plans to allow UK users to send and receive notifications via SMS.
Report: Google could acquire Twitter
A TechCrunch report claims that Google is in late stage negotiations to acquire Twitter. No financial details were mentioned in the report.
Twitter looks to mobile for future
A week after announcing operator deals in India and Japan, Twitter’s chief executive Evan Williams has told the Telegraph that Twitter services on mobile will produce the best business model for the service.
INQ Mobile to launch Twitter device
Hutchison Whampoa’s mobile handset subsidiary INQ Mobile plans to follow up its ‘Facebook phone’ with launch of a ‘Twitter phone’ later this year, according to a Reuters report.
Report: Twitter users buy more music
A new NPD Group study finds that active Twitter users buy 77 percent more digital music downloads on average than non-users, Reuters reported. Additionally, 12 percent of those who have bought music in the last three months also report having used Twitter, versus 8 percent of overall web users.
