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Good Humor rolling out ice cream trucks for tour
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jun 23, 2015
Tweets, not rings, will herald the arrival of the vehicles.
Jack Dorsey: Twitter co-founder, Square CEO, punk
by
Kai Ryssdal
, Tommy Andres
and Mukta Mohan
Jun 11, 2015
Dorsey founded two multi-billion dollar businesses ... and he isn't 40 yet.
Live-streaming comes to the smartphone era
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Ben Johnson
Mar 26, 2015
Periscope, Meerkat, YouNow and others have ushered in a new "wild west."
ISIS supporters have about 46,000 accounts on Twitter
by
Kai Ryssdal
Mar 6, 2015
According to a paper from the Brookings Institution, there are about 46,000 Twitter accounts out there being used by ISIS supporters. And they’re pretty active, too. Those accounts had an average of a thousand followers each, which is way higher than your average non-ISIS-related Twitter user.
If you're happy and you know it, write a tweet
by
Ben Johnson
and Aparna Alluri
Feb 10, 2015
The "hedonometer" is a data-based meter that measures happiness in real time.
Google to mine a new source of data – tweets
by
Amy Scott
Feb 5, 2015
Deal with Twitter means tweets will show up in real time via Google search.
Tech's favorite metric may be broken
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Ben Johnson
Jan 13, 2015
Measuring monthly active users online may no longer be the end-all, be-all.
For public good, not for profit.
Does a big user base mean big success?
by
Aparna Alluri
and Ben Johnson
Jan 13, 2015
A conversation on measuring the merits of metrics.
Corporate Twitter accounts try to be bae ... and fail
by
Adriene Hill
Dec 29, 2014
Throwing around "bae" doesn't make a brand cool. You heard me, Pizza Hut.
Book publisher experiments with Twitter sales
by
Nova Safo
Dec 12, 2014
Hachette Book Group tries out a buy button on its Twitter account.