Twitter announced on Monday that it is releasing a new platform that will make it a lot easier for websites to integrate Twitter features. (more…)

Twitter is working on a plan that will allow advertisers to display text ads in search results. (more…)

Yahoo has become the latest company to strike a deal with Twitter. In a deal which was announced yesterday Twitter feeds will now begin to appear in Yahoo search results as well as other Yahoo! products and properties, including the Yahoo! Homepage, Yahoo! Mail, and Yahoo! Sports. (more…)

Twitter has improved the relevancy of its trending topics by adding a new feature that allows you to see local trends. The new feature currently allows you to select geographic regions which include a handful of countries including the UK and Ireland and some major cities including London. Twitter states that they are “working on” increasing the locations on offer so eventually we will get a much more comprehensive list. (more…)

According to The Next Web, Twitter is planning to release neglected usernames from inactive accounts so that other users can have them. (more…)

Google has updated its ranking tracking technology to determine the quality of tweets as part of its new incorporation of real time results. (more…)

Recent stats recently published by Compete and Quantcast have shown that for yet another month Twitter’s stats are flat lining. The social site which saw an impressive spike in traffic in the first half of 2008 has since never reached these heights. After having a bit of a think and reading around on what people think of the matter I thought I would jot down 8 reasons why I think Twitter is struggling to gain the same peak in popularity it did in that glorious July in 2009. (more…)

An interesting study in the US has found that more young people are turning to Twitter as Facebook users are getting older. The research conducted by the Paw Internet & American Life Project found that the average age of Facebook users has jumped seven years from 26 to 33 compared with the average age of Twitter users which was 31. (more…)