Twitter Lends A Helping Hand to Media

Twitter has released a guide to help those who toil in media. The resource is called Twitter for Newsrooms

Its purpose: to help people with . . .

“. . . finding sources, verifying facts, publishing stories, promoting your work and yourself . . .”.

Twitter Now Automatically Shortens URLs

No need to use a 3rd party service such as bit.ly or tinyurl.com with Twitter to shorten links and save characters.

According to the official Twitter blog, Twitter now automates this process.

When you paste and post a link, Twitter will reduce it to 19 characters.

Twitter Search: Upgrade

According to the official Twitter blog, Twitter search now incorporates multimedia (e.g., photos) content in its results. What’s more, Tweeters will no longer have to use a 3rd-party tool to share photos. See how it works:

Twitter Turns 5 Next Week

Social media darling and microblogging service Twitter turns 5 years old next week. According to CNET (and its SXSW 2011 coverage), Twitter delivers 140 million tweets a day. A billion tweets are posted in one week. In addition, Twitter now boasts 400 employees.

Happy Birthday @twitter in advance!

Pew Report and Twitter Users

The Pew Internet & American Life Project has released its first report solely focused on Twitter. According to them, 8% of adult American use the microblogging service. A reminder that Twitter has its own search engine, which is a great source for real time content.