Twitter

• You Can Now Add Stickers To Your Twitter Photos That Are Searchable Like Written Hashtags
• Twitter Releases Standalone App For Influencers, Will Open Monetization On Vine For “Small Group”

  The Twitter Engage app offers down-to-the-second analytics about how Tweets are performing, and surfaces @mentions and follows from influencers and fans.

  
• Twitter Buys Machine Learning Startup For $150 Million To Enhance Video Delivery

  “Magic Pony’s technology...will be used to enhance our strength in live and video," Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said in a statement.

  
• Twitter Replacing Head Of Product, Forms New Team To Work With Influencers And VIPs

  The new team will be led by Jeremy Rishel, who joined Twitter in 2013 when it acquired social TV analytics company Bluefin Labs.

  
• Snapchat Has Reportedly Toppled Twitter In Terms Of Daily Active Users
• Links And Photos Will Reportedly No Longer Count Toward Twitter’s 140 Character Limit
• Data-Driven Influencer Marketplace Captiv8 Announces $2 Million In New Funding
• In Annual Report, Twitter Lists ‘Live Streaming Video’ As Top Priority For 2016
• ‘Damn Daniel’ Goes Viral Just As Twitter Launches Ad Campaign For Native Video
• Twitter Announces New Video Ad Product, Safety Council to Clamp Down on Trolling
• Twitter Weaves Periscope Into Its Social Feed
• Twitter Expands Video Advertising Program To Let More Publishers Monetize Video