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Twitter reported to be in sale talks with Google
Twitter's board of directors mostly in favour of a sale, with Google and SalesForce lined up as potential suitors.
Twitter briefly suspends 'Instapundit' Glenn Reynolds over 'run them down' tweet during Charlotte riots
Reynolds' tweet seemed to suggest that North Carolina drivers should run down protesters blocking highway traffic.
Star Trek producer on Trump: 'Everything the show stands for is the opposite of what he stands for'
Rick Berman and actor Denise Crosby voiced their opinions about the presidential candidate on Twitter.
Twitter fixes its biggest flaw: 'Longer' tweets finally rolled out
Videos, GIFs, polls, and quoted tweets no longer count toward 140-character limit.
Twitter scores big with NFL Thursday Night Football livestream
The company paid a reported $10m (£7.5m) to broadcast 10 Thursday night football games this season.
How Katy Perry became the most-followed celebrity on Twitter with 92.7 million fans
Perry, 31, reached the milestone in July 2016 overtaking pop star Justin Bieber.
Twitter to ditch 140-character limit for photos, gifs and user handles
Media attachments, @handles and quotes will no longer eat into the 140-character limit for tweets.
Isis and al-Qaeda celebrate 9/11 anniversary on Twitter and Telegram, threatening more attacks
Several pro-Isis Telegram channels circulated an image of the burning WTC and asked supporters to pray for 'martyr' bin Laden.
ESPN's Fantasy Football app and site crash during first Sunday of NFL season
Numerous enraged users, including a US senator, took to social media to voice their frustration over the outage.
CM Punk loses debut UFC 203 match to Mickey Gall: Twitter reacts to loss
CM Punk made his MMA debut at UFC 203.
Scammers targeting PayPal users on Twitter by posing as customer support staff
Angler phishing attacks target customers looking for help on Twitter by posting from fake accounts.
Microsoft's battle against secret data demands gets Apple, Google and Twitter support
Microsoft's lawsuit against the US Justice Department over its use of gag orders is now supported by over 80 signatories.
Donald Trump's worst nightmare and tweeters' dream: #TacoTrucksOnEveryCorner
Washington Post estimates so many Mexican food trucks would create 63 million jobs
Hackers discover exploit to temporarily bring back suspended and inactive Twitter accounts
The group called Spain Squad was reportedly able to reactivate banned accounts such as @Hitler and @Darknet.
London's Krzana storms into big data league with energy traders and hedge fund clients
Krzana provides data-hungry companies like hedge funds with relevant signals drawn from over 10,000 sources.
Twitter reacts after Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere completes loan switch to AFC Bournemouth
Wilshere will be hoping to get regular playing time under Eddie Howe at Bournemouth.
Twitter reacts after David Luiz rejoins Chelsea from PSG on deadline day
Luiz left Chelsea and signed for PSG in 2014 and rejoined the Blues on the deadline day.
Do you have a right to online privacy at work? Covert 'profiling' raises ethical concerns
However, just under 50% said they still curate social media activity with job prospects in mind.
Indian minister advises foreign tourists against wearing skirts
Mahesh Sharma had sparked controversy in 2015 by saying girls going out at night was against Indian culture.
Facebook makes changes to its Trending news feature, removes descriptions
The tech giant also reportedly terminates one of its teams hired to write the descriptions.
'Hardline, extremist' alt-right movement slammed by Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton calls out alt-right support for Trump, members thrilled to be iin the spotlight.
Cyberattack on Ghostbusters actor Leslie Jones being investigated by US Homeland Security
The US comic has been the target of sexist and racist abuse from people on social media.
Pro-Corbyn union chief left 'shocked' after Labour Party suspend him over Twitter post
Ronnie Draper, the general secretary of the Bakers' Union, spoke to IBTimes UK after being suspended.
Here comes the first Twitter-controlled Android botnet that acts as backdoor to download malware
The notorious botnet that doubles as an app is distributed via SMS or malicious URLs.
Google, Facebook and Twitter consciously failing to deal with extremism, say UK lawmakers
About 800 people with UK links have gone to Syria and Iraq to join Isis.
VC firm Charles River Ventures redesigns its home page to read 'F**k Trump'
CRV is made up of nine partners from seven countries who speak eight different languages.
Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones shuts down website after hacker posts nude photos of her
'Karma's a bitch,' said Breitbart's Milo Yiannopoulos on Instagram as star continues to face online attacks.
Iran: Hundreds of social media users to face trial for carrying out 'immoral activities'
Media censorship has led to many Iranians turning to weblogging in search of political news.
Twitter celebrates Obama hitting 10 million user milestone with highlight reel
The celebratory highlight reel includes footage of Obama sending out his very first tweet back in May 2015.
Donald Trump mocked on Twitter as he declares: 'They will soon be calling me Mr. Brexit'
GOP candidate said UK voters' rejection of the status quo was happening in America too.