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A Twitter app bug was used to match 17 million phone numbers to user accounts – TechCrunch

A security researcher said he has matched 17 million phone numbers to Twitter user accounts by exploiting a flaw in…

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Twitter is bringing back Election Labels to identify 2020 US election candidates – TechCrunch

With just less than a year until U.S. Election Day, Twitter is bringing back its Election Labels, which provide information…

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Iterable, founded by an ex-Twitter engineer, nabs $60M for cross-channel growth marketing tools – TechCrunch

A startup that’s built cross-channel growth marketing platform — used by businesses to capture customers across whatever digital media they…

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Chirp debuts a faster, feature-filled Twitter app for Apple Watch – TechCrunch

Chirp, a Twitter client preferred by hundreds of thousands of Apple Watch users, is getting its biggest upgrade since its…

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Twitter to add a way to ‘memorialize’ accounts for deceased users before removing inactive ones – TechCrunch

Twitter has changed its tune regarding inactive accounts after receiving a lot of user feedback: It will now be developing…

You can take my Dad’s tweets over my dead body – TechCrunch

Editor’s note: Drew is a geek who first worked at AOL when he was 16 years old and went on to…

Twitter will free up handles by deleting inactive accounts – TechCrunch

Those who’ve attempted to snag their preferred Twitter handle know what a pain the process can be. Users can squat…

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Malicious Android SDKs Caught Accessing Facebook and Twitter Users Data

Two third-party software development kits integrated by over hundreds of thousands of Android apps have been caught holding unauthorized access…

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Watch Sacha Baron Cohen skewer Zuckerberg’s “twisted logic” on hate speech and fakes – TechCrunch

Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has waded into the debate about social media regulation. In an award-acceptance speech to the Anti…