Terrible NFL replacement refs take the social media spotlight

Last night, the Seattle Seahawks beat the Green Bay Packers after the referees blundered an important call. Today, the Twittersphere and other social networks are buzzing loudly about the replacement refs and calling for the NFL to bring back the pros.

Twitter to add Hollywood bigshots to its board

Twitter is stepping up its ties with the entertainment industry by eying some high-profile media executives for spots on its board of directors.

Twitter mulls a replacement for follower counts

Twitter might be considering a replacement metric for follower count that more accurately measures how influential users are.

Twitter’s Biz Stone teams up with Ron Howard for a movie inspired by your tweets (video)

Twitter cofounder Biz Stone has asked millions of Twitter users to submit inspiring photos, which he will use as inspiration in a short film that he'll direct under the tutelage of Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard.

Eight ways to save your tweets

The handy utility If This Then That (IFTTT) recently announced the end of its Twitter integration. Fortunately, there are workaround.

If you love Twitter apps, then you’ll hate this story

If this, then that. It's the mathematical reasoning behind IFTTT, a technology service that triggers automatic connections between web services. It's also a formula that spells trouble when "this" has anything to do with "that" company, Twitter.

Every tweet ever written is now available to search and analyze, thanks to Gnip

Today, devs are getting the same level of access the Library of Congress got when it started archiving and storing all Twitter data. Only this time, it's commercially available.

The good, bad, and ugly of Twitter’s web and mobile makeover

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo made a fluffy and flustered appearance on The Today Show Tuesday morning to introduce the masses to the all-new, more personal, more consistent Twitter.

Twitter gets a paparazzi makeover: Bigger, bolder profiles, photo stream on mobile

Twitter released two new updates this morning, making user profiles much more visual and updating the Twitter experience on mobile with a new photostream widget.

Jack Dorsey: the future of Twitter is anything (and everything)

"Please keep your questions focused on Techonomy," one of the media handlers said.

Twitter’s latest hire: Epic Apple hacker Charlie Miller

iPhones hear the name "Charlie Miller" and run, Siri screaming her mortal fear. Now Twitter employees will hear the name "Charlie Miller" and will know their hacker coworker is securing the company's mobile apps.

Twitter hands over Occupy Wall Street protester’s tweets to judge

Despite months of fighting a subpoena from a New York criminal judge, Twitter released a backlog of tweet messages from an Occupy Wall Street protester.

UpTo helps you share tomorrow so you can do more today

If Facebook is about what you did yesterday and Twitter is about what you're doing right now, UpTo is about what you're planning to do tomorrow -- and sharing with those you actually know.

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey: I hacked a company’s email server to get my first job

Jack Dorsey confessed something on stage here at Techonomy Detroit today: He hacked into the world's largest dispatch company's email system in order to get a job.

Keynote speaker Jack Dorsey admits: ‘I never wanted to be an entrepreneur’

"I never wanted to be an entrepreneur," Jack Dorsey revealed during his keynote at at DisruptSF to an audience of technology entrepreneurs. He dreamed of being a surrealist artist, a tailor or a sailor. For him, entrepreneurship lies at the intersection of all these childhood dreams.