Twitter’s monthly active userbase climbs to 200M

Twitter's nest of users has passed 200 million, and the social network is showing no signs of slowing down.

Instagram founder distorted the truth to expedite Facebook deal

Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom played a dicey game of semantics in order to expedite the close of the deal between his company and Facebook.

The “Nielsen family” is so last century, ratings now to be based on tweets

It's one small step for Twitter, one giant leap for the legitimacy of second-screen data for marketing purposes.

Twitter starts allowing you to download all your tweets

Twitter CEO promised earlier this year that users will be able to access their own tweet data.

As Instagram exits Twitter, Pinterest pins arrive inside tweets (updated)

It's not exactly a tit-for-tat swap, but around the same time Instagram photos were stricken from the Twitter experience Pinterest pins started appearing inside tweets.

InstaTwit: A Chrome extension that solves the Instagram/Twitter photo drama

Well that didn't take too long: After Instagram officially cut off its photo integration with Twitter today, one developer has already created a Chrome extension that reverses Instagram's change on your desktop.

Twitter rushes to release photo filters before holidays — in response to Instagram threat

Twitter is reportedly aiming to release photo filters to be used inside its official Twitter app in time for the holiday season.

AllThingsD reported the news, citing sources familiar with the matter.

The move comes right after Twitter’s fast-growing competitor …

Here’s why you can still see Instagram photos in Twitter Cards

In a move that's just short of waving a big blue flag with an "F" on it, social photo sharing service Instagram made a decision to de-emphasize its relationship with Twitter recently.

Prepare to be extra pithy! Twitter to subtract 2 characters for tweets with links

Time to brush up on your shorthand, because come February, you're going to have two less characters to tweet with when you share links on Twitter.

Twitter extends Trends to reveal breaking news in 100 more cities

Twitter has added localized trends for 100 new cities, improving its capability to show people the buzziest news and hashtags being discussed on the information network in locations around the world.

Nielsen’s state of social 2012 report: more social, more mobile, more minutes, more TV, and more ads

There's more of just about everything in Nielsens' 2012 state of the social union report ... all except the poor old PC.