Twitter gives developers new access to Verified Accounts

January 10, 2012 10:20 AM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

Twitter has just announced a new pilot program that will give developers access to the handles and metadata for Verified Accounts.

Verified Accounts are Twitter accounts held by persons of note — musicians, actors, celebrities and other public figures.

“This …

In a commitment to honesty, Twitter tries to bury the hatchet with third-party developers

October 28, 2011 8:20 AM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

Editor's Pick

Ryan Sarver had just come back to work after his wedding.

Notice I said “wedding” and not “honeymoon.” Sarver has for some time been Twitter’s first line of defense between the company and a occasionally disgruntled army of third-party developers. …