Threat Exchange - Social Media platform from facebook for sharing Cyber Security threats

Facebook  launched a new platform called ThreatExchange for security, professionals to exchange information about cyberthreats with greater ease.

 

"Our goal is that organizations anywhere will be able to use ThreatExchange to share threat information more easily, learn from each other's discoveries, and make their own systems safer," Mark Hammell, Facebook's manager of threat infrastructure, wrote in a blog post announcing the project.

 

Advantage of this new platform  is researchers and professionals can learn from each other, and help keep everyone's systems safer.The new platform builds on Facebook's ThreatData, a framework that stores cyberthreat information (such as bad URLs) for analysis by security pros.Currently, ThreatExchange is in beta, but for those interested in participating, there's a sign-up form over on its website. 

 

Security threats aren't typically relegated to just one target, and the lack of communication between malware targets ends badly for everyone, according to ThreatExchange. So far, some pretty big-name Internet players have joined Facebook on ThreatExchange, including Bitly, Dropbox, Pinterest, Tumblr, Twitter and Yahoo. The platform expect to attract more partners as time goes on.

 

Facebook thinking about this new idea about a year ago because malware attack for thier websites. Any way Threat Exchange is a good news for social media companies to keep thier data safe.

  

Find all tweets that you've ever posted. Check here How?

Twitter only lets you see a portion of your tweet history, but there's an easy way to get a copy of everything.You can request to download your Twitter archive, which contains a searchable collection of every tweet and retweet you've ever made since first making your account.

 

Here's how to request your own free Twitter archive.

 

 

Step 1 :Go to your account settings by clicking on the profile icon at the top right of the page and selecting Settings from the drop-down menu.

Step 2 :Click Request your archive.

Step 3: When your download is ready, Twitter will send an email with a download link to the confirmed email address associated with your Twitter account.

Step 5: Once you receive the email, click the Go now button to download a .zip file of your Twitter archive.

Step 6: Unzip the file and click index.html to view your archive in the browser of your choice.

 

Ref : Twitter Blog

  
  
  
  
  

Facebook’s Dedicated App For The Famous Gains Twitter Sharing, Topics In Timeline

Read more : http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/05/facebooks-dedicated-app-for-the-famous-gains-twitter-sharing-topics-in-timeline/#s71HNU:eG2

  

Twitter targets Indian Market

 

Twitter plans to set up a research and design centre in the Indian technology hub of Bangalore, its first such facility outside the US, as part of wider moves to accelerate growth in major emerging markets

 

The San Francisco-based social network bought Bangalore-based mobile start-up ZipDial for about $40m last month, and plans to use ZipDial’s team as the basis for its new R&D facility, according to people familiar with the matter.

 

Twitter bought ZipDial in the hope that the start-up would help it attract users with basic mobile handsets, or those without mobile data connections.Before the deal, Twitter and ZipDial developed a technique allowing users to follow a Twitter account by dialling a phone number and then receiving tweets via SMS.

  

Twitter launches new advertising tool for small businesses

#Twitter #quickpromote 

Twitter is making it easier than ever for small businesses to advertise on its platform.The company introduced quick promote Wednesday, a new advertising feature that allows businesses to promote tweets directly from their analytics dashboard.

 

 how it works: Businesses choose a tweet from their analytics dashboard — Twitter recommends using a tweet that already has high engagement— and select "promote this tweet to drive engagements." From there, they can set a budget based on how many people they want to engage with the tweet.Twitter will then automatically target it to users with similar interests. On its part, the social network says users who see promoted tweets on their timelines are 32% more likely to engage with that company. 

 

Ref : http://mashable.com/2015/02/04/twitter-quick-promote-small-business/

  

Twitter 'Instant Timelines' — with tweets from users you don't follow

 

Twitter began testing a new feature called Instant Timeline last week. The goal is Making the sign-up process easier for new users to create an account and dive into relevant content.

 

Read more : http://mashable.com/2015/02/02/twitter-test-instant-timelines/ 

  

Facebook vs Twitter

People say that Facebook is for connecting with the people you were with and Twitter is for people you wished you were with.

 

http://www.diffen.com/difference/Facebook_vs_Twitter

Twitter Android app for Tablets

Last week, Twitter released an app that is optimized for Android tablets.

It was available on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1-2014 Edition, while the app wasn’t available on other Android tablets.

Since October 15, Twitter for Android Tablets app and widget are available on most Samsung tablets. Download it from Samsung Apps here.

Twitter conversations

Twitter Conversations - It has been very hard to track a conversation on Twitter. With the new update it has become easier to track a whole conversation rather than just looking at tweets as open strings

Some important points to note are:

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  On the home timeline, upto 3 tweets are shown with blue dotted lines.


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  Tap on a tweet to see more tweets on the conversation.


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  Retweeting is old; you can now share the whole conversation via email from web and as tweets on mobile apps.

Check the updates and other mobile apps update on Twitter Blog - Keep up with conversations on Twitter.

This has seen a vast negative comments on the webosphere, check the changes and post your thoughts as comments below.

Twitter - Report individual Tweet

Twitter has updated the Twitter Rules and an option to report individual tweet. These changes are implemented following threats received by some prominent female users in the U.K.

They are also in the process to make the ability to reports threats, scam or abuse easier.

To report a Tweet:

1. 
   Navigate to the Tweet you’d like to report.


2. 
   Tap the ••• icon to bring up the off-screen menu.


3. 
   Select Report Tweet and then one of the options below.


4. 
   Select Submit (or Next if reporting abuse; see below for details) or Cancel to complete the report or block the user.+

"Reporting a Tweet for violations" feature is currently only available on Twitter for iOS and mobile.twitter.com for smartphone browsers. This has been rolled out publicly.

Blocking people on Twitter has been the easiest way to stay away from spammer and abusers earlier. This seems to be an addtional one.

Do you think rules against scam/abuse should be still stronger? Post your thoughts on the Twitter update as comments below...

Edit/Upload Twitter Header image

Twitter announced option to upload Header image to your profile page. We have discussed on the profile changes Twitter updated with earlier - Twitter Profile changes

The uploaded image will be available on mobile apps and web profile. Check out the process below on how to activate your Twitter profile header image:

• Log in to your Twitter account
• Click drop down arrow near Settings icon on the top right and click "Settings" -> "Design" on the left tab
• Scroll down to see "Customize your own section."
• Click "Change Header" and choose the header file that you have it ready
• You can change the position of the file and zoom in or out the file as required - Though these would affect the image quality and appearance
• Click "Save"
• You'll see a notification "Your header was published successfully."

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Twitter Profile changes

Twitter has announced new Twitter profiles.

Some of the important things to be noted:

Twitter Header

There is a new option provided by Twitter now to update a Header image which will be available on the top of the profile page.

Header image and profile photo can be updated directly from your mobile device.

Photo streams on Mobile

This will appear below anyone's most recent Tweets now on iPhone, Android and iPad.

Background photo

Background photo, as earlier, will be available in the web version only whereas, the new header image will be available on iPhone, Android and iPad.

It has been announced that there are more than140 million active users currently.

Stay connected with our blog to know how to design and upload twitter header for your twitter profile.

Post your thoughts/comments on Twitter's new profile changes.

Twitter For Business

Twitter is the best way to share and discover what is happening right now. Twitter has marked the fifth anniversary of the first tweet on 21st March, 2011.

There are different ways that businesses can adopt Twitter for its commercial purpose and grow the brand/service.

Here are some simple tips to grow your business using one of the best social media tools.

1. Update your picture with your company logo or picture relevant to your business and keep updating it.
2. Create lists, allowing members to focus on different sets of people they’re following. - http://support.twitter.com/entries/76460-how-to-use-twitter-lists
3. Do a search using keywords related to your products/services and then follow the users. Sometimes people who you follow will follow you back.
4. Offer incentives to those who follow you on Twitter and post general offers on Twitter.
5. Retweet other people’s good tweets.
6. Commenting on others’ tweets can be used to build rapport and community.
7. Discuss general (non-business) topics occasionally.
8. Make your employees part of your Twitter network and share things with them.
9. Post helpful tips often.
10. Don't tweet too much 3-4 tweets a day can be the upper limit.
11. Rather than posting links always, try posting some texts.
12. Ask questions and you can get attention and, more than that, answers. Those opinions will help your business.

If you'd like to utilize Twitter account to increase your brand image, there is no better time than this. There are a lot of other options and it is always open to be added as comments to this.

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