Twitter is snubbing Nasdaq for the New York Stock Exchange.
The company on Tuesday disclosed plans to list with the NYSE rather than the tech-friendly Nasdaq, whose botched handling of the Facebook IPO last year led to a $10 million fine.
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Twitter's $1 billion IPO is said to be slated for Nov. 15.
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When a commercial flight was forced to make an emergency landing in the Hudson River, Twitter -- with the help of image service Twitpic -- told the story.
During a rash of riots in the Middle East and North Africa, Twitter played a role in protesters' fight for democracy. But a crass tweet from Kenneth Cole stands out as a hallmark of insensitivity.
In what was called "kind of a jerk move," teen idol Justin Bieber tweeted the phone number of an invasive fan as if it were his own. Said fan's phone was ringing off the hook for hours and received at least 26,000 text messages.
Social media proposals are a whole thing unto themselves these days, but the trend probably started with this sweet tweet.
Tweets from space are all the rage. The landmark discovery of ice on Mars caused quite the stir on Twitter.
This single-word tweet ended up being a lifesaver for UC Berkeley journalism student James Buck.
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's first tweet -- the inauspicious blurb that started it all back in 2006.
When the talk show host discussed Twitter with Biz Stone and Ev Williams, she brought mainstream attention to a rather geek-centric web app. Twitter adoption spiked as a consequence.
The first live and real-time tweet from space came from the International Space Station in early 2010.
Without knowing exactly what was going on, Twitter user @ReallyVirtual started tweeting about a helicopter crash in his town. The town happened to be Abbottabad, and the crash happened to be one event in the raid that led to Osama bin Laden's death.