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| Twitter updates profile pages to resemble Facebook | Twitter updates profile pages to resemble Facebook |
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| Twitter is rolling out an update to its profile pages that look very similar to Facebook, complete with tweet highlights and large pictures. | Twitter is rolling out an update to its profile pages that look very similar to Facebook, complete with tweet highlights and large pictures. |
| The update, visible through the web version of Twitter, allows users to customise their profile pages with their favourite tweets, a larger profile photo and wide cover-image, mirroring the design update Facebook made to its profile pages in 2013. | |
| “Moment by moment, your Twitter profile shows the world who you are. Starting today, it will be even easier (and, we think, more fun) to express yourself through a new and improved web profile,” said the Twitter designer David Bellona in a blog post. | “Moment by moment, your Twitter profile shows the world who you are. Starting today, it will be even easier (and, we think, more fun) to express yourself through a new and improved web profile,” said the Twitter designer David Bellona in a blog post. |
| Users will be able to pin tweets to the top of their page, while tweets that have seen more retweets, replies or favourites will appear slightly larger. | Users will be able to pin tweets to the top of their page, while tweets that have seen more retweets, replies or favourites will appear slightly larger. |
| Viewers of other people’s profiles will also be able to filter the displayed tweet timelines to exclude pictures and videos or view tweets and replies. | Viewers of other people’s profiles will also be able to filter the displayed tweet timelines to exclude pictures and videos or view tweets and replies. |
| The new profile page updates are currently available for a select group of existing users, including a small list of celebrities, while new users will start with the new profile design when they sign up for a Twitter account. | The new profile page updates are currently available for a select group of existing users, including a small list of celebrities, while new users will start with the new profile design when they sign up for a Twitter account. |
| The update will be rolling out to existing users in the coming weeks. | The update will be rolling out to existing users in the coming weeks. |
| • Twitter buys a UK ‘social TV’ firm SecondSync for enhanced ‘second screen’ experience | • Twitter buys a UK ‘social TV’ firm SecondSync for enhanced ‘second screen’ experience |