Today, Twitter’s CEO Dick Costolo announced a new design with a focus on profile pages and an iPad update on the TODAY Show, live. The show teased “big changes” coming to Twitter, and drew it out pretty well giving a company tour.
At times, this felt like a commercial for Twitter, discussing the free snacks they get.
“Twitter brings you closer to the action and your heroes” said Costolo.
Here’s what the company had to say on its blog about the web update:
Starting today you can make your presence on Twitter more meaningful with new Twitter profiles. Upload an all-new header photo on mobile apps for iPad, iPhone and Android or twitter.com, and the same image will appear whenever anyone views your profile on the web or these apps. You can upload your header photo, which appears above your Tweets, to express yourself instantly, anywhere.
These big changes might explain the recent issue that the company had during its maintenance routine to fix photo uploads, when verified accounts started getting random profile images in place of their own. Perhaps a little bug introduced in preparation?
With a push towards creating a place on the web to serve as your “home”, Twitter is getting down to the nitty gritty with Facebook to fight for your eyeballs and clicks.
Twitter for Android has also gotten a fairly decent update, including support for new profiles and photo streams. All mobile updates, as expected, have stripped out the ability to post images using third-party services.
The company didn’t let us down, as this is a fairly grand way to announce design changes. Oh, and don’t forget, these changes are to help brands engage…so the business model is in full effect here.
Courtesy : http://techcrunch.com
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