Digest of NEW NEW Twitter
Quick digest of the rollout of new Twitter features as of 12/8/11...
New Version of Twitter Released 12/8/11
--#NewNewTwitter slowly being rolled out http://fly.twitter.com/ and http://blog.twitter.com/2011/12/lets-fly.html
--This new design will be on both on Twitter.com and mobile phones, so that you’ll have a familiar experience any time, anywhere. TweetDeck has also been updated to be consistent with this new version.
--The new design is now available to everyone mobile phones. Download the latest version of Twitter for iPhone or Twitter for Android to get access to the redesigned Twitter on your computer.
Twitter Brand Profiles
--Let your brand take flight on Twitter with enhanced profile pages http://advertising.twitter.com/2011/12/let-your-brand-take-flight-on-twitter.html
--The new release introduces enhanced profile pages that help marketers create an even more compelling destination on Twitter for their brands.
--Enhanced profile pages have been exclusively with 21 advertising partners and select charities and individuals @AmericanExpress, @BestBuy, @bing, @chevrolet, @CocaCola, @Dell, @DisneyPixar, @generalelectric, @Heineken, @HP, @intel, @JetBlue, @Kia, @McDonalds, @nikebasketball, @NYSE_Euronext, Paramount Pictures' Mission: Impossible – @GhostProtocol, @pepsi, @Staples, @subwayfreshbuzz, and @VerizonWireless. You’ll need to be using the new version of Twitter to see these enhanced profile pages.
--Twitter will slowly roll out enhanced profile pages to a wider audience of brands in the coming months.
--To learn more go to http://fly.twitter.com/ads/
Embedded Tweets now available to developers
--https://dev.twitter.com/blog/tweets-and-buttons
--Embeddable Tweets are a new way to add any Tweet to your website just by copying and pasting a line of code. Your website visitors will see a Tweet that focuses on the content by surfacing the conversation and media. Visitors can follow the author with a single-click, and reply, retweet, or favorite the Tweet without leaving the page.
New Buttons
--The “Tweet” and “Follow” buttons got a visual refresh last week
--Yesterday, the new “#hashtag” Button and “@mention” Button https://twitter.com/about/resources/




