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Twitter recovers after yesterday's glitch

Social networking site Twitter is back after a problem that took the web service offline for over an hour yesterday afternoon (5pm BST). In addition to the web issue, mobile Twitter clients weren’t showing new Tweets.

The company described the problem as having been caused by a ‘cascading bug’ in one of its infrastructure components. When this was discovered, Twitter’s software was rolled back to a previous stable version.

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Twitter promises that it will only use patents defensively

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There’s some kind of patent-related mobile technology story in the news most weeks. Whether this is the result of an innovation slow-down or the disruptive effect of newcomers on ‘traditional’ mobile manufacturers, there’s no denying it’s causing problems for many companies.

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55 million people log in to Twitter via mobile every month

Twitter says 55% of its 100 million regular monthly users connect to the service via mobile.

It revealed the figure while announcing its new targeted mobile advertising.

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Twitter acquires Posterous

Micro-blogging site Twitter has acquired micro-blogging site Posterous.

The Posterous Spaces photo-sharing site will continue to run, although both companies note in separate blog posts that “we’ll give users ample notice if we make any changes to the service”.

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Twitter now available via SMS on satellite phones

Twitter has announced partnerships with the Iridium and Thuraya satellite phone services to give their customers access to Twitter via SMS.

It means the service is now available without any need for land-based communication.

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