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Twitter to free room for links and photos: report
by Staff Writers
San Francisco (AFP) May 16, 2016


Google merges skills to launch Spaces sharing app
San Francisco (AFP) May 16, 2016 - Google on Monday rolled out a Spaces application tailored to let users easily share content and commentary, group-messaging style, on any topics they wish.

"With Spaces, it's simple to find and share articles, videos and images without leaving the app, since Google Search, YouTube, and Chrome come built in," product director Luke Wroblewski said in a blog post.

"You can create a space with just one tap for any topic and invite anyone via messaging, email, a social network, or whatever way you like."

Spaces rolled out for mobile devices powered by Android or Apple software as well as for access through Internet browsers, Wroblewski said.

Google will devote sessions to Spaces at the Internet giant's annual developers conference kicking off on Wednesday near its headquarters in the Silicon Valley city of Mountain View.

The three-day Google I/O conference is set to focus on virtual reality, artificial intelligence and the Android operating system as the Internet firm courts developers whose creations can win users to services and buyers to products.

Twitter plans to let people fire off links or pictures without eating into the 140-character limit set for posts at the one-to-many messaging service, Bloomberg reported on Monday

The change could take place by the end of this month, according to a Blomberg report that cited someone familiar with the matter.

Twitter declined to comment, but the move would come as the San Francisco-based company strives to ramp up the number of users along with how much people communicate at the service.

Analysts have maintained that relaxing a 140-character limit set due to mobile phone text messaging constraints in place when Twitter launched in 2006 would encourage use.

And, as people increasingly communicate by sharing pictures, videos and links, making Twitter more conducive to that content would play into the trend.

Twitter last month released a quarterly update that showed little change in its user base.

In a key metric in the fast-evolving social media world, Twitter's trend was flat. The number of monthly active users was 310 million, up three percent from a year ago and only slightly higher than the 305 million in the previous quarter.

Twitter changed the way it measures active users, no longer counting those who follow via SMS text messaging. The number reported in the fourth quarter including that group was 320 million.

Twitter announced separately it has added BET Networks chief executive Debra Lee to its board.

Lee has fired off thousands of tweets and has 67,400 followers at the service, according to her account @iamdebralee.

"Twitter has been and continues to be a transformative service for the media landscape and the world," Lee said in a statement.

In a tweet, Lee said that she is "thrilled" to be on the Twitter board.


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