Twitter acquired over 900 patents from IBM, and the companies entered into a patent cross-license agreement. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The transaction took place in December, according to a statement by IBM released on Friday.

Twitter has elected Marjorie Scardino as a member of the board. Ms. Scardino will serve in the class of directors whose term expires at the...

Twitter will be available on basic phones without Internet, from the first quarter of next year. The company is reportedly partnering with U2opia Mobile, the...

Twitter is introducing a new custom timelines feature, that lets users create their own custom timelines based on interest areas or hashtags, using Tweetdeck. Custom...

Twitter priced its shares at $26 late Wednesday evening. The microblogging site goes public on Thursday.