growth, promised investors in November that the company would
start revamping its products and services to make them easier to
use. That has resulted in new features such as "While You Were
Away," which delivers the most popular tweets that occurred
during a person's absence, and Highlights, an Android feature
that pushes a twice-daily digest of tweets direct to a person's
phone notifications.
The tweaks, which are helping to minimize the flood of
information, are aimed at attracting new users. Twitter's home
page, which used to just have an option to login, now has
categories, such as Nascar and cute animals, for people to
explore even when they aren't logged in to an account. Those who
do choose to sign up for the first time get an instant timeline
based on their phone contacts and interests, making it easier to
get started on the product.
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