According to Twitter, "Communicating with people you may or may not know in real life just got easier. Previously, if you wanted to send a Direct Message (DM) to the ice cream shop down the street ...

More info. As it was, for Twitter accounts that are not verified, you could not send them a direct message (DM) unless that specific account followed you.

Despite Twitter’s privacy policy, Saini found messages from long before the 18-month grace period in his data obtained through the website for deactivated Twitter accounts.

That’s a significant disadvantage that TwIM sidesteps for anyone whose contacts are already on Twitter. What’s more, TwIM sets itself apart from the built-in direct messaging functionality of other ...

Twitter’s logo on the front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York. The company announced on Monday a feature that enables users to direct message anyone.

While Twitter offices are topsy-turvy with massive layoffs, the platform has been working on a security feature at the same time. Twitter's direct messages might soon get end-to-end encryption.

Twitter, in its never-ending quest to deliver features users never asked for, is announcing a new style of advertisement that businesses can use to easily reach you in your Direct Message inbox ...

Twitter has made life easier for those who own, and run, botnets, The Register reports. Researcher Paul Amar has discovered that using Twitter's Direct Message function — which, as of August, is ...

It looks like Twitter is calling it "reactions," but the new feature, which is starting to roll out to Twitter users now, essentially works the same way as iMessage's infamous Tapbacks.

Twitter announced Thursday three updates to Direct Messages on its platform. Read receipts, typing indicators (those three little dots), and web link previews will all be attached to messages.