Twitter (TWTR) Expands 'Alerts' to New Countries, Adds New Features

Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) is expanding its alerts with new features and the addition of several new countries. The following is from an official Twitter Blog post made late Thursday:

In September, we launched Twitter Alerts to help people receive critical information during times of crisis. Since then, Twitter Alerts has grown to include countries and organizations around the world.

By enrolling in Twitter Alerts, an organization can push an Alert to users’ phones during an emergency, natural disaster or whenever other communication services aren’t accessible. Twitter Alerts now have participating organizations in the U.S., Japan, Korea, UK, Ireland, Australia and Brazil.

We’ve also added some new features to make Twitter Alerts even more accessible to you. Now, on your iOS or Android app, you can go to a participating organization’s profile and easily subscribe to their Alerts as push notifications by tapping on the bell icon. We also added in-app notifications for iOS: when you’re browsing on Twitter you’ll now receive a notification at the bottom of your screen when an alert is sent by an organization whose Alerts you subscribe to.

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Shares of Twitter are up in early trading Friday.

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