Twitter quietly adds clickable stock symbols
Updated: 2012-07-31 10:22:00
Back to Mobile View Engadget for iPad get the app now AOL MAIL Engadget Classic Mobile HD ALT ENGADGET . U.S ESPAGÑOL DEUTCHLAND Computex 2012 E3 2012 Galaxy S III HTC One The New iPad Engadget Distro News Hubs Galleries Videos Podcasts The Recap Authors Store FOLLOW US ON TWITTER SUBSCRIBE ABOUT FAQ TIP US Internet Twitter quietly adds clickable stock symbols By Mat Smith posted Jul 31st 2012 5:22AM It might not pack the same thrill as the rumors of in-feed video but Twitter has added clickable stock symbols on tweets . This now throws up search results for both the stock and the company , using a new cash' tag , like FB to differentiate from typical links and tags . As noted by TNW it's bad news for the founder of StockTwits , a service that offered similar functionality to gather
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