Twitter Hardens Tweets With Android Security Acquisition

Release Date 30 Nov, 2011 in NewsFactor Network

Twitter Buys Mobile Security Startup Whisper InformationWeek (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011 Two-person development shop created software for secure text and voice communications on Android smartphones. By Mathew J. Schwartz InformationWeek Twitter has snapped up Whisper Systems, a two-person mobile security software development firm that was ...
Twitter buys Android security firm Whisper Systems Inquirer - 30 Nov, 2011 MICRO-BLOGGING COMPANY Twitter has bought Android security firm Whisper Systems, which could lead to safer Twitter apps on mobile devices. Whisper Systems makes five products for Android, including Textsecure, an encrypted text message ...
	Twitter buys encryption firm to boost security Telegraph.co.uk - 30 Nov, 2011 Twitter has bought a San Francisco-based start-up specialising in encryption technology for smartphones, in a move to bolster its defences against hackers and spying. By Christopher Williams Whisper Systems made software for Android devices that ...
Twitter acquires mobile security startup Times of India - 30 Nov, 2011 Twitter has acquired a start-up company that makes software to improve security and privacy for smartphones and other mobile devices. SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter has acquired a start-up company that makes software to improve security and privacy for ...
	Twitter buys Android gadget security startup AFP - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ SAN FRANCISCO �" A San Francisco startup specializing in security for smartphones and tablets powered by Android software said it had been bought by Twitter. Whisper Systems did not disclose the terms of the deal. "We started Whisper Systems with the ...
Twitter buys mobile security startup ZDNet Asia - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ Microblog service provider looks to bolster security with acquisition even as mobile malware and online security threats continue to rise, report states. ...
Twitter Acquires Whisper Systems, Security Boost on the Way? PC Magazine - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ Twitter has acquired mobile security firm Whisper Systems, which will likely be used to boost the micro-blogging service's mobile offerings. Whisper Systems said its products will live on, but they will be temporarily unavailable as ...
Twitter crypto purchase leaves Egypt dissidents in lurch Register - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ A company that provided free cellphone encryption to dissidents in Egypt abruptly suspended its services on Monday so that Twitter could integrate some of its privacy enabling technology into the microblogging site. Twitter's acquisition of San ...
Twitter buys Whisper Systems to tighten tweet security National Post (registration) - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ A shop in Egypt's Tahrir Square is spray painted with the word Twitter on February 4, 2011 as a reflection of the role Twitter played in helping Egyptian activists communicate. Whisper Systems, which played a similar role, was acquired by Twitter on ...
Twitter Buys Some Middle-East Moxie Wired News - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ Twitter has acquired Whisper Systems, a small outfit founded by well-known internet-security expert Moxie Marlinspike that aims to provide “enterprise-grade” security for Android phones and tablets. At first blush, the move is a bit ...
Twitter acquires mobile security start-up company Economic Times - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ Twitter has acquired a start-up company that makes software to improve security and privacy for smartphones and other mobile devices. With its acquisition of Whisper Systems, Twitter gains technology to bolster security of its fast-growing ...
Twitter Adds Team Who Created Privacy Tools for Activists Wall Street Journal (blog) - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ Twitter on Monday announced the acquisition of a two-person startup called Whisper Systems, whose technology protected people's mobile-phone calls and text messages from being obtained by third parties such as governments. ...
Twitter Scoops up Mobile Security Developer Whisper Systems PCWorld - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ Twitter may be planning to boost its mobile security options with the acquisition of Whisper Systems, a company that offers security products for Android phones. Whisper Systems' offerings include WhisperCore, software that ...
Whisper Systems CNET (blog) - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ Twitter has acquired an Android security firm, but exactly what the social-networking company wants to do with it is currently unknown. Whisper Systems announced on its blog today that it will become part of Twitter. Although the company didn't ...
Twitter Acquires Moxie Marlinspike's Encryption Startup Whisper Systems Forbes - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ The hacker and security researcher who goes by the name Moxie Marlinspike has spent the last years building a few of the most noteworthy recent inventions in applied cryptography, some independently and some for his mobile security startup, ...
Twitter Hardens Tweets With Android Security Acquisition NewsFactor Network - 30 Nov, 2011 Zeus Kerravala, principal analyst at ZK Research, said buying Whisper Systems was a smart move as more Twitter users rely on mobile devices to send and read messages. Although the solution focuses on Android, that may be the best ...
Mobile privacy company Whisper Systems joins Twitter The Fonecast - 30 Nov, 2011 Mobile privacy and security company Whisper Systems, which is probably best known for creating encryption applications that were used by protesters in Egypt earlier this year, has been acquired by Twitter. Country-specific versions of the RedPhone and ...
Twitter Tweaks, Tightens Security with Acquisition of Whisper Systems Mobile Marketing Watch - 30 Nov, 2011 It was revealed earlier this week that Twitter has purchased mobile security and privacy solutions startup Whisper Systems. Although Twitter formally announced and confirmed the acquisition, it would not elaborate on details of the deal, ...
Twitter Acquires-Hires Security Duo [ACQUISITIONS] Business 2 Community - 30 Nov, 2011 Twitter's IPO may be a ways off, but the company is still making the right moves. The social media company has just made another acquisition (or group hire?). And, it deals with security, which is near ...
	Twitter acquires mobile security startup, Whisper pnosker.com - 30 Nov, 2011 Twitter has purchased the mobile security startup Whisper Systems, a two person mobile security software development company. While not revealing the exact terms of the deal, Twitter did confirm the acquisition and stated that “As part of our ...
	Twitter Acquires Whisper Systems Inc.com - 30 Nov, 2011 Twitter has acquired Whisper Systems, a tiny security start-up that makes software for Android smartphones and other mobile devices. The price for the deal was not disclosed. Whisper's co-founders are highly respected online ...
	Twitter acquires mobile security, privacy firm Whisper Systems DigitalJournal.com - 30 Nov, 2011 By Andrew Moran. San Francisco - Twitter has acquired the mobile security firm Whisper Systems for an undisclosed amount. Whisper Systems is a very small company �" two employees �" and was founded by security experts, Moxie Marlinspike ...
Twitter Acquires Whisper Systems To Bolster Security - AllTwitter mediabistro.com - 30 Nov, 2011 Twitter has acquired Whisper Systems, a company that builds enterprise-level security software on Android. The acquisition will likely be used to improve Twitter's own security, and assuage worries that the ...
Twitter acquires to Android security firm Whisper Systems Life of Android (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011 Twitter, the popular social network, has bought Android security firm Whisper Systems in an apparent attempt strengthen its smartphone apps. Whisper Systems have developed five products for Android to date, including Textsecure, an encrypted text ...
Twitter Secures Its Tweets With the Acquisition of Whisper Systems OnlyGizmos - 30 Nov, 2011 by Shaun Tassavur on 29th November 2011 Twitter announced this Monday that it has acquired a start-up called Whisper Systems which develops security services for devices running Google's Android platform. Whisper Systems is a startup comprising of just ...
Twitter Takes Over Two Person Encryption Startup Whisper Systems Portfolio.com (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011 A two-person startup that created tools key to protecting communications for activists during the Arab Spring uprisings has become part of Twitter. Whisper Systems announced on its blog Monday that the microblogging giant had ...
	Twitter buys mobile security firm The Drum - 30 Nov, 2011 Twitter has acquired San Francisco start-up Whisper Systems, a company that makes security software for mobile phones. Whisper Systems was launched last year by security developers Stuart Anderson and Moxie Marlinspik. They have since launched a range ...
Twitter Buys Whisper Systems, May Enhance Security of Platform & Apps ITProPortal - 30 Nov, 2011 Microblogging giant Twitter has moved to acquire mobile security start-up Whisper Systems in order to give a boost to its security mechanism for smartphone users. Twitter, which has more than 100 million users, said that the acquisition will help the ...
	Twitter buys Android security & encryption app specialist SlashGear - 30 Nov, 2011 Twitter has bought a mobile communications security firm, Whisper Systems, specializing in hardening Android devices to make them more private and secure. Through modifying the core Android kernel, as well as developing custom apps for encrypted ...
	Twitter buys Android security developer Whisper Systems THINQ.co.uk - 30 Nov, 2011 Twitter has bought Android security company Whisper Systems, a developer which has put together encryption services for texting, calling and backup as well as network and data security products. In an announcement on the Whisper Systems website, ...