Twitter Adds Desktop Notifications for Direct MessagesThe notifications will be available for all by the end of the week.
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Twitter's direct messages via the web just got more useful. Today the social network will start rolling outDM notifications for its sitewhich will be available for everyone by the end of the week. Once it does go live for you, if you have Twitter.com open in a browser tab and get a DM, a notification will appear in the top right corner of your display.
The company has really been pushing for the DMs feature to become a full-fledge messaging service to compete with the likes of Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. In addition to today's desktop news, it recently removed the140-character limit from direct messagesand in Januaryadded group messaging.
The company has been in the midst of determininghow to attract and keep new usersto its service. Expanding one of the core features into something most people use on a daily basis, it might be able to get those users to stick around and actually post status updates.
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