Twitter’s ads would work a lot better if it knew how old you are. So in an obvious data grab, Twitter will show animated balloons on your profile when it’s your birthday if you’re willing to give it ...

Twitter wants to know when your birthday is, so it can shower you with animated balloons (yay!), and better target you with ads (boo!). The social network today introduced the option for users to set ...

Yesterday Twitter took to its blog to tell its millions of users of a brand new feature. Brace yourself… because it’s a momentous turning point in the history of planet Earth. If you tell Twitter your ...