Starting today, Twitter will be available in Brazilian Portuguese. After adding the language to our translation center, it was fully translated in only three days, making this translation project Twitter’s fastest yet.

Brazilians have embraced Twitter as a way to keep up what’s happening both locally and globally. When severe flooding hit north of Rio de Janeiro earlier this year, Brazilians used Twitter to organize disaster relief efforts, share details on how to donate money and supplies, and call for medical assistance in affected neighborhoods. In Brazil’s most recent presidential elections, all three candidates (@dilmabr, @silva_marina, @joseserra_) used Twitter to promote their campaigns, interacting directly with supporters and answering their questions. And when one man couldn’t get a customer service response after he purchased a defective refrigerator, he posted his complaint on Twitter, including the name of the store. Other users rallied behind his cause, causing the store’s name to trend for four days — eventually ending with a brand new replacement refrigerator.

To change your language to Brazilian Portuguese, visit the settings page on twitter.com. Then, browse interesting Brazilian accounts and follow those that suit your interests. Here are a few suggestions to get you started:

• @blogplanalto: Blog do Planalto tweets official news from Brazilian President @dilmabr and the presidential palace.
• @HuckLuciano: Luciano Huck, a TV personality, shares news and commentary on everything from sports to major world events.
• @EikeBatista: Eike Bastista, a businessman and entrepreneur, focuses on the economy and business news.
• @Njr92: Neymar Júnior, a young and extremely talented soccer player for Santos, celebrates his team’s victories.
• @PretaMaria: Preta Gil, a singer, responds to fans and tweets about her career, current projects, and, as the daughter of a former Minister of Culture, political and cultural news.

In addition to twitter.com, mobile.twitter.com and Twitter for Android have also been translated. We’re working to support Portuguese in other mobile applications soon. Portuguese SMS commands and replies are supported by Nextel and TIM.

For official updates and news from Twitter for Portuguese, follow @twitter_pt, and for support, @ajuda. Obrigado aos nossos tradutores — não fique de fora!

Starting today, Twitter will be available in Brazilian Portuguese. After adding the language to our translation center, it was fully translated in only three days, making this translation project Twitter’s fastest yet.

Brazilians have embraced Twitter as a way to keep up what’s happening both locally and globally. When severe flooding hit north of Rio de Janeiro earlier this year, Brazilians used Twitter to organize disaster relief efforts, share details on how to donate money and supplies, and call for medical assistance in affected neighborhoods. In Brazil’s most recent presidential elections, all three candidates (@dilmabr, @silva_marina, @joseserra_) used Twitter to promote their campaigns, interacting directly with supporters and answering their questions. And when one man couldn’t get a customer service response after he purchased a defective refrigerator, he posted his complaint on Twitter, including the name of the store. Other users rallied behind his cause, causing the store’s name to trend for four days — eventually ending with a brand new replacement refrigerator.

To change your language to Brazilian Portuguese, visit the settings page on twitter.com. Then, browse interesting Brazilian accounts and follow those that suit your interests. Here are a few suggestions to get you started:

• @blogplanalto: Blog do Planalto tweets official news from Brazilian President @dilmabr and the presidential palace.
• @HuckLuciano: Luciano Huck, a TV personality, shares news and commentary on everything from sports to major world events.
• @EikeBatista: Eike Bastista, a businessman and entrepreneur, focuses on the economy and business news.
• @Njr92: Neymar Júnior, a young and extremely talented soccer player for Santos, celebrates his team’s victories.
• @PretaMaria: Preta Gil, a singer, responds to fans and tweets about her career, current projects, and, as the daughter of a former Minister of Culture, political and cultural news.

In addition to twitter.com, mobile.twitter.com and Twitter for Android have also been translated. We’re working to support Portuguese in other mobile applications soon. Portuguese SMS commands and replies are supported by Nextel and TIM.

For official updates and news from Twitter for Portuguese, follow @twitter_pt, and for support, @ajuda. Obrigado aos nossos tradutores — não fique de fora!

Starting today, Twitter will be available in Brazilian Portuguese. After adding the language to our translation center, it was fully translated in only three days, making this translation project Twitter’s fastest yet.

Brazilians have embraced Twitter as a way to keep up what’s happening both locally and globally. When severe flooding hit north of Rio de Janeiro earlier this year, Brazilians used Twitter to organize disaster relief efforts, share details on how to donate money and supplies, and call for medical assistance in affected neighborhoods. In Brazil’s most recent presidential elections, all three candidates (@dilmabr, @silva_marina, @joseserra_) used Twitter to promote their campaigns, interacting directly with supporters and answering their questions. And when one man couldn’t get a customer service response after he purchased a defective refrigerator, he posted his complaint on Twitter, including the name of the store. Other users rallied behind his cause, causing the store’s name to trend for four days — eventually ending with a brand new replacement refrigerator.

To change your language to Brazilian Portuguese, visit the settings page on twitter.com. Then, browse interesting Brazilian accounts and follow those that suit your interests. Here are a few suggestions to get you started:

• @blogplanalto: Blog do Planalto tweets official news from Brazilian President @dilmabr and the presidential palace.
• @HuckLuciano: Luciano Huck, a TV personality, shares news and commentary on everything from sports to major world events.
• @EikeBatista: Eike Bastista, a businessman and entrepreneur, focuses on the economy and business news.
• @Njr92: Neymar Júnior, a young and extremely talented soccer player for Santos, celebrates his team’s victories.
• @PretaMaria: Preta Gil, a singer, responds to fans and tweets about her career, current projects, and, as the daughter of a former Minister of Culture, political and cultural news.

In addition to twitter.com, mobile.twitter.com and Twitter for Android have also been translated. We’re working to support Portuguese in other mobile applications soon. Portuguese SMS commands and replies are supported by Nextel and TIM.

For official updates and news from Twitter for Portuguese, follow @twitter_pt, and for support, @ajuda. Obrigado aos nossos tradutores — não fique de fora!

Starting today, Twitter will be available in Brazilian Portuguese. After adding the language to our translation center, it was fully translated in only three days, making this translation project Twitter’s fastest yet.

Brazilians have embraced Twitter as a way to keep up what’s happening both locally and globally. When severe flooding hit north of Rio de Janeiro earlier this year, Brazilians used Twitter to organize disaster relief efforts, share details on how to donate money and supplies, and call for medical assistance in affected neighborhoods. In Brazil’s most recent presidential elections, all three candidates (@dilmabr, @silva_marina, @joseserra_) used Twitter to promote their campaigns, interacting directly with supporters and answering their questions. And when one man couldn’t get a customer service response after he purchased a defective refrigerator, he posted his complaint on Twitter, including the name of the store. Other users rallied behind his cause, causing the store’s name to trend for four days — eventually ending with a brand new replacement refrigerator.

To change your language to Brazilian Portuguese, visit the settings page on twitter.com. Then, browse interesting Brazilian accounts and follow those that suit your interests. Here are a few suggestions to get you started:

• @blogplanalto: Blog do Planalto tweets official news from Brazilian President @dilmabr and the presidential palace.
• @HuckLuciano: Luciano Huck, a TV personality, shares news and commentary on everything from sports to major world events.
• @EikeBatista: Eike Bastista, a businessman and entrepreneur, focuses on the economy and business news.
• @Njr92: Neymar Júnior, a young and extremely talented soccer player for Santos, celebrates his team’s victories.
• @PretaMaria: Preta Gil, a singer, responds to fans and tweets about her career, current projects, and, as the daughter of a former Minister of Culture, political and cultural news.

In addition to twitter.com, mobile.twitter.com and Twitter for Android have also been translated. We’re working to support Portuguese in other mobile applications soon. Portuguese SMS commands and replies are supported by Nextel and TIM.

For official updates and news from Twitter for Portuguese, follow @twitter_pt, and for support, @ajuda. Obrigado aos nossos tradutores — não fique de fora!

TV and Twitter have a special connection. Broadcasters are eager to provide new ways to drive viewer engagement. Twitter provides a forum for real-time context and commentary that turns watchers into participants.

Over the past few years, Twitter’s media team has worked with broadcasters on a new interactive experience. The video below showcases some of the on-air best practices broadcasters have embraced:



Last week, Twitter enjoyed its widest television integration to date via the live coverage of the royal wedding, as Chloe Sladden from our media team discusses on the Twitter Media blog. During the wedding, users interacted with ABC News’ coverage by using the hashtags #RoyalSuccess and #RoyalMess to voice their opinion about the events unfolding in London. They shared their thoughts with CNN by including the hashtag #CNNTV in their Tweets, causing #CNNTV to trend early in the event. And as audiences around the world watched the events live on TV, they posted millions of Tweets, peaking at 16,000 Tweets per minute between 5 and 6 a.m. EST.

The royal wedding is just one example of how real-time Twitter integration can enhance TV coverage and help drive viewership. In fact, we’ve found that across networks and genres, when TV shows bring Twitter elements into the broadcast, there’s a direct and immediate increase in engagement on Twitter: anywhere from two to ten times more Tweets created while the shows air. From live tweeting and on-screen hashtags to real-time visualizations of audience attention and the new 360-degree live events, incorporating Twitter into a television event simply and significantly increases audience engagement.