Apple is using wizardry to tweet without tweeting

Sep03

by Sindy Cator on September 3, 2016 at 12:22 am

Apple is pulling a Samsung by using ‘dark’ tweets to remind Twitter users about its upcoming event. Much like Samsung did back in February, Apple is responding to messages through paid Twitter advertising (or this trick) — a move that keeps the tweet from appearing on its own timeline. If you retweet this tweet — which doesn’t exist, apparently… September 7 at 10 a.m. PTWatch the event on https://t.co/yLa2e4Xr2R.RT for a reminder on event day. #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/e9MHNkLeoi — Apple (@Apple) September 2, 2016 You’ll get a reminder ‘shortly before’ the September 7 event. You know, in case you forgot that…