Bitly was known as the de facto Twitter link shortener back in 2008. As that business commoditized – and Twitter, Google and other platforms released their own versions – Bitly recognized its real ...

Bitly, the URL shortening service, has been the victim of a hack. CEO Mark Josephson posted an "Urgent Security Update" on the Bitly blog today, stating that they found reason to believe that user ...

NEW YORK, March 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Bitly Inc., a leading global platform for link and QR Code management, today announced the appointment of Matt Young as Chief Technology Officer. The hire ...

NEW YORK, Feb. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Bitly Inc., a global leader in link and QR Code management, is evolving its role as core infrastructure for how businesses create, protect, and measure digital ...

Bitly is best known for providing a way to shorten Web hyperlinks so they leave more room for headlines and comments in 140-character tweets on Twitter. It's still doing that, but for years it has ...

The simple link-shortening service Bitly just got a major redesign. What started as a way to make long links short enough to fit into a tweet has evolved into a social link-sharing site. Bitly is ...

Bitly began in 2008 by solving a simple problem for consumers: Links were too long for Twitter’s 140-character limit. So it shortened them. As far as technical solutions go, building a link shortener ...

In May, we reported that Bitly was working on a real-time viral search engine. It’s called Realtime, and today it launches in private beta. In May, we reported that Bitly was working on a real-time ...

NEW YORK, April 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Bitly Inc., a leading global platform for link and QR Code management, today announced the launch of Bitly Assist and Weekly Insights, two new AI-powered ...

Link-shortening and bookmarking service Bitly has revised its site design after users complained that shortening links became too complicated, the company announced today in a blog post. The site ...