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TweetDeck has only recently been updated, but it's already getting some new features. Hot on the trail of the redesigned TweetDeck, the team has now made some improvements to the way columns, arguably TweetDeck's major feature, are managed."Column titles now have grab handles to their left that can be used ... |
19 June 2013
18:21 GMT |
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Twitter’s Vine app is getting a new Share button in version 1.1.3 which enables you to quickly share posts coming from other people. Some UI tweaks are also included.
According to the developers, Vine 1.1.3 “adds a new share button underneath posts on your feed, along with other interface improvements an... |
19 June 2013
06:41 GMT |
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A new flavor of the Twitter for BlackBerry application is now available for download through the Beta Zone, featuring version 4.2.0.6 and some appealing enhancements inside.
According to CrackBerry, the new app release comes on devices with support for photo cards, which will display photo thumbnails for any tweet ... |
15 June 2013
12:01 GMT |
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Twitter is winning some major privacy protection bragging rights these days. It was one of the companies notably absent from the PRISM document, and it is fighting and losing for the right of its users to stay private in France. And it's doing the same in Turkey, where, once again, the tool played an important ... |
15 June 2013
09:21 GMT |
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Twitter agrees with Google that Facebook’s deal with the Federal government, in which the social giant could disclose information request numbers to the public, wasn’t nearly good enough. Twitter’s legal director Ben Lee wrote on his personal account soon after news about the Facebook deal came th... |
15 June 2013
08:41 GMT |
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Mac users are no strangers to TweetDeck, but they might not have been acquainted with the newly redesigned version 3.0.2, which enables a new sidebar on the left-hand side of the UI for easy column access and navigation. TweetDeck version 3.0.2 has been redesigned to add this cool sidebar for easy navigation across ... |
14 June 2013
07:41 GMT |
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Twitter has been adding more and more functionality to the site, while still trying to maintain the core 140-character format. The latest gimmick feature is a sort of highlight reel for your Twitter profile. Twitter has partnered with Vizify and created #FollowMe. The tool analyzes your tweets, followers, photos, Vi... |
13 June 2013
15:14 GMT |
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Twitter is a strong defender of free speech. After all, it was the one big web companies notably absent from the NSA PRISM spy program. Of course, all the other companies denied involvement, but Twitter didn't have to.
As much as has been possible, Twitter has fought back against wide or secret orders for user ... |
13 June 2013
10:21 GMT |
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Twitter has opened up its analytics dashboard to the public in an effort to give everyone access to in-depth data about those who follow them and the performance of their latest messages.
In order to use this new feature, you only need to head over to the Twitter Ads dashboard and click on the “Analytics&rdqu... |
13 June 2013
09:51 GMT |
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Because Amanda Bynes’ latest favorite word is “ugly,” the other day, she recently decided to throw in around on Twitter some more, particularly in reference to Miley Cyrus and Drake. It’s her choice to call Miley “ugly” that’s gotten her some harsh criticism online.
Celebri... |
13 June 2013
05:01 GMT |
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Josh Brewer, Twitter’s top designer, has announced that he will by leaving the company to start his own projects.
Twitter’s Principal Designer let the news out through his Twitter account, where he writes that he is sad to announce that he is leaving Twitter.
However, he mentions that he is excited to... |
13 June 2013
04:54 GMT |
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A week ago Twitter launched a fresh TweetDeck for the web and Chrome browser. Now they rolled out the changes for the desktop version of the application as well.
The new look is designed to significantly improve usability of the program by moving the controls to the right side of the interface. This allows easy skip... |
13 June 2013
04:35 GMT |
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Vine is already more popular than Instagram on Twitter, at least for the time being, but that's understandable. Vine is built by Twitter, while Instagram has been preventing images from being displayed on the social platform.
But Vine is now becoming more popular than Instagram in the Play Store, a much bigger ... |
12 June 2013
14:41 GMT |
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Twitter #music has been added to the trending station in the new iTunes Radio.
Among the many news that surfaced after Apple’s most recent event, there were some that regarded the brand new iTunes Radio.
The service boasts over 200 stations and a catalog of music from iTunes Store. Among the stations, it&rs... |
12 June 2013
06:00 GMT |
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It was announced a while ago, but Twitter has finally retired its API v1 and is transitioning to v1.1. This means that several Twitter-related apps will stop working, including TweetDeck for iOS, Android and Adobe Air, SilverBird and DestroyTwitter.
Twitter has been sending out warnings, urging developers to transi... |
12 June 2013
02:14 GMT |
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Jimmy Kimmel’s relatively new segment Celebrity Read Mean Tweets has proved such a hit that he’s already diversifying it. On his latest show, he introduced the NBA special edition and, as per usual, you can see it in full and in HD above.
The idea behind this new segment is that, while Twitter (and soci... |
11 June 2013
11:41 GMT |
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While Google is slowly being pushed out of iOS, Twitter is getting more and more comfortable. In the latest update, iOS 7, coming this fall, Twitter integration has gotten deeper. For one, people can now use Siri to search on Twitter. That's an interesting addition, but not a major one. It wasn't particul... |
11 June 2013
08:50 GMT |
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The other day, word got out that rapper 2 Chainz was the victim of an armed robbery in San Francisco and that, to make matters worse, all the members of his entourage ran “like cockroaches” when they realized the danger. On Twitter, 2 Chainz is setting the record straight by hinting that the incident ne... |
11 June 2013
07:59 GMT |
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A court in Kuwait has sentenced a woman to 11 years in prison for comments that she posted on her Twitter account.
People should appreciate more the freedoms they have, especially when it comes to expressing themselves and speaking their minds.
Houda al-Ajmi was convicted of three counts: insulting the emir, call... |
11 June 2013
04:02 GMT |
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Last week, we learned that spammers were abusing various open redirect vulnerabilities, including one in CNN, Yahoo and Ask.com, to lure unsuspecting users to a shady miracle diet website.
The scam website is still live and, as it turns out, the scammers don’t even need to abuse website vulnerabilities t... |
10 June 2013
03:15 GMT |
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The Twitterverse is known to react promptly to most news. Thanks to this, it’s usually pretty easy to get an idea about how people feel about a certain person or action.
The same can be said about Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower who’s behind the PRISM project leak.
As BuzzFeed points out, those ... |
10 June 2013
03:05 GMT |
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Twitter, as a company, hasn't ventured far from its core product, Twitter. But its one other product, Vine, is proving quite successful. With the launch of the Android version, the service saw a huge rise in usage.
And, over the weekend, it grew bigger than Instagram on Twitter, as users made more tweets linkin... |
10 June 2013
02:49 GMT |
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Actor Peter Mayhew, who starred as Chewbacca in “Star Wars” and doesn’t go anywhere without his lightsaber-style cane, got into some TSA trouble because of it. Upset over the incident, he decided to vent on Twitter.
The actor was traveling from Denver, where he had attended Comic-Con, to his home ... |
9 June 2013
02:48 GMT |
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Chumlee of “Pawn Stars,” real name Austin Russell, has become the latest victim of an Internet hoax. To disprove the rumor that he’s died some sort of gruesome death, Chumlee is taking to his Twitter.
A couple of days ago, infuriated that members of the media and fans would not stop talking about ... |
8 June 2013
04:52 GMT |
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I seriously love Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Not only is he funny, versatile, talented, and super charming, but he’s also very open with fans and doing whatever he can to get them to at least try a healthier lifestyle.
And he’s gorgeous too, but that comes last.
The other day, as part of Thr... |
7 June 2013
16:51 GMT |
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A new flavor of the official Twitter application is now available for download for the owners of Windows Phone devices, namely version 2.1.
The new application iteration provides users with the possibility to apply various filters and effects to their photos, while also offering a new integrated composer, so that th... |
7 June 2013
09:59 GMT |
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Kim Kardashian has had enough: the reality star, who has somewhat of a reputation of always calling the paps in advance to let them know of her whereabouts, is taking to social media to plead for privacy from the same paparazzi.
The move might seem contradictory at least but, according to Kim, she has no other choi... |
7 June 2013
09:07 GMT |
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Leaked documents have shown that that several prominent US web companies collaborate with the US government and provide direct, indiscriminate access to much of the information they store.
All of the companies involved have denied being part of the PRISM program, and even knowing anything about it.
But the leaked d... |
7 June 2013
07:11 GMT |
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Twitter has signed a deal with WPP, a company that deals with advertising and marketing.
The deal comes several months after Twitter has come to an agreement with ad giant Starcom, direct competitor to WPP.
The two companies haven’t revealed the size of the deal. The contract features a “global strate... |
6 June 2013
08:02 GMT |
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As things heat up in Turkey, social media users are no longer safe. 25 people have been arrested for using Twitter and social media to stoke the anti-government movement. The police are saying that the suspects have been detained for “spreading untrue information” and inciting people to join demonstrati... |
6 June 2013
05:55 GMT |
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The Chrome and Web versions of TweetDeck have been revamped and they look completely different. The apps have received an expandable sidebar on the left side of the screen that lets users search, add new tweets and navigate between the various feeds they put into columns. On the lower side of the bar, you can fin... |
6 June 2013
03:08 GMT |
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It might have sounded like one big joke when Amanda Bynes wrote on Twitter that she wanted to start a career as a rapper or singer, but it turns out she was dead serious about it. She just turned down an offer from Playboy Radio.
With all the interest in her right now after her marijuana-related arrest, it’s n... |
5 June 2013
08:40 GMT |
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As you most likely know by now if you’re a Hotmail user, Microsoft has decided to completely retire the popular email service and move all consumers to Outlook.com.
As a result, Hotmail is no longer available, even though the company admits that it was “the biggest email service in the world.”
The... |
5 June 2013
04:54 GMT |
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If you've been watching the news, or even just Twitter, you know by now about the protests and violence in Turkey. What started as a protest against the destruction of a park in Istanbul, to be replaced by a shopping mall, quickly grew into a massive, country-wide series of protests against the government. Th... |
4 June 2013
12:31 GMT |
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The great thing about Vine, probably the biggest reason behind its popularity, is the six-second time limit. This forces people to keep it short which, in turn, spurs creativity. Vine videos have become an art form in themselves.
But that's not to say that everyone is happy with the six-second video limit. In f... |
4 June 2013
05:36 GMT |
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Amanda Bynes was arrested for marijuana possession, evidence tampering, and reckless endangerment a short while ago but, according to her most recent tweet, she won’t be prosecuted due to lack of evidence.
The arrest, which took place inside her apartment in Manhattan, was subject to much speculation online, w... |
4 June 2013
05:21 GMT |
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Justin Bieber is in a lot of trouble with his neighbors right now, who are fed up with having him drive his Ferrari at breakneck speeds on the streets of the exclusive community in Calabasas.
The problem is, according to Tyler, the Creator, that The Biebs wasn’t even driving last week when all hell broke loos... |
4 June 2013
04:00 GMT |
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Twitter has finally turned its gaze towards the Android riffraff and decided they have suffered enough deprivation of access to the popular Vine video app. In its benevolence, Twitter has now unveiled Vine for Android.
The app, much like its iPhone counterpart, makes it possible to shoot, edit, and publish six-secon... |
3 June 2013
10:01 GMT |
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Today, Twitter made an important announcement for the Android community, as the long-expected Vine for Android application has become available for download. With this software, users will be able to easily create, share and watch short looping videos, the same as the Vine community of over 13 million people can al... |
3 June 2013
09:42 GMT |
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The other day, videos of Amanda Bynes in Buffalo, New York, telling a fan that they were “not in Buffalo” emerged online. Today, a new report claims she hasn’t been to her Manhattan apartment since her arrest – which is just as well, because she’s allegedly a horrible person.
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1 June 2013
10:41 GMT |
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Twitter is making it easier to edit your profile, everything can be done inline now. You can update any info on your profile and you can even drag and drop images from your computer to update your avatar or header image.
Apart from the drag and drop option, you can even snap a new avatar pic with your webcam, though... |
1 June 2013
09:11 GMT |
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Tapbots has released an update for Tweetbot on the Mac adding a number of graphical tweaks and some new features, along with the usual bag of fixes. Tweetbot 1.3 sports a new media timeline which allows you to hit Command + F and switch to the media view. A new look has been added to Tweet detail (including retweet ... |
31 May 2013
07:15 GMT |
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Canadian comedian Nathan Fielder is getting somewhat of a reputation for the pranks he's been pulling lately, though, strictly speaking, he's not the one pulling them. Rather, he gets 70,000+ followers to do them. In his latest, he asked his fans to send the message "I haven't been fully honest with y... |
30 May 2013
14:11 GMT |
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Twitter is yet another Android application that has been updated recently, now available for download as version 4.1.0, with enhancements that will certainly make users rejoice. The main change in the new app release is the inclusion of a new tweet composer, designed to makes it easier to share, while also offering... |
30 May 2013
08:01 GMT |
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It might seem hard to believe that Sir Patrick Stewart has been calling Brooklyn his home for almost an entire year and, until recently, had no idea what the pizza here tasted like. This is precisely why his most recent Twitter photo went viral.
Click on the image above to see it in full.
“My first ev... |
30 May 2013
05:30 GMT |
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These days, the biggest insult one might expect for saying something bad about Amanda Bynes on Twitter is “old and ugly.” Sports Illustrated model Chrissy Teigen found that on her own, when she criticized Amanda’s fans. It all started with a tweet on Chrissy’s feed, in which she was urging B... |
30 May 2013
05:13 GMT |
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UberMedia has released Echofon Pro for Twitter version 6.2, an update to the company’s pro-grade Twitter client for iOS customers. Echofon 6.2 Pro delivers new themes for iPad users, a new icon for unread tweets in timelines, some improvements to the tweet layout, as well as improved TMI usage and layout for l... |
29 May 2013
17:21 GMT |
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Facebook has rolled a verified page and profile feature, similar to Twitter's, purpose-built for celebrities, brands, and people who might want their fans to know for sure that it is them indeed. "Today we're launching verified Pages to help people find the authentic accounts of celebrities and other high... |
29 May 2013
17:13 GMT |
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Last we heard, Amanda Bynes had moved to New York to pursue a career as a fashion designer but it seems her recent drug-related arrest and the constant media attention she’s been getting for months have helped her come up with another plan. Amanda wants to be a singer or a rapper, she says on Twitter. Thoug... |
28 May 2013
16:31 GMT |
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Twitter has released a new version of Vine for iOS users to address a crashing bug that occurred when leaving the app during a recording session.
Vine 1.1.2 is a minor update, but one that should prove to be important for users who often leave the app during a video shoot.
According to the release notes, “Thi... |
28 May 2013
08:18 GMT |
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