Twitter is about to make direct messages a little less maddening
Tweet Managing your direct messages on Twitter is about to get a lot more convenient, as the microblogging service announced today that it is rolling out an update over the coming weeks that makes...
View ArticleTwitter basics: Understanding @, DM and ★
Tweet While Twitter is one of the largest social networks on the internet, it is also one of the most confusing available. The confusion only increases when users attempt to use the corresponding...
View ArticleWhy should you use Twitter?
Tweet This skeptic is beginning to like and use Twitter more, but why? Let me start with a little confession: I’ve been a little bit of a skeptic when it comes to the “microblogging” platform Twitter....
View ArticleTrademark dispute with Twitter forces Twitpic to shut down
Tweet It looks like Twitter is using its legal powers to force Twitpic to shut down over trademark disputes. Effective September 25th, the Twitter-linked photo sharing service will cease to operate....
View ArticleHow to have a good Twitter profile
Tweet Join this former Twitter skeptic as he determines what makes a Twitter profile good OK, guys, I’m going to have to be honest. I was a little intimidated when I found out I’d be writing an...
View ArticleTwitter gets in-line audio streaming via Audio Cards
Tweet Twitter is introducing a new feature to its Android and iOS apps today that will allow users to stream music directly from tweets within the app. Called the Audio Card, this new feature enables...
View ArticleTwitter will start showing tweets from people you don’t follow
Tweet Twitter has today announced the popular social network will display tweets from random users you don’t currently follow in a bid to bring more relevant content to your home timeline, and to pick...
View ArticleTwitter hopes to replace usernames and passwords with Digits
Tweet Twitter has just rolled out a new service for developers to integrate into their apps called Digits, which should make it more secure for consumers to sign into apps and services. Rather than...
View ArticleTwitpic Android app shut down but Twitter will keep domain and pictures online
Tweet The journey of the Twitpic online photo service has apparently reached an end. After a trademark dispute with Twitter, the service said it was shutting down in September, but later it claimed it...
View ArticleTwitter for Google Glass goes the way of the Dodo, but works (for now) for...
Tweet Twitter seems to have pulled support for its Google Glass app, removing the Glassware listing from MyGlass entirely. Glass users (including a few folks here at Android Central) have noticed that...
View ArticleTwitter wants to make money when it grows up
Tweet No longer the fun-loving “Toys ‘R’ Us” kid, Twitter is all grown up now and it wants to make money. The social network released a statement on Wednesday outlining its strategy on the Internet,...
View ArticleYou can now search through each and every tweet posted to Twitter since 2006
Tweet Have you ever felt like searching through tweets you published years ago? Now you can using Twitter‘s search engine. Searches on the social network were previously limited to just a week before...
View ArticleTwitter adds ability to share tweets privately via direct messages
Tweet Twitter is on a never ending quest to improve its messaging features, and today provides even more evidence of that. The micro-blogging service announced today via its blog that users will now...
View ArticleTwitter app graph raises privacy concerns as it tracks installed third-party...
Tweet In an effort to build a more personalized experience, Twitter has announced it will be collecting a list of user-installed applications on Android and iOS smartphones as part of its app graph...
View ArticleTwitter is adding new anti-harassment tools to make it easier to report abuse
Tweet Twitter will soon be offering offering all users of its social network some new features and tools that will enable them to report abusive activity faster, along with a new page that shows which...
View ArticleOfficial Twitter app gets new filters, updated filter UI
Tweet Though Twitter initially unveiled its take on photo filters back in 2012, the implementation was arguably clumsy. Today, the company rolled out an update to its official app that offers up a...
View ArticleTwitter has a new advertising channel: your following list
Tweet No matter your school of thought on how you use Twitter, the list of people you follow now includes advertising. The first customer: MasterCard. On the web, and in the official Twitter apps for...
View ArticleThird-party Twitter app Falcon Pro returns to the Play Store with a Material...
Tweet The developer behind the popular Falcon Pro Twitter app, Joaquim Verges, today announced that version 3 has been submitted and published on Google Play Store. The app has been completely...
View ArticleTwitter launches tweet translations for mobile apps and web
Tweet Twitter has announced today that it has enabled tweet translation, powered by Bing, on both its official Android app, as well as on the web. The feature was previously available on TweetDeck,...
View ArticleTwitter Launches New Messaging and Video Capabilities
Tweet Twitter has grown exponentially since its release in 2006 and CEO Dick Costolo is adamant to prove that the social platform is not going anywhere anytime soon. Twitter just released two new...
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