All posts tagged twitter

Twitter Stories: Highlighting Humanity Behind Selected Tweets

by on 11/02/2011 in Social media, Twitter with 1 Comment
stories_twitter_hp

Twitter launched their first set of Twitter Stories Monday which will become a monthly portfolio of their best 140-character limit posts they have selected to remind us of the humanity behind Tweets that make the world smaller. In their first collection of stories, we learn about the first Tweet from space, a kidney disease patient who received an organ donation after tweeting sh*t, I need a kidney, and movie critic Roger Ebert who still delivers his keen insights to his followers through Twitter despite having lost his ability to speak. Continue reading →

Twitter Quietly Rolls Out New Timeline Update

by on 10/25/2011 in Social media, Twitter with 74 Comments
twitter_newbird_boxed_whiteonblue

It seems Twitter is quietly rolling out a much-needed update to its Timeline feature. The new Timeline allows users to click individual tweets to expand conversations, media, and RTs. Alternatively, when hovering over a tweet, an Open link appears and can be clicked to expanding the tweet. Once opened, a Close link appears to close the expanded tweet. I haven’t seen any official word on this from the official Twitter account or their blog, but a few users are reporting it. Continue reading →

Tweetbot Gets iOS 5 “Single Sign-On” Twitter Integration

by on 10/11/2011 in iOS, Twitter with No comments
tweetbot

iOS 5 is set to debut tomorrow and app developers have been working hard since June to update their apps for iOS 5 compatibility. Tweetbot, the little Twitter client that could, has been updated with full support for iOS 5 including system level Twitter integration. Along with some bug fixes this update will allow users to tie into iOS 5 single log in to twitter. Continue reading →

Twitter Starts Enforcing New Design. Goodbye, Old Twitter

by on 08/03/2011 in Social media, Twitter with No comments
pinglio_oldtwitter

Almost a year ago, Twitter began rolling out a major redesign of the site’s user interface. It was great to see the team adding more functionality to its web application while other third-party mobile and web apps were surpassing users’ expectations. Lately, we’ve been seeing Twitter go through some major changes, and it seems they’re not done yet (and probably never will be). This week marks Twitter’s abolishment of its old design. Continue reading →

Twitter Gets Its Own Photosharing Service, Others Must Innovate

by on 06/01/2011 in Social media, Twitter with 2 Comments

Twitter has been rolling out small updates to its service for the past week, but these updates have been mediocre at best – no fancy bells or whistles, just simple features. But all that is about to change as Twitter announced on their blog today that it will begin slowly rolling out its very own photosharing service (which still doesn’t have a name…) within the next several weeks. But what does that mean for the guys already in the photosharing business? Continue reading →

Today’s Apple App Store Updates

by on 11/16/2010 in App Reviews, App Store, Apple, Google, Google Voice, iOS, iOS, iPhone, Tech with No comments

Two major changes appeared in Apple’s App Store today. Twitter for iPhone/iPad was updated to allow push notifications for @ replies and messages. We’ll compare Twitter’s push notification service with another provider. Continue reading →

How To: Install and Use Firesheep

by on 11/14/2010 in How To, Networking, Tech, Wireless with 32 Comments

This is the second post of a two-part feature on how to obtain information on a WEP enabled wireless network. We’ve already discussed how to crack a WEP key. Now this post will show how to gather information using a Firefox Add-on called Firesheep.

 

Disclaimer: I do not care what you do with this information. Who am I to tell you what to do with something you’ve learned? It is your decision to use this information ethically or unethically. Just know that stealing private information is illegal.

It’s likely you’ve heard of Firesheep by now. It’s been written about in Forbes, PCWorld, and ZDNet just to name a few. There have been 746,845 Firesheep downloads as of this writing. But I’m sure there are still a few of you who only use the Internet for Facebook and Gmail and haven’t heard of it. That’s alright, but there are some things you should know especially if you’re using either of those two aforementioned sites. Continue reading →

Review: New Twitter Is Here

by on 09/23/2010 in Social media, Twitter with No comments

Last week I wrote about the new interface design for Twitter. Today Twitter posted that it’s slowly pushing out the new Twitter to random users. The pinglio Twitter account was one of the lucky chosen ones. I created the pinglio account a few months ago. My personal account still hasn’t gotten the push and I’ve had it since early 2008. So when they say random they mean random. Before we begin… my overall impression: I could easily get use to this. Okay, just wanted to get that out of the way. Let’s start with the user experience. Continue reading →

Twitter’s Getting a Facelift

by on 09/14/2010 in Social media, Twitter with No comments

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: Twitter needs an updated web interface. With all these fancy Twitter iPhone and desktop apps coming out I was beginning to think the web interface was looking a bit old. Looks like I was right. Twitter announced today at their live event that the website was getting a facelift. From what I can see it’s a very similar interface to the official Twitter app for iPad that was released less than two weeks ago. Let’s take a look. Continue reading →