Facebook is holding a press event on June 20th to talk about a “big idea”. TechCruch suggests that the event could focus on Instagram. Apparently, Facebook is planning to add video support to Instagram. The function will be similar to Vine, so users will only be allowed to film 5 to 10 second videos. Instagram […]
The official Twitter app for Windows Phone got an update today that includes a bunch of new features. The new features are: Lens app integration. An improved tweet composition experience with photo filter support. Just tap the camera icon to capture an image from your phone’s viewfinder, or pull in a shot from your Camera […]
Twitter has updated the web-based and Chrome versions of TweetDeck with a brand new user interface. The re-design includes a repositioned sidebar, which is now on the left. This sidebar allows you to access all of the columns in TweetDeck and an easy way to view lists and settings. The sidebar was previously located at the […]
After dozens of hacks on large accounts, Twitter have finally launched the ability to enable two-step verification on users’ accounts. You can opt in to provide a phone number and a verified email address. Then you will be asked to enter a 6 digit code that is texted to your phone every time you try […]
Soon you will be able to tweet straight from your Google Glass. The evidence is building up and it is becoming more and more a reality. We aren’t sure however how the app will work or how you will be able to tweet, but presumably you would tell Glass to send the tweet. A developer who created […]
Twitter unveiled #Music this week which is a visual way to discover popular music and artists that your friends are listening to that you may not know about. You can sign into the service using your Twitter account and it brings you to page that shows you what is popular on Twitter. The service is […]
April 19, 2013 by Liam Wise
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The popular micro-blogging site, Twitter, is now changing the way it delivers ads on the site. The company is now target ads to you based on the words within your tweets. The new feature, “keyword targeting in timelines”, just rolled out over 15 languages. Twitter is emphasising that this won’t mean that more ads are […]
March 31, 2013 by Liam Wise
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The Twitter-owned network has now added the functionality to embed your 6-second masterpieces onto websites. You can choose between three different sizes; 320px, 480px, or 600px. There are also a couple of options that allow you to change the look of the embedded movie. ‘Simple’ just shows the video, while ‘Postcard’ shows the video as well […]
December 17, 2012 by Liam Wise
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Have you ever wanted to download every single tweet you have ever tweeted? Well, Twitter have finally acted upon their promise and have begun to roll out the feature. The feature was originally teased back in July, but it appears that the feature is now starting to roll out to users. According to TheNextWeb, @Philosophy was the […]
December 10, 2012 by Liam Wise
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Earlier, we wrote about how Twitter are working on their own photo-filters, and we said that the update is coming before Christmas. Just now, Twitter have pushed an update that now includes photo-filters – they also made a nice video. The app now offers eight photo-filters, including “vignette, black & white, warm, cool, vintage, cinematic, happy, […]
June 17, 2013 by Liam Wise
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