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Twitter Mentions Data Stamps Apple’s Victory Over Samsung

According to an unscientific tally of mentions on Twitter, published in a report yesterday by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, it seems that between Apple and Samsung, the former is a clear winner in the global smartphone market, Bloomberg is reporting. Investing Analytics, the group that compiled all the Twitter data, revealed that the iPhone 5 was mentioned 2.4...

Twitter Finally Clips the Wings off TweetDeck for iPhone

Twitter has announced today TweetDeck for iPhone (and Android/AIR versions) will be discontinued in early May to concentrate development on modern, web-based versions of TweetDeck: To continue to offer a great product that addresses your unique needs, we’re going to focus our development efforts on our modern, web-based versions of TweetDeck. To that end, we...

Twitter for iOS Updated with Improved Search and Discover

Twitter has released an update to its iOS app with improvements to searches and the Discover tab, which enables you to see the latest trending topics and tweets. Other additions include links opening instantly when tapped and also performance updates which will help those with older iOS devices. What's New in Version 5.3 Instantly access...

Introducing Vine, A New Video Sharing Service From Twitter

Twitter has today announced its brand new video sharing service Vine, that allows users to attach video clips to their tweets. Vine is currently available as a free app on the iOS App Store but according to Twitter's blog post, the service will soon make its way to other mobile platforms as well. Last year, Twitter acquired...

Twitter Marks Its 6th Birthday With Over 200M Active Monthly Users

Twitter, the popular online social networking and microblogging service that allows its users to send and read text-based messages of up to 140 characters a.k.a "tweets", has turned 6 today with over 200 million active monthly users, doubling its number of users in just over a year. Since its launch, Twitter has become one of the ten...

Twitter iOS Update Brings Ability to Add Filters to Photos [Update]

Twitter has announced an update to its iOS app to bring the ability to add filters to photos and edit them as well; reports on the weekend noted this feature was coming soon and it has arrived: Starting today, you’ll be able to edit and refine your photos, right from Twitter. The latest versions of...

It’s Over: Instagram Officially Cuts Off Photo Viewing on Twitter

AllThingsD is reporting Instagram has officially ceased support for Twitter cards technology today, as confirmed to the publication via a Facebook spokesperson (the latter acquired Instagram for $1 billion back in September): Instagram has completely turned off support for Twitter cards technology on Sunday, a Facebook spokesperson confirmed to AllThingsD. Users will still be able...

Twitter Can No Longer Display Instagram Photos Properly

Instagram has today disabled a feature that allows photos to be properly displayed on Twitter's website and applications, reports the New York Times. The move will further escalate tensions between the two companies, which were once friends in the battle against Facebook. A status update on Twitter's website says Instagram has disabled its integration with Twitter cards,...