iPhone users of the native Twitter app were up in arms after the latest major update introduced the Quick Bar. This new feature showed trending topics but its placement obstructed the main timeline. Jailbroken iPhone users were able to remove the feature via a hack called Twizzler, but for everyone else they spoke their minds--140...
Some notable updates in the App Store today to twitter, Skyfire, and Simplenote. Twitter for iPhone got a new addition called the Quick Bar that shows trends and adds autocomplete for usernames and hashtags. What's New In Version 3.3 - Quick Bar, shows trends and other important things without leaving your timeline! Swipe the Quick...
Did you update to the latest iPhone version of twitter? Then you probably noticed the new Quick Bar. Personally, I don't like it. The bar gets in the way of scrolling for tweets and reduces the size of my timeline. iOS developer @chpwn appears to have felt the same way. He just created a tweak...
Did you watch the Grammy Awards? The show ended with the Album of the Year going to Canadian band, Arcade Fire. After doing a quick Google search in Safari on my iPhone 4, I noticed something I had never seen before on iOS--a live stream of tweets relating to search term. Here's an example of...
Update 1: In one minute, the number of followers grew from 3670 to 5309. That's about 1639 followers a minute, or over 98,000 in an hour if it stays at this pace. The App Store has just gone live--on twitter. It currently has 3670 followers. Expect that to grow exponentially as the day progresses. Just...
Twitter today announced support for iTunes music previews and native Instagram (one of my favourite apps) support. The latter was among five new companies where you can access embedded media right within twitter. We’re on a mission to give you more great multimedia content on Twitter, and today we’re adding five new companies to bring...
For Blackberry users, the 'best' twitter client out there has been ÃœberTwitter. For the iPhone, it's SimplyTweet in my books. The developers of ÃœberTwitter have released an iPhone version of their app. Let's go over some of the positives and negatives of this much anticipated app, which @justinluey told me about. iTunes Description: A full...
Twitter has just pushed an update to their iPhone and iPad app. The most notable change for the iPhone app right now is the addition of Push Notifications. Here's what the folks at twitter had to say on their blog about version 3.2: Whenever an account that you follow mentions you, you’ll immediately receive a...
If you manage a variety of social media accounts, then you should be using Hootsuite. It's an amazing service that's free on the web and currently their $2.99 iPhone app (read our review here) is FREE for download! The team behind Hootsuite is Canadian and based in Vancouver. They work hard to provide constant updates...
Tweetie has become one of the most popular iPhone twitter apps. People were more than willing to buy it for the slick interface and intuitive features (but it still lacks Push). Last month, Atebits was sold to twitter and founder Loren Brichter started focusing his efforts towards making the "official" twitter app based on Tweetie....
Some surprising news hit twitter tonight. If you're a twitter junkie on your iPhone, you've probably heard of Atebits, the makers of Tweetie/Tweetie 2. These are the creations of Loren Brichter, who proudly announced that his company was recently acquired by twitter. Tweetie set some high benchmarks for design and simplicity of an iPhone twitter...
**edit**According to the SimplyTweet Blog this freebie started yesterday and ends today. Some people have mentioned clicking on the icon changes the price to free. Your mileage may vary on this one as the promo is ending! Are you an avid twitter user? Having trouble deciding which twitter app to use? Well, you may have...
