Tag: Twitter
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Microsoft’s new video shows off WP7 “Mango” Twitter integration
With an almost complete build of Windows Phone 7’s “Mango” update said to be floating around, Microsoft have decided to let us get a closer look at one of the mobile operating system’s major new features – Twitter integration. Program Manager of Communications on the WP7 project, Stuart Bottom, details how the social notifications, LinkedIn…
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New Tweet per second record on Twitter set during Women’s World Cup Final
Micro-blog social site Twitter has celebrated its fifth year in service with a new record for the most tweets sent per second, this during the finals of the Women’s World Cup tournament – with 7,166 counted while the United States fell to Japan in a penalty shoot-out. To say Women’s football isn’t anywhere near as…
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Twitter for Android rolls out push enabling app update
Twitter today have released a new and updated version of the Twitter App for the Android operating system (which goes live today the 14th of July), which has a host of updates in keeping with the website’s redesign and a few extra features to boot. The biggest change in the Twitter App for Android update…
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Google+ Address Book coming in next few days – Importing contacts made easy
So, we finally got onto Google+ (What’s Google+? Where have you been? Catch up here!). It’s looking good, but is still a little sparse when it comes to actually being social. Also there’s the issue of not being able to add multiple photos unless you use Google Chrome. Frustrating to an IE loyalist! The problem…
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Google+ Project: We’re in! Retweet one of our articles to get an invite!
So the Gadget Helpline finally got to board the invite-only social locomotive that is Google+. This means we’ve got a handful of invites to give away! Google+ is set to bring back the social element that is currently lacking from other networks, allowing our more intimate connections to be prioritised – so we can share conversation and items of interest with…
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PayPal UK Twitter hack raises alarm for customer security
Cause for concern today, as worryingly PayPal’s UK-based Twitter has been hacked into with the company logo tampered with and a series of mocking tweets made from the account. It’s not yet expected that the intrusion has gone so far as the payment accounts infrastructure. As most will know, PayPal is an online method of…
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Picasa and Blogger out to make way for Google+ ?
Google’s image service Picasa and weblog publisher Blogger are set to be dropped for (and/or replaced by) Google+ friendly versions of the services – if a “familiar source” can be trusted. The source claims we should expect Picasa to become “Google Photos” in co-ordination with the Google+ feature, and also Blogger would become – you…
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Windows 8 pre-beta version to be unveiled at WPC next Monday?
Microsoft could be readying to unveil an early build of Windows 8 at the Windows Partner Conference next week. The pre-beta operating system will see light at the keynote this monday when Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer details the next 12 months for the company – this is if Twitter source @MSFTtm can be trusted. They’ve…
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Google has “temporarily disabled” Realtime tweet feed
If you aren’t getting any Twitter feeds in your Google searches today – fear not. The Universe will not end.. yet. Google are giving the Realtime feature in their search engine a rest while they concentrate on integrating new social experience Google+ into their services. Funny enough, after shutting down the RealTime tweet feed, the…
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Fox News Twitter account declares Barack Obama dead due to hack
Latest cyber-attack by ‘The Script Kiddies’ sees thousands misinformed of US President’s supposed death
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Beeb to slap tweet ban on telly star spoilers
Auntie is very, very disappointed in the behaviour of some social-savvy stars and now the BBC plan to slap a tweet ban on gobby celebs who can’t keep telly secrets schtum. Senior Beeb execs are reportedly in talks to incorporate the gagging order into employee contracts, preventing Twitter chat regarding unaired TV shows. Stopping name…
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The Pope launches Vatican news website in first tweet (from an iPad)
Controversial religious figure Pope Benedict XVI this week posted his first tweet from online micro-blog site Twitter – even showing off a little tech savvy by making his post from an Apple iPad (with only a little help) and declaring “Dear Friends, I just launched News.va Praised be our Lord Jesus Christ! With my prayers…