Tag: Twitter
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HTC confirm EVO 3D is coming to Europe?
HTC’s first 3D mobile phone, the HTC EVO 3D, was officially announced on the US network Sprint at the CTIA wireless event last week. We had initially feared that European shores would never get to see the 3D beast, but HTC’s French division have seemingly leaked a bit of information regarding that on Twitter. HTC_fr…
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In-app purchases for Android coming next week
Next week Google will be bringing in-app purchases to Android, the same kind of thing that Apple have already done, and its users are currently enjoying on the iOS platform, so says an article appearing on the developer’s blog. First proposed by Google in January, the in-app purchases will allow the app user to buy…
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Apple anger over Amazon “App Store” name – more lawsuits!
Apple has kicked off yet another bitter lawsuit after Amazon unveiled its own Android “App Store” yesterday. As crazy as it sounds, Apple is very angry with anybody using the words “App Store” to describe their services, even when that’s what’s being provided – a store for apps! Already in a feud with Microsoft over…
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Twitter Celebrates 5th Birthday
Remember the web 5 years ago… back when YouTube was an up and coming website, MySpace held the social networking dominance and Facebook was only for students… oh what can change in 5 years. More importantly 5 years ago today a small software podcast company Odeo launched its latest software called twttr, back then the…
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Twitter offers HTTPS secure sign-in
Twitter has stepped up its security today by implementing a new HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) sign-in option which will allow users to sign into Twitter using a secure web page. The HTTPS login site can be selected from the security settings page and will reduce the chance that the login system of twitter will…
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Free eBay listings from April – major changes to keep up with Amazon
Listen for the collective sigh of relief today from eBay users as the popular online auction site is offering up free listings to all sellers – 50 a month no less! Occasionally, eBay will offer up a “free-listing day” allowing sellers to post as many items as they like without the site taking any set…
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Make sure you are safe on Twitter: Switch to HTTPS
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Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are becoming more aware with the security risks their sites bring, and have to take steps to keep their users safe. Facebook recently introduced the option to browse their site using a secure HTTPS connection, and now microblogging site Twitter have done the same. Major security firm…
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Charlie Sheen blocking plug-in developed for Google Chrome
Had enough of the recent insanity (or genius..) of Charlie Sheen? You could be “Winning” with a recent plug-in created for Google Chrome which completely removes all mention of the fallen star from your web-browsing experience. It’s hard to log onto the world wide web lately without seeing or hearing of some recent rant or rambling from Sheen, who’s fall…