All the stories tagged with twitter
Twitter security flaw allows for brute-force password discovery
10/01/2012, Here’s how the current security ecosystem works: benevolent or malevolent security experts find a vulnerability, the tech press covers it, users get upset, and the vulnerability is patched quickly. Today, a key Twitter vulnerability has been made public, and we’d [...]
Kelloggs opens Tweet Shop in the UK, lets you pay for snacks via Twitter
09/25/2012, Updating your Facebook status and tweeting your thoughts might have seemed somewhat novel when it was first introduced, but given how some people command a pretty impressive following on their Facebook or Twitter accounts and the reputation that they hold, [...]
Twitter users could be direct message malware victims
09/25/2012, According to some security analysts, suspicious direct messages from Twitter friends with links to Facebook that have started to make their rounds might not be all that simple, especially when there is the very real possibility of them being malicious [...]
Twitter CEO ignores developers’ anger over recent API changes
09/19/2012, Twitter recently made a whole host of changes to its API. Many of these changes have been meant to limit the access to its API, a move which has irked a lot of developers. The developer community took to the [...]
Twitter apps for iPad, iPhone and Android undergo major overhaul
09/18/2012, Social networks are increasingly positioning themselves to cater to the mobile audience in a better way. In a bid to do so, Twitter has now revamped its app for iPad with better design and looks as well as newer features. [...]
Apple hacker becomes a part of Twitter security team
09/14/2012, With their millions of users, it is a tough task for social networks to keep their systems fool-proof against hacks and other vulnerabilities. Yet, the cleverest hackers nearly always find a way to go around it and somehow break into [...]
Court forces Twitter to hand over Occupy Wall Street protestor’s tweets
09/14/2012, Social media is one of the most powerful tools today to rally people to any cause. We saw that happen frequently during Occupy movements. However, when the cause that is rallied to disagrees with the law or the government, it [...]
Sony’s #TweetSinger app turns your tweets into songs
09/14/2012, Tweets are basically characters on our screen which can be further enhanced by uploading photos to accompany our tweets. However if you’re looking for a more novel way to tweet, perhaps in song, well Sony has announced their #TweetSinger online [...]
Obama Speech Generates 52,757 Tweets Per Minute
09/07/2012, President Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention has set a new record on the social media. During his speech, Twitter witnessed a massive number of tweets, officially declaring that it was an all-new record of the most tweets [...]
Twitter Launches New HTML Widget – Packs A Fully Interactive Timeline
09/05/2012, Twitter widgets have been around nearly as long as Twitter itself. They are routinely used on websites to display a few recent tweets, usually in a side-bar. If a reader wants to respond to one of these tweets, he then [...]
Indian government upset Twitter users by ban
08/23/2012, The Indian government has not gotten into the good books of its people in the past, and it seems as though the latest development is going to help it nudge towards that direction either. In fact, the government of the [...]
Final moments tweeted could help solve mystery of Baltimore coal train derailment
08/22/2012, The final words of any person tend to bear the highest importance, especially when that particular person is aware of his or her impending passing. The thing is, death is no respecter of age, religion, creed or preparedness – it [...]
Twitter has new restrictions to stifle independently developed Twitter apps
08/16/2012, Twitter has come up with a bunch of new restrictions which independent developers might not be too comfortable with – basically, the micro blogging company has announced their latest list of restrictions which will definitely offer a stern discouragement against [...]
