After exposing private tweets, plaintext passwords, and personal information for hundreds of thousands of its users, here is a new security blunder social networking company Twitter admitted today.Twitter announced that the phone numbers and email addresses of some users provided for two-factor authentication (2FA) protection had been used for targeted advertising … [Read more...] about You Gave Your Phone Number to Twitter for Security and Twitter Used it for Ads
Twitter temporarily disables ‘Tweeting via SMS’ after CEO gets hacked
Twitter today finally decided to temporarily disable a feature, called 'Tweeting via SMS,' after it was abused by a hacking group to compromise Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey last week and sent a series of racist and offensive tweets to Dorsey's followers.Dorsey's Twitter account was compromised last week when a hacker group calling itself "Chuckling Squad" replicated a mobile phone … [Read more...] about Twitter temporarily disables ‘Tweeting via SMS’ after CEO gets hacked
The Top 15 Smartphone Apps
ComScore has released its report on key trends in the U.S. smartphone industry for February 2015. Data from MobiLens and Mobile Metrix determined the top 15 applications by app audience. Facebook ranked as the top smartphone app, reaching 71.2 percent of the app audience, followed by YouTube (56.4 percent), Google Search (52.2 percent) and Google Play (51.4 percent). … [Read more...] about The Top 15 Smartphone Apps
‘Periscope’ Live Video Streaming App Launched by Twitter
Twitter has launched Periscope, a new app that lets you share or view live streaming video from your iPhone. [appstore id=972909677] Periscope lets you broadcast live video to the world. Going live will instantly notify your followers who can join, comment and send you hearts in real time. The more hearts you get, the higher they flutter on the screen. … [Read more...] about ‘Periscope’ Live Video Streaming App Launched by Twitter
Tweetbot Now Supports Twitter Videos
Tweetbot for iPhone has been updated with support for viewing Twitter videos and better support for Twitter GIFs. [appstore id=722294701] Tweetbot is a full-featured Twitter client that's fast, beautiful, and redesigned from the ground up for iOS7. Tweetbot has slimmed down to look and feel more like iOS7 and has also gained a lot of charm and speed in the process. Prepare to … [Read more...] about Tweetbot Now Supports Twitter Videos
Twitter Video will be a fullblown YouTube competitor
Twitter's upcoming video service will be a 'fullblown YouTube competitor', according to details discovered by Daniel Raffel. Raffel managed to find the full End User License Agreement for Twitter Video in their JavaScript. A FAQ and Terms also offers more details about the service. Twitter Video will support "mp4" and "mov" with an aspect ratio of 16:9, up to 10 … [Read more...] about Twitter Video will be a fullblown YouTube competitor
NSA servers collecting personal data sent by iPhone applications
The U.S. NSA looks for data sent by iPhone apps in order to get personal data on targets, according to a new report from The New York Times and some other news agencies. The secret report noted that the profiles vary depending on which of the ad companies — which include Burstly and Google’s ad services, two of the largest online advertising businesses — compiles them. … [Read more...] about NSA servers collecting personal data sent by iPhone applications
Twitter is Now Letting Users Receive Direct Messages From Any Follower
Twitter is rolling out a new option that lets users allow direct messages from any of their followers. The option is not enabled by default but can be turned on via the Settings menu. … [Read more...] about Twitter is Now Letting Users Receive Direct Messages From Any Follower
Twitter Updates TweetDeck for Mac With Several Updates
Twitter has released an update to TweetDeck for Mac that makes it easier to Tweet, send DMs, and preview images to share. TweetDeck makes it easier for publishers, marketers and power users to track the real-time conversations they care about. It brings more flexibility and insight to power users through a customizable layout that lets you keep up with the people and topics … [Read more...] about Twitter Updates TweetDeck for Mac With Several Updates
Echofon Twitter App Gets Redesigned for iOS 7
The Echofon Twitter app has been redesigned for iOS 7. Lightning Fast. Super Powerful. Simple to Use. Echofon is wrapped in a beautiful, clean interface that delivers a punch featuring Twitter Site Streams, real-time Push Notifications and powerful extras to enable you to manage your busy social media life on Twitter. … [Read more...] about Echofon Twitter App Gets Redesigned for iOS 7