RIM’s official Twitter app for BlackBerry devices has been rumored to be coming for the last few weeks. It was released into beta yesterday and I’ve been test-driving it for the last 24 hours. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it’s not very good and here’s why:
• It’s incredibly slow to load and each tab (timeline, @s, …
It’s no secret: MySpace has seen better days.
Yesterday, the announcement came that Owen Van Natta has stepped down from the position as CEO of the once-king of social media, effective immediately.
(More on Techland: Google Launches Google Buzz)
Van Natta was named CEO in April, 2009 and the only reason for his exit after not …
Today in Mountain View, CA, Google revealed Buzz, a Twitter- and Facebook-like social networking feature that’s been integrated into Gmail that also extends into Android devices and iPhones. It does a little more than inform your followers or friends as to what you’re eating for breakfast, though. Buzz allows you to share links, …
The invites are out and something is afoot in Mountain View, CA, at the Google campus. Whatever could it be? Well, this much we know so far, Google will be “unveiling some product innovations in two of [its] most popular products.”
According to an earlier report from the WSJ, Google will unveil a Gmail plug-in that streams …
Below is a compilation of nerdy commercials from Super Bowl 44. Enjoy.
Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010
Today in Techland: We watched Snoop Dog and Darth Vader invade Times Square on behalf of Adidas, Steve talked with Shawn Ashmore (Iceman from X-Men!) about his role in upcoming film Frozen, and Peter sat down with Marvel Comic scribe Matt Fraction, the man behind Iron Man. Peter’s also entering Wired‘s challenge …
Today, Expedition 22 Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer has tweeted where no man has tweeted before.
Until now, NASA astronauts were emailing their tweets to ground support where personnel would help them post to their Twitter accounts. Astronauts on the International Space Station were offered a software upgrade this week that gave them …
Love it or hate it – Twitter is here to stay. It’s managed to become invaluable for a number of reasons and if you haven’t already jumped on board, well, you’re actually missing out. The speed with which news can be delivered and shared via the social networking site is astounding. Businesses like Dell and Zappos have been …
Ford unveiled its brand new plan to go-go-gadget your car, complete with a voice-activated dashboard, USB ports, an 8-in. touchscreen and thumb-wheel controls. (Basically, it’s a giant iPhone with wheels.)
The My Ford Touch system will replace the traditional car dashboard with two 4.2-in. color LCD screens that flank …
Late last night Twitter was apparently hacked by a group calling themselves the Iranian Cyber Army. It turns out that it was merely a DNS exploit that redirected Twitter.com visitors to a page with the following message:
Iranian Cyber Army
THIS SITE HAS BEEN HACKED BY IRANIAN CYBER ARMY
iRANiAN.CYBER.ARMY@GMAIL.COM
U.S.A. Think
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Twitter is a necessary evil. And so is the iPhone. (But that has nothing to do with this review at all.)
It’s an unholy amalgamation. But so much information is readily available on Twitter that it’s become an undeniable necessity amongst Internet junkies. Like everything else in Apple’s App Store there’s an absurd amount of …
Just a quick heads up that atebits’ Tweetie 2 for the iPhone is being upgraded to 2.1 and will be available in the App Store in a matter of hours now. The free update for current Tweetie 2 owners will add features such as native retweeting, lists and geotagging. Lists, people! It’s quite possibly the best Twitter app available for …
