iTunes's Ping Feature Gains Twitter Support

Twitter has just announced it's support with Apple's iTunes Ping feature! You can link your Ping profile to your Twitter account and find the people you know on Twitter on Ping.

Starting today Ping, iTunes' new social network for music, and Twitter are making it even easier for people to share music discoveries with their friends by putting Ping activity, song previews and links to purchase and download music from the iTunes Store right in their Tweets on Twitter.com.

Also thanks to New Twitter’s embed panel, you’ll be able to see song previews and iTunes links directly in the Twitter home page.

On Ping you can easily link to your Twitter account to instantly find Ping users among the people you already follow on Twitter.

Once you’ve linked the accounts, whenever you Post, Like, Review, or tell your friends why you purchased a song or album on Ping, this activity will also be tweeted to your Twitter followers – complete with playable song previews and links to purchase and download music from iTunes.

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Twitter for Android Gets Twitter iPhone App Features

Android users rejoice! Twitter for Android has received a major update which includes some awesome enhancements and introduces a more consistent experience keeping users well updated, connected and with access to features as compared to Twitter for iPhone App.

Major updates include Swipe on a tweet and options like retweet, links to the profile of tweeter, favorite etc.

Some of the major updates of the release are:

• Tweet details page: Twitter has changer the layout of the timeline and introduced a Tweet details page, which you can access by simply clicking on a Tweet. This feature makes it easier to click on links and reply to, retweet, or favorite a Tweet.
• Speed: The app is now even faster. In this version, Twitter has tried a new way of drawing a timeline of Tweets that optimizes for scrolling speed.
• Pull to Refresh: This popular feature, which was first available through our iPhone app, functions just as it sounds – when you’re at the top of your timeline, simply pull down to load new Tweets.
• Swipe to Reveal: Swipe across a Tweet to get quick access to several options, such as viewing a user’s profile, sharing a tweet, or replying.
• Quote a Tweet: Clicking the retweet icon now gives you the option to quote a Tweet. Of course, you can still retweet as you normally would.

The app is out now on Android Market, get it while it’s hot!

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Twitter CEO Ev Williams is Stepping Down to Focus On Product

Twitter is replacing CEO (Chief executive officer) and Co-Founder Ev Williams with COO (Chief operating officer) Dick Costolo, so that Williams “be completely focused on product strategy.”. We all were shocked when we saw the blog post by Williams talking about #NewTwitterCEO. Here's the blog post.

The challenges of growing an organization so quickly are numerous. Growing big is not success, in itself. Success to us means meeting our potential as a profitable company that can retain its culture and user focus while having a positive impact on the world. This is no small task. I frequently reflect on the type of focus that is required from everyone at Twitter to get us there.

This led to a realization as we launched the new Twitter. I am most satisfied while pushing product direction. Building things is my passion, and I’ve never been more excited or optimistic about what we have to build.

This is why I have decided to ask our COO, Dick Costolo, to become Twitter’s CEO. Starting today, I’ll be completely focused on product strategy.

Twitter was growing in the last two years since Williams was the CEO, he mentioned that when he started there were only 20 employees working at Twitter, today there are 300 employees. Also people were tweeting about 1.25 million tweets a day, now, about 90 million a day. Even in those same two years, Twitter grew from 3 million registered users to more than 160 million today. So, Ev Williams was really a great CEO.

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Meet the New Twitter Website [Hands On]

Twitter's been trending on it's own social media website over the weekend about #NewTwitter, now, it's been revealed (at least for me). The new Twitter website is very similar to it's newly released iPad app with two-column style, the left one showing the stream and the right one providing all content, videos, images, and other content. The coolest feature in the new Twitter is embedded content, it'll now open in-line in the right column.

Of course, the biggest addition is adding pictures and videos embedded on the site, sixteen media providers are on the board including Twitpic, Youtube, Twitvid, Vimeo, Ustream, and other popular picture & video services. The search bar and settings has been given placement at the top of the site in its own header. Rollouts are selected by members not places, within weeks, everyone will get it, and also can get back to the old one (but no one would do that).

Ok, I don't want to talk a lot as the pictures and screenshots can say all what I need to say, but at least I can say, we can now give up our dedicated Twitter clients (TweetDeck, HootSuite, Echofon, etc.), Pictures below.

Main Screen


Embedded Content


Time Line Stream [Left Column]


Right Column


Profile Page


Search Results


Retweets list


Embedded Image from Twitpic


Embedded Video from Twitvid


Messages Page

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Two Most Requested Features, Come to New Twitter

Twitter will enrich its new web interface with some new features, today we were tipped with arrival of the most requested features which will be touchable in the New Twitter. the two features are "Reply to All" and "Auto-complete"

Reply-to-all function does exactly what you would think, so that if some names are mentioned in a tweet, your reply button will now reply to all mentioned names. If you want to remove any of the mentioned names, you have to handle this manually.

Auto-complete function allows you simply start with the '@' sign and type the first letter of any name, then it will automatically suggest you with names.

Some of these feature may be already existing on some Twitter client apps, but we can't forget the big amount of users who just use the service wia twitter.com, Any way it seems like we will surprised with tons of the new amazing features on the NewTwitter interface.
[via thenextweb]

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Twitter is Under Attack [WARNING], [Updatet 1x]

A new Twitter security flaw has been widely exploited on thousands of Twitter accounts, this was due to a new Javascript exploit that is currently spreading like wildfire across Twitter service. The bug is particularly nasty because it works on mouse-over only. that means pop-ups and third party website can open even if you just move your mouse over the offending link.

JavaScript function called onMouseOver is behind this flaw, which creates an event when the mouse is passed over a chunk of text. For who are using third party twitter apps, they are safe from the bug.

Update 1: Few minutes ago twitter has mentioned fixing of this bug.

We've identified and are patching a XSS attack; as always, please message @safety if you have info regarding such an exploit.

[via mashable]

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New Twitter Web Interface, Really AWESOME

Twitter has announced that it's rolling out a new version of its web interface, called NewTwitter. As usual some users will start seeing Twitter new look as soon as tonight, and it will be availble for all Twitter users over the next few weeks, In the New Twitter, you will find @mentions, retweets, searches, and lists just above your timeline, On the right, you can see the features you’re familiar with, including whom you recently followed and who recently followed you, favorites, and Trending Topics.

These changes will roll out as a preview over the next several weeks. During the preview, you'll be able to switch back and forth so you have time to grow accustomed to the way things work. Eventually, everyone will have the updated version of Twitter.com.

The most amazing feature in the new Twitter look is the ability of embedding photos and videos directly on Twitter. Few days ago we mentioned that Twitter surpasses 145 million registered users, so I think the new Twitter interface will be a new milestone with the amount of registered users, and it will leads to spark the competition with Facebook.

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Twitter Surpasses 145 Million Registered Users and 300,000 New Users Per Day

Four months ago, Twitter has stated that it reached 105 million registered users, Today Twitter has been exceeded 145 million active user according to Twitter CEO Evan Williams, this reflect that Twitter has surpasses 300,000 new users per day.

As this data shows, while smart phone clients are important, there are even more people who use the mobile Twitter web site and/or SMS. We've been seeing strong growth in both of these areas.

In fact, the smartphone plays a huge role in Twitter's growth as 60% of new Twitter users join via mobile device.

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Twitter Introducs @TwitterU for Twitter Jobs

Twitter has just launched their new account @TwitterU as Twitter U Recruiting to offer Twitter Jobs so you can work for Twitter. Now, you can apply for job to work on Twitter, Write down your Name, Email, Country, Twitter Username, etc.. If you are ready for the job, Twitter will contact you! The following positions are available,

Twitter is a growing company in the center of a quickly evolving landscape. Our goal is to foster the open exchange of information, as we believe this leads to positive things happening in the world.

Analytics
Commercial Data Analyst

Corporate IT
IT Administrator

Engineering
Engineering Program Manager
Software Engineer - Front-End
Software Engineer - Geo
Software Engineer - Release
Software Engineer - Search
Software Engineer - Storage
Software Engineer - Systems
Software Engineer - Tools
Technical Writer

Human Resources
Director, HR

Legal
Contract Manager
Legal Counsel - IP and Litigation

Mobile
Software Engineer - Android
Software Engineer - Mobile

Monetization
Software Engineer - Monetization

Operations
Application Security Engineer
MySQL DBA
Network and Infrastructure Security Engineer
Network Engineer
Operations Engineer
Senior Operations Engineer
Site Operations Technician

Public Policy
Government Liaison

Support
Software Engineer - User Support Systems
User Support - Spanish

Trust & Safety
Spam Support - Weekend Shift

University Recruiting
Software Engineer - New Grad

User Experience & Design
UI Designer

Go ahead, apply for a job as they massively need some workers right now!

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How to: Add Tweet Button Bookmarklet To Any Browser

Last week we have announced the new official twitter tweet button, also we have showed you how to add the official Twitter tweet button on Blogger and Wordpress blogs, today Twitter add a new Button called Bookmarklet which allow you to share links from any page even it doesn't contain Tweet button.

The Bookmarklet button shortens links automatically. All what you need to do, drag and drop "Share on Twitter" button into your bookmark bar on any browser official guide here.

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Twitter Rolling Out You Both Follow Again

Last month, We already told you that Twitter began testing "You Both Follow" feature for some users, Today, it appears like Twitter is rolling out You Both Follow again for all users! As you see in the screenshot below, Twitter shows us You Both Follow feature the same as Following feature.

Not only that, I just noticed that Twitter adds another new feature "Followed By" which is showing the followers that You follow and are followers for the user you check for! here's a screenshot to confirm that

Then, do you see this feature or not? Tell us your opinions by commenting below

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Twitter Introduces Tweet Buttons

Couple of Days ago, Mashable reported that Twitter will announce Tweet button at the end of this week, and here we go, Twitter announces Tweet Buttons in a new blog post,Twitter takes over TweetMeme by adding this feature.

Here's an official video from Twitter introduces Tweet Buttons,

This Tweet buttons are useful for publishers not for normal users, All you have to do to add this tweet buttons is to navigate to this Site and then choose your size and other things you will find! By the way, I will be adding this tweet buttons soon on CoveringWeb so stay tuned and compare between the official Tweet Buttons and TweetMeme buttons

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Twitter Fast Follow Send Users' Tweets To Your Phone , No Account needed

Twitter continues the improvement of its services, we just announced about the twitter official tweet buttons, today twitter just announced a new amzaing features.

We’ve always been big fans of trusty SMS messaging. In fact, sending a text was originally the only way users could tweet. This is why Tweets are 140 characters -- they need to fit into a text message. more

Fast Follow:
The new fast follow let you follow anyone anywhere, for example if you are out and about find someone who is on Twitter, you don't have to remember their name for later, you just text "follow [username]" to 40404 , this will let you start following this user.

SMS Alerts:
By texting "on [username]" or 'off [username]' , that will let you turn your SMS alerts for a this user on or off, in addition if you text "get [username]" is another mobile feature, this will allow you to get the most recent Tweet from this user sent right to your phone.

This will be a feature to the users who are using devices that doesn't support application.
Note: this option is available inside the USA, Twitter now working to enable the new feature outside the USA.

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Twitter is Launching Official Tweet Buttons This Week

Big News! According to Mashable, Twitter is introducing it's own tweet buttons this week and it may be available by Thursday. All Site owners now use the popular TweetMeMe's buttons but may be Twitter give it a way to a better tweet buttons? Here's a fast review of the official tweet buttons,

As appears, Tweet buttons will be easy and will get tracking codes for site owners to help them more and more! It's just a simple code to copy and paste on your site / blog.

Of course there's three styles for the button (Horizontal with Count, Horizontal without Count, and Vertical with Count) as shown below.

Twitter seems hell-bent on touting the simplicity of the service as TweetMeMe is not giving a perfect service because users must allow TweetMeMe on their Twitter accounts to be able to ReTweet. So Stay Tuned and we will be sure to inform you with any updates!

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Twitter is Adding "Suggestions for You" and "Recommendations" Features

Just heads up, Twitter has published a new blog post saying it begins to roll out a new feature "Suggestions for You", This new feature suggests people you don’t currently follow that you may find interesting or known as "Recommended Users". You will be able to see "Suggestions for You" field under "Find People", it's not appearing for normal users now, Only for Developers!

With more than a hundred million users on Twitter, there are sure to be at least dozens of accounts out there that will reflect your interests. The trouble is finding all of them. Today we're beginning to roll out a simple, but powerful new feature to help address that -- "Suggestions for You". The algorithms in this feature, built by our user relevance team, suggest people you don’t currently follow that you may find interesting. The suggestions are based on several factors, including people you follow and the people they follow. You'll see these suggestions on Twitter.com and the Find People section. If you like a suggestion, click "follow"; if you don't, click "hide," and we’ll try not to suggest that user again.

Oh Another Great Feature "Recommendations", this features allows you to see similar users when you view another users, this recommendations should be similar to the user you access his account.

In addition, you will begin to see recommendations for similar users when you view another account’s profile. If you’re interested in a particular user, you might be interested in these other accounts as well.

This Features will be available Soon, So Stay Tuned!
Update 1: Features Started to Work for me! What about you?

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Twitter to bring Photos and Videos in Stream

I know that's surprising most of us, But as I thought, Twitter is going to add Photos and Videos to be shown in the Stream, You will be able to see Photos and Videos in your Twitter timeline the same as Facebook but much easier and faster!

This was found in a description of a new features called "Twitter Media" as shown above:
By default, you’ll only see images and videos shared by people you’re following, and reveal those by people you’re not. Check this box to see media from everyone on Twitter.
[via Mashable]
Update 1: From Twitter:

We’re constantly exploring features and settings. What you saw was a small test of a potential consumption setting for inline media. We show inline media on our own iPhone and Android apps.

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Fake Email sent from Twitter, Delete it Right now!

Hey, if you got an Email on your account from Twitter, don't think to open, and never think to click on the link inside it, It's just a big fake. Twitter Safety account has just tweeted that an Email will be sent telling you that your account will be deleted unless you click on the link, This is FAKE.

Here's the tweet:

Heads-up: if you receive an email saying that your account will be deleted unless you click on a link, it's not from us.

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Twitter has Launched @EarlyBird, Get Ready to advertise

I already talked you about @EarlyBird account which was another big advertising system, It's a big revenue source for Twitter, Through EarlyBird, Twitter help advertisers to advertise on it by tweeting for people who following EarlyBir. Twitter has just announced that EarlyBird is ready for Work!

Here's a part of the Release from Twitter:

What is @earlybird?
Twitter @earlybird Exclusive Offers are special time-bound deals, sneak-peeks, and events that are promoted by the official Twitter @earlybird account. We partner with select advertisers and retweet offers that they have crafted only for the Twitter community. Our advertising partners determine the terms of the offer, including availability, amount, and price. As with other forms of advertising from Twitter, we are focused on bringing value to our users and will keep your interests in mind as we develop this program.

You can continue knowing more about This @EarlyBird by keep reading the release from Twitter, posted here.

If you read it, you will find that it's all about advertising deals, Just get ready for the advertising if you want! go and follow @EarlyBird on twitter and Stay tuned for more news about this Bird.

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@EarlyBird, yet another advertising revenue source for Twitter!

Yes, Twitter has created their new account on Twitter "@EarlyBird", this account is another advertising revenue source for twitter, Twitter will be Publishing Shopping Deals Through @EarlyBird Account. Imagine how much Twitter will get from this account!

ReadWriteWeb has successfully emailed Carolyn Penner about @EarlyBird and he answered the following:

There are interesting things in store for @earlybird. Keep waking up early and you might be the first to find out what they are.

So you can also be the first (may be me) by sending a request to follow @EarlyBird on Twitter. Stay tuned for more news about this Early Bird!

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Twitter for iPhone brings support for iOS 4 [Includes Multitasking]

Twitter for iPhone has just updated to brings support for iOS 4 and the newly released iPhone 4 which arrived early today, and Yes Twitter brings Multitasking feature for the newly released iOS 4. Check the official change log bellow..

What’s New in Version 3.0.1
- OAuth update
- Stuck top tweets fix

As you see in the change log above there's no support for Multitasking but I confirm that I already tried it and it's working with Multitasking. Multitasking is already enable on iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 3G but for iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 2G can enable it by Redsn0w using the step by step guide posted here.

Download Twitter for iPhone 3.0.1 [iTunes link]

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