Posts Tagged ‘twitter’
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Live in the US? Now you too can pay for sponsored tweets
0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on May 1, 2013 under Channel
If you happen to live on that big blob of land across the pond from the KG HQ, then you can now take advantage of Twitter's tweet sponsoring program, where you pay a set fee in order to put your messa... more. -
Twitter music app now available
0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on April 19, 2013 under Apps
Ok so I said last week that the Twitter music app was going to launch over the first Coachella weekend. My bad. In all fairness though, everyone else said that it was going to, so at least a lot of us... more. -
Twitter launching music app today
0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on April 12, 2013 under Apps
Twitter's not-so-secret music app is set to launch today according to some, following on from several unplanned leaks by random people give early access. The app works by suggesting tracks and artists... more. -
Always on ranter Adam Orth no longer with Microsoft
1 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on April 11, 2013 under Channel
Adam Orth, the Microsoft creative director that a few days ago posted tweets that seemed to sarcastically suggest anyone complaining about always-on DRM was an idiot and should just "#getonwithit#, no... more. -
Hideo Kojima discusses next-gen Fox game engine
1 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on March 21, 2013 under Gaming
The Fox engine is a cross-platform development that will be used in upcoming games like Pro Evolution Soccer 2014, The Phantom Pain and the next Metal Gear title, but beyond that, we don't know much... more. -
UK police call for Twitter, Google and Facebook to delete photos
0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on February 28, 2013 under Channel
The British police forces have called upon social networks run by Twitter, Facebook and Google to take down pictures of the convicted murderer Jon Venables, who's current image has been circulating on... more. -
Possible Weibo max-exodus is brewing
0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on February 18, 2013 under Channel
Twitter could be set to get a big influx of users in the coming few weeks, as Ex-Google China head, Lee Kai-fu, has called for his 30 million+ followers on the Chinese social networking site Weibo, to... more. -
Social network storage, would you pay for it?
0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on December 24, 2012 under Channel
We saw last week how Twitter will soon allow everyone to download a zip file of their activity on the social networking site, but what about having an archive of more than just Twitter? That's what So... more. -
Twitter shakes up executive management
0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on December 20, 2012 under Channel
Social micro blogging network Twitter, has announced a changing of the guard for its upper management, bringing with it a new chief operating officer and chief financial officer. The announcement w... more. -
Westboro Baptist Church Shirley Phelps’ Twitter hacked
0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on December 18, 2012 under Channel
The Westboro Baptist Church is a deplorable group at the best of times, but in the last couple of days it's received an extra helping of hate from the world at large after it announced its intention t... more. -
You can now download your Twitter
0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on December 17, 2012 under Channel
Well you might not be able to specifically, but a small percentage of Twitter users can, as part of a new initiative by the social network to allow users to download their entire account's history of ... more. -
The pope begins tweeting
0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on December 12, 2012 under Channel
The Vatican announced last week that the pope was planning to answer the questions of twitter users, as well as speaking words of wisdom on the social network on the 12th and today is that day. A coup... more. -
The Pope will read your tweets on 12th Dec.
0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on December 4, 2012 under Channel
In a move that can't possibly end well, the Vatican has announced that on 12th December the pope will be performing a question and answer session on Twitter. Not only that, but it's been said that the... more. -
Do social networks make free speech, too free?
3 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on November 16, 2012 under Channel
Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, have brought the world together. They've allowed us to communicate with the stars of our generation and previous ones, they've let us see into the li... more. -
Twitter is an outlet for Israel and Hamas
1 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on November 15, 2012 under Channel
At this stage in the life of social networking, we're all used to seeing downtrodden citizens using the site to show persecution by governments and their own struggles for freedom. However something a... more. -
US government to scan social networks for terrorism
0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on November 13, 2012 under Channel
The United States' department of Homeland Security has begun a one year operation that will test whether it's viable to secure information on terrorists through social networks like Facebook and Twitt... more. -
Twitter censors neo-Nazi account in Germany
0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on October 18, 2012 under Channel
Twitter has blocked German users of the site from viewing the page and tweets of a certain neo-Nazi group, after a request was sent by German police officials to have the page deleted. However it stil... more. -
Murdoch considers phone hacking victims scumbags
1 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on October 15, 2012 under Channel
There has been condemnation from several high profile Twitter users and the general public, after Rupert Murdoch announced on the social networking site that he believed those campaigning against the ... more. -
Paying with tweets?
0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on September 25, 2012 under Channel
Ever thought to yourself, "I'd love to buy some Special K cereal, but I have no money. If only I could pay with my tweets"? If you're one of the very few people that answered yes to that question then... more. -
“Offensive” tweets unlikely to bring criminal charges
0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on September 20, 2012 under Channel
Comments made on social network Twitter, are unlikely to lead to criminal charges, the current director of prosecutions, Keir Starmer has said. This follows in the wake of scandal surrounding jokes ma... more. -
Twitter emphasises pictures with new look
0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on September 19, 2012 under Channel
Twitter has overhauled its look, by emphasising photos as part of a redesign that has quite obviously taken some inspiration from Facebook's Timeline cover photo. Revealed for the first time by com... more. -
Can Tweet sentence cause a jail sentence?
5 CommentsPosted by Jules on August 1, 2012 under General Tech
In one of the most bizarre stories of recent times, a British teenager has been arrested for a tweet in which no one swore, threatened, made racial or sexual statements. KitGuru considers how free a c... more. -
Can you spot a psycho in a tweet?
0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on July 23, 2012 under Channel
A team of researchers at the Florida Atlantic University, working with the Online Privacy Foundation and Kaggle, have been trying to discover if psychopathy can be detected through a person's tweets. ... more. -
OldTweets acts as social time machine
0 CommentsPosted by Jon Martindale on July 13, 2012 under Channel
OldTweets was launched this week, providing users with the opportunity to look back to the first year of social network Twitter, to see what early adopters were talking about. While this might seem li... more. -
ioS 5.1 Jailbreak for A5+ devices will take a while
0 CommentsPosted by Stephen Dougherty on March 30, 2012 under Apple, Channel, iPad, iPhone
If you're eagerly awaiting the arrival of a jailbreak for your iOS 5.1-running A5+ powered device including the iPad 3 you could still be waiting a fair while, as indicated by French hacker Joshua Hil... more. -
Rupert Murdoch attacks Google over ‘piracy’
1 CommentsPosted by Carl on January 16, 2012 under Channel
Twitter is the new launching pad for celebrities to air their views online, and the latest comes from Rupert Murdoch who has used his Twitter account to attack Google. He has accused the search engine... more. -
Winners of Tweetsport Naughty and Nice Twitlist 2011 announced
0 CommentsPosted by Simon on December 12, 2011 under Channel
Tweetsport, the real-time tweet by tweet sport news site, announced the winners of the Naughty and Nice Twitlist for 2011 today (Monday 12th December 2011). Tweetsport which reviewed tweets from over ... more. -
Twitter announce 100 million user base globally
1 CommentsPosted by Taps on September 9, 2011 under Channel
Twitter are going from strength to strength. According to Dick Costolo, they have 100 million users now globally. Of those, more than half are active daily and 40 percent of them read the site without... more. -
Fox’s Twitter hacked: claims of Obama’s assassination
1 CommentsPosted by Slyvia on July 5, 2011 under Channel
The Secret Service are investigating the hacking of Fox's political Twitter account over messages which said that President Barack Obama had been assassinated. The FoxNewsPolitics account was hacke... more. -
Twitter won’t protect users from court
1 CommentsPosted by Slyvia on May 26, 2011 under Channel
Ryan Giggs, footballer with Manchester United has been at the center of an affair scandal in recent weeks. To protect his identity he logged a 'super injunction' to stop the English press speaking out... more.
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