Twitter just pushed a major update to its iOS and Android application. The update brings with it a brand new and refreshed look. Activity and Discover tabs can now be accessed by swiping and there is a fresh focus on getting access to DMs.
Twitter has updated both the Android (v 5.0) and iPhone (v5.13) apps with new Search Filters that help you quickly find exactly the Tweets and people you’re looking for. Twitter released v5.0 Beta for Android back in September for a closed group that brought new UI, Navigation menu and more, looks like it has dropped the idea to bring the … Continue reading “Twitter for Android and iPhone updated with new Search filters, Trending Timeline and more”
Starsports.com and Twitter have partnered to offer in-stream videos on starsports.com for Twitter users, without leaving Twitter. As part of the partnership, whenever a link to starsports.com is tweeted, Twitter users on mobile will have the option to download the starsports.com application. Once the mobile application is installed, they will be able to open the app directly … Continue reading “Twitter partners with Star Sports to offer in-stream videos on mobile”
Twitter has updated both the Android (v 4.1.9) and iPhone (v5.12) apps with a new in-line preview. Now, Tweets that have images posted via Twitter and videos will be available in-line. You can just tap to see more of the photo or play the video. You can turn off the image previews from the settings. You … Continue reading “Twitter for Android and iPhone updated with in-line image and video previews”
Twitter has finally released the official Android app for tablets. It is not available for all the tablets yet, but Twitter has announced that the app would first be available for Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition. The Landscape view shows Tweets, conversations, Trends, accounts to follow and more. You can just tap a tweet that expand … Continue reading “Twitter for Android arrives for Tablets, debuts on Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition”
It’s been a while since the official Twitter for Windows Phone app got its updates. It had unsurprisingly missed the conversation thread update iOS and Android received. While that feature has still evaded the platform, we have news of an update for the app. The app now arguably brings more choices and interesting changes to … Continue reading “Twitter for Windows Phone updated with Dark Theme option and Lock Screen highlights”
Twitter introduced a closed beta at the end of August, now the app has received a major update that brings a completely new UI with separate tabs for Home, Notifications, Messages, Activity, Trending, Find People and Me. You can swipe to switch between these apps. There is also a Navigation menu for these with notification … Continue reading “Twitter for Android v5.0 Beta brings new UI, Navigation menu and more”
Twitter has updated both the Android (v 4.1.6)and iPhone (v5.10) apps with a new conversation view. Now, Tweets that are part of a conversation are shown in chronological order. Up to three Tweets are shown in a sequence in the home timeline, once you tap a Tweet, you can see all the replies, including those from people you … Continue reading “Twitter for Android and iPhone updated with new conversations view”
Twitter just pushed out an update for its iOS and Android applications which primarily adds new security related features. It is now possible to use login verification and approve such requests directly from the phone. Two factor authentication had been added to Twitter web a few months back but the updated version of the app … Continue reading “Twitter updates Android & iOS apps, adds login verification and photo galleries”
Vodafone India has partnered with Twitter India to offer access to Twitter for Android app and mobile.twitter.com free of any mobile charges for three months without any data pack. Twitter will promote the ‘no mobile internet charges’ experience on Vodafone by clearly prompting and informing the customer on the applicable charges, especially when they are accessing … Continue reading “Vodafone offers free access to Twitter for Android and Mobile Web for 3 months”
Twitter for Android got a major update to version 4.1.2 last week that brought lot of new features including Richer search results, Direct Messages sync across devices and lots more new features. Twitter has pushed a minor update to the Android app that brings New reply composer on the bottom in the Tweet details and … Continue reading “Twitter for Android v4.1.3 update brings new reply composer and better sharing”
Twitter for BlackBerry 10 has been a mixed experience, with it mostly tending to be worse than on other platforms, but thanks to a new update, the real time social network is now better and more functional on BlackBerry 10. The new version 10.2 brings a refreshed user interface with minor tweaks and new features. … Continue reading “Twitter for BlackBerry 10 gets improved UX and new features with the latest update”
Twitter has updated the apps for Android, iPhone and iPad apps that brings direct messages (DM) sync across all your devices, so when you read a DM on your a device, it will be marked as read in other devices. Twitter for Android v4.1.2, iPhone and iPad v5.8 update brings improved search results that shows … Continue reading “Twitter for Android, iPhone and iPad updated with DM sync, improved search and more”
Twitter for BlackBerry has been updated to version 4.2.0.8 that brings new features including option to view more photos in tweets with card support, New colors to show favorited or retweeted in your timeline, visual indicators, similar profile suggestions and more new features.
Whatsapp, one of the most popular online messaging services, has revealed a very important statistic to the Wall Street Journal that it has crossed 250 million active monthly users, which is incidentally bigger than Twitter which recently announced 200 million monthly active users. This makes Whatsapp one of the largest messaging platforms. In comparison, Skype … Continue reading “Whatsapp crosses 250 million active users, bigger than Twitter”
