May 13, 2013
For many of us, Twitter is fine just the way it is. Despite what you may think, I’m not going to say otherwise. Twitter truly is fine just the way it is. The thing is, and much like everything else, it can also be better, and making it better doesn’t necessarily involve using a third-party [...]
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May 8, 2013
The true meaning of mobile for me is pulling out my iPhone and getting something done quickly while waiting in traffic at a stoplight, in line to order fast-food, or in the morning after my alarm goes off. I use Triage for quickly checking emails, Pastie for pasting quick snippets to text, Swipy for quickly emailing myself, Reach Fast for quickly locating contacts, and Scraps for quickly writing notes and saving or exporting them somewhere else - and now I'm going to tell you why.
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April 26, 2013
Twitter's long-neglected Mac application has just had its first update since June 2011. Version 2.2 of the service's official desktop client adds support for Retina displays and a redesigned Tweet composer with support for image hosting at pic.twitter.com. Also included in the update are a set of new icons and support for 14 new languages.
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April 19, 2013
I was made aware of a new app, Rowi, which has been attracting great reviews. It seemed sensible to check it out and compare with what I was already using. Initially I was skeptical After all, even if the native Twitter integration on Windows Phone wasn't meeting my needs, I could still use the third party app, which has recently had a visual overhaul to bring it into line with the Android and iOS versions. What exactly could Rowi bring to the table?
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April 5, 2013
Twitter has released a new version of its Android app, with a significant re-design that makes it easier to connect with the content you want to read. The new design, which is "crafted for Android 4.0+" features wider and taller timelines that fill the entire screen, giving you more content to read at a glance. It also comes with a flat, margin-less navigation bar on top, tap and hold for more options such as retweeting, and swipe edge to edge across the screen for easier navigation.
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April 3, 2013
Experience Twitter, Windows 8 style. The people who run the web's water cooler just got around to putting together an app for Microsoft's new platform, and it's pretty great. Everything you love about Twitter – your timeline, your interactions and your ways of discovering new content – are all arranged in an easy-to-browse Metro app. There's even a built-in browser, meaning you can read articles linked to without closing your timeline.
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March 30, 2013
TweetDeck for Mac has been updated with new features and is now more in-line with the Web-version of the popular Twitter client. The update adds filters, enabling column filtering by Twitter handle, retweets, or media including pictures, videos and links. Also rolling out is an advanced search feature for excluding or including specific search terms.
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March 7, 2013
Twitter announced this week that it will be discontinuing support for its Adobe AIR version of TweetDeck, as well as TweetDeck for Android and iPhone. The social network says it will be removing these applications from their respective stores in May, and that the apps themselves will stop working shortly thereafter. Facebook integration is also being discontinued.
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February 16, 2013
Nowadays, we’re spread pretty thin on all the social network accounts that we have: Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Tumblr, etc. so managing them can either take a considerable amount of time, or they just don’t get managed like some of them should. Many of these social networks are much more enjoyable to use with an all-in-one type interface.
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February 15, 2013
A quick look at the Windows Phone apps + games service will reveal an endless list of Twitter related apps for the device – which is strange as Twitter functions (such as Tweeting and retweeting) can be found in the People Hub! So, why do so many Twitter apps exist, and why would you choose the official Twitter app as your preferred choice?
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February 13, 2013
If you don't want to download a desktop app to use as your Twitter client, there are a few interesting browser-based apps and extensions that can do a great job of offering you all the key features needed to interact with your friends and followers. Persona, a free Chrome app, is not only a great Twitter client, but also offers users a slick interface to keep up with their Facebook accounts as well as RSS feeds.
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January 17, 2013
If you're a fan of using Twitter or Facebook on your mobile, then you have every reason in the world to check out the Hootsuite Android application. And speaking as someone who has recently explored it in depth, I'm sure you'll love it. Hootsuite makes it very easy for users to check particular Twitter lists, mentions, searches, news feeds and more from up to 5 social media accounts for free.
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January 15, 2013
We are no strangers to Twitter clients for Android. In the past we’ve reviewed both Plume and Boid, and if you look at our list of Best Android Apps you will also find Twicca, TweetDeck, and more. But the landscape of Twitter clients is ever-evolving, with ambitious developers always trying to pull the next great thing. And sometimes, it works. Sometimes, they end up with a beautiful, slick client like Falcon Pro.
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January 10, 2013
iOS hasn’t changed very much in appearance for the past few years - but it is beautiful. There’s an innate elegance and smoothness to many iOS apps; something that can’t really be captured in words, but more in the responsiveness of the interface and its functional minimalism. The same, unfortunately, can’t be said for Android - many Android apps are pretty messy, using a hodgepodge of unclear UI conventions and controls.
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December 13, 2012
Over the last few years, Twitter has become one of the backbone social media networks. It’s quick in sharing information, it’s public so any information can be easily searched, and quite honestly it has less drama than Facebook because you don’t have to follow the people that follow you. News channels use Twitter regularly to [...]
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