Researchers Launch PDF Protest In Aaron Swartz’s Memory
Researchers have launched a PDF protest under the hashtag #pdftribute on Twitter, asking users to share copyrighted research articles in honor of Aaron Swartz.
Library Of Congress Starts Archiving 170 Billion Tweets
Library of Congress has collected nearly 170 billion tweets since 2006 and is creating an archive. The Library intends to archive all public tweets in the coming days.
Nielsen And Twitter Join Hands To Devise Social TV Ratings
Nielsen has joined hands with Twitter to create social TV ratings which will try to keep track of real-time response of viewers to different TV shows.
Instagram CEO Agreed To $525 Million Offer From Twitter Before Going With Facebook
Facebook has bought Instagram for $1 billion. But many of us may not know that popular social networking site Twitter wanted to buy Instagram for $525 million.
Twitter Finally Starts Rolling Out The Option To Download Tweets
Multiple reports cite that Twitter is finally making the option of downloading all tweets available. Many users claim that they are already able to do so.
Instagram Abandons Photo-Integration Support Within Twitter
Twitter has now announced that Instagram has silently stopped supporting photo-integration on Twitter. You can no longer expand tweets to view Instagram photos on a link.
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 Twitter Campaign Backfired
Microsoft launched a Twitter advertising campaign for Android users to share "malware horror story" with Android devices which backfired.
Technology Makes Earthquake Warnings More Timely And Accessible
Tokyo residents are increasing turning to social media and special apps to help them stay up to date with any earthquake alerts and updates.
Google I/O 2013 Event Schedule Announced, Registration Opening In February
Google announced on December 4 through its Twitter account that the company's next I/O conference will take place for three days next year - from May 15 to May 17.
Twitter, Facebook And Venmo Fixed SMS Vulnerability Discovered By Researcher
A security researcher recently discovered a critical vulnerability in SMS-based usage of Twitter, Facebook and Venmo. Thankfully, nearly all three have fixed it by now.
Birds Tweet Online Using A Special Keyboard
Voldemars Dudums, a Latvian artist, has devised a clever keyboard which allows birds to generate tweet which are then set to Twitter through an API.
Pope Benedict XVI Joins Twitter Using @Pontifex Handle
Pope Benedict XVI has decided to tweet from his personal account. The handle that he will use is @Pontifex. He will also respond to questions through his account.
Google And Twitter Offer Speak2Tweet Voicemail Service For Syrian Users
Syria has been put under a nationwide internet black out. Google and Twitter has now provided Speak2Tweet service to Syrian users.
US Lawmakers Demand A Twitter Ban On Hamas
U.S. lawmakers, obviously Republicans, are demanding that Hamas should be banned from Twitter. Naturally, this is being demanded to shut out the other side of the story.
