Reading is mostly what large screen users do. Yup, the iPad and Tabs are heavily used for reading, and not just watching movies or videos, or an alternate for a full time laptop (let’s not forget they come very handy when sharing presentations).
Tweet from anywhere inside of Mac OSX Lion [How To]
OSX Lion has got some amazing features, right out of the box. One great little feature discovered, which is similar to the new feature in iOS5 as well, Twitter integration. We’ve shown you how to get Google+ easily on your Mac, and now we are going to show you how you can easily tweet messages from anywhere inside of OSX Lion. The basics are just click and drag any text you want to tweet in Safari, Mail, etc. and OSX Lion grabs it and puts it into your tweet window using Twitter for Mac. Obviously, you will need Twitter for Mac installed to get this working.
Send and Reply to Tweets using TwitkaFly right from your Springboard [jailbreak tweak]
TwitkaFly is a jailbreak app that allows a user to send and reply to tweets right from the springboard, without having to open the twitter or tweetbot app on their iOS device. The app works on any jailbroken device with iOS 4 or higher, including iPod, iPhone and the iPad.
How To: Install Twitter Widget For Notification Center In iOS 5 [Guide]
Apple introduced iOS 5 less than 2 weeks back and released the first beta to developers with over 200 new features. Not long after that, Dev Team managed to jailbreak iOS 5 beta 1 with the same Limera1n exploit used for iOS 4.x which allowed Cydia developers to start developing tweaks for the new iOS. Without a doubt, iOS 5 Notification Center has caught the foremost attention of these developers with back to back widgets and customization releases in the last couple of days.
iOS 5 To Bring Twitter Integration For Photo & Content Sharing?
A report published by TechCrunch early this week revealed Apple’s plans to integrate Twitter in iOS 5 for easy sharing of photos and other content. The claim was backed up by an official announcement from Twitter the very next day stating that it will soon launch its own photo sharing service as well as a hint from John Gruber of Daring Fireball that Apple will indeed be building Twitter deeply into iOS 5. Now, another source has shed some more light on Apple’s Twitter integration plans.
Disable “Quick Bar” In Twitter 3.3 With Twizzler [Cydia Tweak]
Official Twitter app for iPhone / iPad just got updated to v3.3 and with it came a big annoyance. Yes thats right, I call it a “big” annoyance coz it actually screws up the whole minimalistic design of Twitter iPhone app. Its called the “Quick Bar” or a trend bar, whatever they want us to call it but most definitely, we are not buying it at all. Its basically a translucent notification bar at the top of your timeline that shows Twitter’s beloved and promoted trends (or Ads) which are most of the time, pretty lame. What’s more annoying is that it keeps showing up each time you tap the timeline tab or even when switching between different tabs, duh!
The Best Twitter Client For iPhone / iPad Got Even Better!
Without a doubt, the official Twitter app for iPhone and Twitter for iPad are the best iOS twitter clients available and the latest update, takes them to another level of goodness. A handful of new features have been added to the official iPhone / iPad twitter app which is available as a single universal binary for free on App Store. These features include easier uploading of photos with better image preview, autocomplete for @usernames and hashtags, auto link shortening, adding twitter friends from your address book and a new trends bar in timeline.
Upload Photos To Facebook & Twitter Directly From iPhone’s Camera App!
iSocialShare is the first of its kind jailbreak tweak which lets you upload photos right from your iPhone’s native Camera.app to your Facebook & Twitter accounts. The tweak is now available on cydia store for any jaibroken iPhone / iPod running iOS4. Once downloaded and installed, iSocialShare adds a “cloud” icon to the Photos application at the top right side of navigation bar. Once you tap the cloud button, a menu pops up with options to share the picture on your favorite social networks.
Windows Phone 7 To Get Multitasking, Xbox Kinect Support, Internet Explorer 9 & Twitter Integration [Video]
Microsoft has officially announced that two updates for Windows Phone 7 will be released this year bringing tons of new features in addition to the much awaited Copy / Paste feature which will be added in the first update, due out by March. This update will also bring CDMA support and some performance enhancements. Another major update scheduled for later this year will add improved multitasking, simultaneous game play with an Xbox 360 using Kinect, Twitter integration and full Internet Explorer 9 browsing experience.
History of Social Networking [Infograhic]
Here’s a new infographic for today: History of social networking. Data ranging from 1971, when the first email was sent to current days of Facebook and Twitter leading the way are included Weirdly, location based social networks such as Foursquare have been left out. Nonetheless, interesting stuff for infographic lovers.
P.S. no Buzz, Orkut or Google Wave mentiond?