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Twitter Removes 140-Character Limit From Direct Messages

Kellen August 12, 2015 16

Two months ago, Twitter told us that it would soon be removing its 140-character limit from direct messages. Today, they came through and actually did remove it. Now, when you send private messages to another user, you can go on and on and on and likely never...

Twitter to Rethink 3rd-Party Developer Strategy, May Soon Welcome Them Back With Open Arms

Tim July 14, 2015 26

If you are an Android user who also scrolls through Twitter from time to time, it is possible you do so on one of many 3rd-party applications built for the service. Back in early to mid-2013, Twitter began a war on 3rd-party developers, limiting the amount of...

Twitter Adds Auto-Play Option for Videos and GIFs

Kellen June 16, 2015 4

Soon, as you scroll through your Twitter feed, you will be welcomed by moving images and auto-playing videos as a part of Twitter's continual drive to make watching videos easier than ever on their platform. The company announced today that this "more seamless...

Twitter is Removing 140-Character Limit in Direct Messages

Kellen June 11, 2015 16

Twitter's CEO just quit (or was forced out - who knows), in case you were interested in executive shake-ups at big tech companies. If not, then let me direct your Twitter attention to a new announcement by the Twitter staff to developers concerning a lifting...

Periscope, Twitter’s Live Video Broadcasting App, is Now on Android

Kellen May 26, 2015 19

Periscope is now on Android! I don't know why I'm acting even remotely excited about this bit of news, but hey, it's exciting, right? You can now live broadcast your life to random strangers or friends or the tech journalists who keep telling you that this is...

Tweets Now Show in Google Search Results on Mobile

Kellen May 19, 2015 8

How much more useful would Google Search results be if they displayed real-time content? For example, if you searched last week for information on the Amtrak crash in Philadelphia, it might have taken longer than your patience could handle before a news outlet...

Meerkat Beats Periscope to Google Play, Now Available in Form of a Buggy Beta

Tim May 1, 2015 12

The day has finally come. To cap off this week, one of the super trendy streaming apps has finally hit Android in the form of a beta, Meerkat. Meerkat is the app that launched ahead of Twitter's own Periscope, which allows users to stream feeds of video while...

Twitter Intros ‘Highlights’ for Android, Delivers the Best Tweets Via Push Notification

Tim April 23, 2015 10

Today, Twitter introduced a new feature for Android users called Highlights. With this enabled, users will be given a deep, yet brief look into the big things happening on Twitter. For example, if there is a big sporting event going on that everyone seems to...