Infographic: The 4 Stages of “Getting” Twitter
This infographic takes you through the four stages of getting Twitter, from a complete inability to understand the purpose to being totally addicted.
Read MoreIs Twitter faster than an Earthquake?
During the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Virginia last week, tweets reached New York City before the earthquake hit the Big Apple. According to Twitter, more than 40,000 earthquake-related tweets were sent within a minute of its occurrence, hitting a rate of about 5,500 tweets per second!
Read MoreTwitter adds image galleries to user profiles
Now when you upload photos to Twitter, they will be featured within an image gallery on your Twitter profile. When you visit a user’s Twitter profile on Twitter.com, you will notice that their profile highlights the most recent four images. To view more images from a user, just click the “view all” button to see several images in a grid view or a detail view highlighting the tweet that was associated with the photo. Images are collected from Twitter’s new photo-uploading tool, as well as other third-party photo apps like yFrog, TwitPic, or my new favorite, Instagram. I...
Read MoreTwitter adds new activity features
Twitter is rolling out two new activity features on a partial redesign of Twitter.com. The first new feature adds more activities (@mentions, favorites, follows, etc.) to your @[username] tab. Previously, the @[username] tab just displayed your @mentions. I think this feature will be helpful to me as I never know when I have a new follower or if someone has favorited my tweet (because I have the email settings turned off). The other new feature is the Activity tab, which provides activities of my followers – the latest Favorites, Retweets, and Follows. Think of it like...
Read MoreTweet Hunt: Shooting game powered by Twitter
Tweet Hunt is a fun shoot-em-up game powered by Twitter. Each bird in the game represents a real tweet. Using your slingshot, you must shoot enough tweets to advance to the next level. It’s like Angry Birds meets Duck Hunt. Oh, and the game wouldn’t be complete without the fail whale. When you’re tired of shooting down birds, you can shoot the “Fail Whale” to kill all the birds on the screen. Tweet Hunt is available in two versions: Celebirdies ($.99)...
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