01 Apr 2015
Twitter launches Vine Kids with 6 seconds of child-friendly fun
Twitter launches Vine Kids with 6 seconds of child-friendly fun ne is great fun. In six seconds, anyone can share a short movie, animation or breaking news. But, it’s not always appropriate for children. Okay, most of the time it’s not appropriate for children. So Twitter created its first child-friendly app, Vine Kids. The main feature is
01 Apr 2015
Twitter now has an official WordPress plugin
Twitter now has an official WordPress plugin Twitter today announced that it’s releasing its first official Twitter plugin for WordPress that brings a bunch of Twitter functionality to your site easily. The new plugin brings a plethora of features; it automatically generates Twitter Cards for your pages, enables Twitter Analytics, embeds video and adds a
01 Apr 2015
Twitter launches friend-finding and two-factor verification for Digits
Twitter launches friend-finding and two-factor verification for Digits If you’re a developer usingTwitter’s Digits to sign users up for your app or service, get ready to offer a more secure log-in and a way for users to quickly find their friends. Today Digits introduced friend-finding and two-factor verification to the service. Friend-finding scans the user’s
01 Apr 2015
WhatsApp for Android now allows all users to make voice calls, iOS coming soon
WhatsApp for Android now allows all users to make voice calls, iOS coming soon If you’ve been wondering when, oh when, someone will ring you via WhatsApp so you’ll get its new voice calling feature, you won’t have to sit by the phone any longer. Updating to WhatsApp version 2.12.5 via Google Play does
01 Apr 2015
Twitter launches Partner Audience, its new ad-targeting feature based on user behaviors
Twitter launches Partner Audience, its new ad-targeting feature based on user behaviors Annoyed by those promoted tweets on your Twitter feed? Hopefully, Twitter will make these ads more relevant to you in the near future. Today, the company released Partner Audience, a new ad-targeting feature to let publishers select intended demographics such as “cereal buyers” and
01 Apr 2015
Twitter’s building a second-screen experience for TV shows
Twitter’s building a second-screen experience for TV shows itter is experimenting with TV Timelines, a new way to surface tweets and media related to TV shows on air, reports Mashable. The feature, which is still being tested in Twitter’s iPhone app with a limited number of users, becomes available when you use a hashtag for
01 Apr 2015
How to bail out of noisy Twitter conversations using mute
How to bail out of noisy Twitter conversations using mute While you can drop out of aTwitter group DM, you’re still stuck in any public Twitter conversation that include your user name. This phenom is also referred to as a canoe (because they’re long boats filled with people?). Sometimes these conversations go for hours – even
01 Apr 2015
Twitter may bring autoplaying video ads to your timeline
Twitter may bring autoplaying video ads to your timeline IT seems like everyone wants to shove autoplaying videos in your face and now Twitter wants to join the ranks of Facebook and Instagram in the fight for your eyeballs. According to Advertising Age, Twitter is now testing video advertisements that automatically play in your feed.
31 Mar 2015
Windows 10 will make dual booting harder by requiring UEFI Secure Boot
Windows 10 will make dual booting harder by requiring UEFI Secure Boot Once again, Microsoft is striking fear into the hearts of dual booters by bringing back the the concept of UEFI. For those who forgot this was a big deal with Windows 8. Back in the day, in order for hardware manufacturers to get
31 Mar 2015
Microsoft Explains New Licensing Model For Windows 10
Microsoft Explains New Licensing Model For Windows 10 Windows 10 comes with a substantial number of changes, not just in how the operating system functions, but how it will be made available to users and businesses. The new OS will be offered free of charge within the first year, to consumers that are running either