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Article | 22/01/2013 Twitter flaw gave third-party apps unauthorized access to private messages, researcher says
Users who signed into third-party Web or mobile applications using their Twitter accounts might have given those applications access to their Twitter ...
Article | 22/01/2013 Twitter has disruptions after hectic time during inauguration of U.S. President
Twitter's service had problems on Monday for over six hours with some users complaining the service was slow, while others could not access the servic...
Article | 17/01/2013 Bing beefs up Facebook content in search results
Users of Microsoft's Bing search engine can now see a wider range of Facebook content from their friends appear alongside search results, part of an e...
Article | 15/01/2013 Ex-Windows boss Sinofsky caught tweeting from iPhone
Former Windows head and Microsoft Surface advocate Steve Sinofsky is already tweeting from an iPhone.
Article | 15/01/2013 Twitter main social media choice of Japanese youth, says survey
A poll of young Japanese Internet users showed Twitter is by far their most popular social network, with many saying they want to try Facebook in the ...
Article | 8/01/2013 Privacy advocates welcome Yahoo Mail HTTPS roll-out
Digital rights and privacy advocates have welcomed Yahoo's decision to provide its users with an option to enable HTTPS (HTTP Secure) for their entire...
Article | 8/01/2013 US Library of Congress saving 500 million tweets per day in archives
The U.S. Library of Congress is now storing 500 million tweets per day as part of its efforts to build a Twitter archive, and has added a total of abo...
Article | 2/01/2013 More heads of state are using Twitter, study says
There were 123 heads of state and governments using Twitter to communicate with citizens and the rest of the world as of December 2012, a think tank s...
Article | 11/12/2012 Twitter adds photo filters: Visual tour of what's new
Twitter has added photo filters to its official Android and iOS apps. There are eight Instagram-like filters you can use, which you get to pick after ...
Article | 10/12/2012 Twitter-Instagram feud heats up as pics disappear
After disabling an integration tool that made it more difficult to view pictures on Twitter, Instagram has now pulled all of its photos from microblog...
Article | 10/12/2012 In Pictures: 10 Twitter-inspired gift Ideas for the holidays
Looking for the perfect present for the Twitter addict in your life? Here's a look at 10 ideas, from jeans that tweet your mood (seriously) to Twitter...
Article | 4/12/2012 Twitter fixes SMS-based account hijacking vulnerability
Twitter has restricted the ability of attackers to post tweets and perform other actions on behalf of many users who have phone numbers associated wit...
Article | 4/12/2012 Three more Microsoft Surface tablets may arrive in 2013
Although Microsoft is just getting started with its 2012 Surface tablets, the company plans to launch three new devices in the next year, according to...
Article | 30/11/2012 Syrians turn to satellites as the country's Internet connection remains down
Syrians are turning to satellites to communicate as the country's Internet connections are shut down, but instances of jamming are making even that ch...
Article | 29/11/2012 Social analytics firm PeopleBrowsr wins temporary order against Twitter
Social media analytics service PeopleBrowsr said it has won a temporary restraining order in a California court against Twitter's decision to end its ...