Articles tagged «twitter»
Samsung Launches Pop-Up Stores Ahead Of Galaxy S3 Release
News Consumer
With consumer thirst for the Samsung Galaxy S3 reaching fever pitch, the company is set to launch two pop-up stores in London at the time of the smartphone's release. The ‘Samsung Mobile PIN' will come to Westfield in...
iPhones On Almost 50 Carriers Are Vulnerable To Hackers
News Security
Security experts have warned that smartphones running on AT&T and at least 47 other carriers are vulnerable to hijacking. iPhones and Android devices are particular targets for malicious hackers, who can intercept information...
Fabrice Muamba Twitter Troll Liam Stacey Banned From University
News Web
Twenty-one year old Liam Stacey, the biology undergraduate jailed for posting offensive tweets about footballer Fabrice Muamba, has been suspended from Swansea University. News of his ban came after Stacey was released from jail...
HSBC Cash Machines Downed By IT Glitch
News Business & Government
HSBC customers were hit by an IT glitch yesterday, with some having problems using cash machines, as well as making both card and online payments. The trouble struck late yesterday at around 7pm, but as you would expect, the bank...
Twitter Blocked By Pakistan For 'Blasphemous' Content
News Business & Government
Twitter was blocked by Pakistan for several hours on Sunday after the microblogging service refused to remove "blasphemous" content, said one of the country's telecommunications officials. Apparently tweets considered offensive...
Unsure Who To Follow? Let Twitter Help You
News Web
Some find it convenient, others deem it intrusive. Either way, Twitter is determined to increase the personalisation of your social networking and is rolling out new tools and features to further the tailoring of individual...
Twitter Implements 'Do Not Track' Privacy Feature
News Web
Yesterday Twitter made the announcement that it would provide a 'Do Not Track' function that would give users the option to opt out of being tracked by the site. The company's plans were unveiled at an Internet Week panel in New...
iTunes Store Filtering Jailbreak Queries
News Web
Apple's disapproval of jail broken iOS devices has recently extended to items in the iTunes Store. According to reports, the company has decided to filter the term "Jailbreak" in all the categories, including apps, songs, albums,...
Listening Machine Turns Tweets To Music
News Web
A website known as the Listening Machine has pledged to turn the next six months of tweets by 500 unnamed users into a "live soundtrack to the thoughts, opinions, feelings and conversations of the UK's population, as played out...
Twitter Translation Center Opens Up For Six New Languages
News Web
Originally released back in February 2011, Twitter's Translation Center has now opened up for another six languages - Afrikaans, Basque, Catalan, Czech, Greek and Ukrainian. As the six most requested languages, Twitter is...
Angry Birds Leading To Angry Businesses
News Mobile & Telco
Mobile device management outfit Zenprise has just released its quarterly cloud report for Q1 2012, in which the firm notes that the number of apps blacklisted by businesses has tripled since the previous quarter. Interestingly,...
ITProPortal Evening Roundup 16-05-12
News Web
Since Twitter's launch six years ago, the microblogging site has come over cyber leaps and virtual bounds to be known as one of the world's most popular and renowned sites. And theres's one part of the world in particular that...
Twitter Confirms 10 Million Active UK Users
News Web
Since Twitter's launch six years ago, the microblogging site has come over cyber leaps and virtual bounds to be known as one of the world's most popular and renowned sites. And theres's one part of the world in particular...
ITProPortal Noon Roundup 15-05-12
News Web
Pirating may get a lot harder in the future, as a Microsoft funded Russian startup, called Pirate Pay, aims to kill all BitTorrent traffic and bring the entertainment industry a pirate-free future. Software developers recently...
Twitter To Email You Weekly Highlights From Your Feed
News Web
Twitter will soon be bringing the best of your news feed to your email, delivering a weekly roundup of the top stories from your timeline. Including the tweets and links you're most likely to be interested in based on those you...
