What’s the video equivalent to 140 written characters for Twitter? Apparently it translates to 6 sec of video! That’s right, Twitter has now rolled out a new feature for the Twitter faithful – embeded video clips.
Well, that didn’t take long! Apple’s newest tablet, the “New iPad or iPad 3″ was released today to the public and popular iOS hacker MuscleNerd, has claimed he has jailbroken the new gadget. Taking to twitter, MuscleNerd wrote:
jailbroken iPad3: http://twitpic.com/8x48rt http://twitpic.com/8x48xg(Just a first step, still lots of work to do! No ETA!)
So, what does this mean for “Joe Public”? From the sound of it, MuscleNerd has gained access and is running Cydia on the new tablet but there is no public software jailbreak…..yet. If you like jailbreaking your iOS devices, find out more info on MuscleNerd and the Dev-Team here.
Update: Apple Calls MuscleNerd, after he posts above Twitter post….
Source: Twitter
Source: Twitter
Yesterday, Twitter released an update for their iOS app – version 4.1 doesn’t have a lot of changes but it has two much requested features. “Swipe Shortcuts” and “Copy/Paste” for tweets and profiles are features people have been asking for since the first Twitter app and while the first (Swipe) doesn’t sound that useful, with some practice, it’s a great help. As for “Copy/Paste” – every app – on every platform should have this feature……it’s frickin’ 2012!
Source: Twitter
Meet & Seat is what KLM is calling their new social seat picking feature, which will let people link their social media profiles to their check in information. Can’t say we didn’t see this coming but as long as there’s an opt-out and a “place me next to someone that doesn’t want to talk for the next 8 hours” I’ll be fine with this new feature. In my opinion, this is just the beginning of social integration within our greater reality: train seats, bus seats, school, group vacations, restaurants, bars – it’s endless.
Source: The Verge
Earlier this year, we told you about a social image/message app called Path – well its just been updated and it looks real good. For a quick recap, Path is like Twitter and Instagram mixted together - allowing a small group (no more than 150) friends to share images and info about each other. This 150 person limit allows the group to be very personal and connected – something that Facebook has destroyed.
The updated UI is simply beautiful – minimalistic and to the point, as you would want from any app limited by a phone’s small screen size. Along with the increase in friends allowed, Path also allows you to share the song you’re listening to, share the images you take to more social services and they have even included a new automatic option, allowing the app to share when you’ve visited a new location. Yet, with all these improvements, Path still suffers from stagnent marketing and a tiny user base; even with Facebook integration, many people still don’t know about it. Path is available for Android and iOS – highly recommended.
Source: Path
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So, there’s good ideas and then there’s…..Kenneth Cole’s tweet. Yup, the above mentioned tweet is from Mr.Cole and the one below is his reaction after about 2 hours – that is, after his tweet went viral and he looked like an ass. Really don’t know what you were thinking buddy but I’ll let the guy under your last tweet sum it up. NEXT!!
SOURCE LINK: TWITTER
Straight from the “What Could Go Wrong” book come this piece of ridiculous news. Bloomberg had an interview on the 20th with Johan Bollen about how social media, specifically Twitter, can be used to predict the market days in advance. In short, a calm public means that anxiety towards the market is flat and thus the market has a higher chance of going up – an anxious twitter core could mean a pull back. Obviously this is a breakdown of the inter workings – hit this link for the video.
My concern is simple – this is another way to try to outsmart the market, as if the market is some wildly uncontrollable beast that we have to outwit. We don’t have to outsmart it, we have to reward it based on companies that are responsible, legit, fiscally stable and honest – by investing in those companies. This Twitter hedge fund is another sad example of how the stock market is wildly irresponsible and needs to be regulated. Source Bloomberg
NEXT!!