Twitter has just introduced its new look – a major design so as to simplify the interface and attract new users to this popular social network. The changes consist of a top-top-bottom change, revamping the website, mobile apps, and even TweetDeck, the company’s social-network integrator software. Despite the fact that the new look for the [...]
When other consumers look at your online social profiles, what do they see? EyeTrackShop, a startup that runs eye-tracking studies for advertisers has found out by applying its technology to the profile pages of popular social networks. The study had used the webcams of 30 participants to record their eye movements as they were shown [...]
Twitter has bought cybersecurity firm Whisper Systems, which is famous for its antivirus software for Google’s Android mobile operating system. News of the purchase originates through the Whisper Systems blog. Whisper Systems software remains in beta testing mode will live on. RedPhone, an app that supplies end-to-end encryption for voice calls, will be immediately taken [...]
Smartphone and tablet manufacturer HTC has made its announcement that their Vivid 4G Android smartphone running on AT&T’s 4G wireless broadband network will get an over the air upgrade to Android’s 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system at the beginning of 2012. The tablet has been available on November 6 featuring the second largest display [...]
E-reader maker Kobo is following Barnes & Noble’s and Amazon’s footsteps to introduce its own low-priced Android handset. The Kobo Vox tablet has been introduced by the Canadian firm on Wednesday with the suggested price of $199.99 while Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color handset sells for $249. Kobo started taking pre-orders for the Vox on [...]
Mozilla released Firefox 8, the newest version of its Web browser has been introduced by Mozilla with built-in Twitter search. Now Twitter consists of a search selection in Firefox for Mac, Windows and Linux. Firefox 8 users are able to search hashtags, topics, and user names on Twitter from within the browser’s search box which [...]
Twitter is investigating a new spec that highlights a link labeled as “top news” or a profile labeled “top people” at the top of its real-time search results. For a small percentage of consumers, looking for a topic like “South Park” or a hashtag such as “#OWS” returns a link to a news story at [...]
