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In time for NFL Thursday Night Football, Twitter launches live-streaming Apple TV app

Christian Zibreg ∙ September 14, 2016

Twitter's new live-streaming Apple TV app arrives just in time for NFL Thursday Night Football. Available at no charge in the tvOS App Store, it lets owners of the fourth-generation Apple TV stream both top Twitter/Vine videos and the 10 NFL games that the micro-blogging services recently acquired the rights to broadcast, plus content from Bloomberg News, Campus Insiders, Cheddar, MLB Advanced Media, NBA, Pac 12 Networks and other premium sources.

How to disable Direct Message read receipts on Twitter

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated July 29, 2019

Twitter has made some new changes to the Direct Message system that lets its users communicate with one another privately. Among those changes is the addition of sending and receiving read receipts.

In this tutorial, we'll show you how you can disable those read receipts so you're not letting everyone know when you see their Direct Messages.

Apple launches an official Twitter account

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 1, 2016

Apple has launched an official Twitter account on Friday. With @Apple, the company now has yet another channel for releasing important announcements and promoting products and events to the public.

NightOwl enables Twitter’s night mode automatically based on the time

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 30, 2016

In one of its most recent updates, Twitter added a new night mode theme to its mobile app that makes the app easier on your eyes at night.

For jailbreakers who like the feature, but expected more than having to manually operate it all the time, a developer has figured out a way to make Twitter's night mode more automatic with a new jailbreak tweak called NightOwl.

Phone++ now available for iOS 9, supercharges your Phone app

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 27, 2016

If you've got a jailbroken iPhone, then it's time to supercharge that stock calling app with a new jailbreak tweak called Phone++.

In this review, we'll show you how Phone++ can improve access to your contacts from your favorite social apps and make your life easier.

How to use X (Twitter) permanently in Dark Mode

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated November 24, 2025

Learn how to activate permanent Dark Mode for the X app and website on your iPhone, Android phone, or Mac if you prefer it over normal Light Mode.

Twitter gains features to limit notifications and filter out lower-quality content

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 19, 2016

Twitter continues adding features to let users control and personalize their experience on the service with yesterday's announcement of a new quality filter and notification settings.

Now available in Twitter 6.6 for iOS, the new content quality switch allows you to optionally weed out lower-quality tweets from your feed, notifications and other parts of your Twitter experience.

“It does not filter content from people you follow or accounts you’ve recently interacted with – and depending on your preferences, you can turn it on or off in your notifications settings,” cautioned the service.

Twitter said to be building Apple TV app to stream NFL games

Cody Lee ∙ Updated May 1, 2018

Twitter is in talks with Apple to bring its Twitter app to Apple TV, reports The New York Times. In a wide-ranging article on Twitter's live-streaming ambitions, the outlet said the social network could use the app to stream several NFL games this season.

For those that missed it, earlier this year Twitter beat out Facebook and other tech giants to win the rights to Thursday Night Football broadcasts. The deal is for 10 games, and the company plans to stream them all live for free (supported by ads of course).

Twitter for iOS adds iPad keyboard shortcuts

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 3, 2016

Yesterday, Twitter's mobile application for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch added a few useful keyboard shortcuts for iPad owners, said Twitter app developer Amro Mousa. If you have an iPad connected to a third-party Bluetooth keyboard or Apple's Smart Keyboard, Twitter for iOS now lets you use various keyboard shortcuts to quickly access some of the most frequently used options without needing to tap on-screen controls.

Pangu creates official Reddit account, tweets public statement on recent hack claims

Anthony Bouchard ∙ July 31, 2016

Pangu was recently subjected to trust issues after a thread made it to Reddit claiming that some users had unauthorized charges from Beijing on their PayPal account after jailbreaking, others had their Facebook account show login attempts from various Asian countries, but mostly from China.

Despite all of the confusion, Pangu has made an official statement, and we have the scoop.

TwitterUICustomizer adds a splash of personal color choice to the Twitter app

Anthony Bouchard ∙ July 19, 2016

Are you a Twitter user and rocking a jailbroken iOS device? If so, then check out a new free jailbreak tweak from Cydia called TwitterUICustomzer to see how you can get the most out of your app's UI.