Twitter's iPhone and iPad app on App Store was updated this morning with a new data-saver feature designed to minimize the app's cellular data consumption on the go. The company has been testing this feature in the iOS app since May of 2018, and now it's ready for prime time.
Twitter switched to algorithms for its timeline feature in 2016, but the company has now decided to bring back the classic reverse chronological timeline as an option for users.
Twitter has now banned Alex Jones and Infowars for its service. The decision comes one month after other companies prohibited the conspiracy theorist from their outlets, including Apple, Facebook, Spotify, and YouTube. The decision came after Twitter determined Jones was in violation of its "abusive behavior" rules, according to Twitter, via the Associated Press.
Update: It's official! This year's event will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 12.
The U.S. Labor Day holiday is just days away, which means Apple's annual iPhone press event shouldn't be far behind. Though Cupertino has yet to officially announce the event, all eyes point to Wednesday, Sept. 12 as the big day. Now comes word the hardware-focused event could be Apple's first to stream through Twitter.
Twitter yesterday quietly bumped its iPhone and iPad app on App Store to version 7.3. Aside from a pair of user improvements, the update has removed support for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices powered by the iOS 9 software or older.
Twitter's long-awaited AI changes have now been activated after first being announced earlier this year. In doing so, key features are currently being disabled for third-party Twitter clients such as Tweetbot and Twitterific. We're now hearing more from Twitter on why these changes have been implemented and why it's essential for the company going forward. The comments came through in a company-wide email sent to employees just as the changes went live.
Thanks to a recently imposed Twitter API change, Tapbot's Tweetbot app for iPhone and iPad is about to lose essential functionality. The changes will also affect what type of information Tweetbot Apple Watch users can see on their wrists.
Twitter's boss Jack Dorsey promised he would not ban “InfoWars” nor Alex Jones from the platform, but that didn't stop his company from temporarily suspending Jones' account for a period of seven days over a recent, now deleted, tweet that has violated its policy.
Twitter's Jack Dorsey is defending his company's decision not to ban Alex Jones and his InfoWars media platform from the social networking site. In explaining the move, the CEO said Jones hasn't broken the site's rules that would justify a ban. In recent days, Facebook, Apple, and Google removed content associated with the controversial figure saying it violated their policies.
Twitterrific by The Iconfactory, one of the best third-party Twitter clients for iPhone and iPad, has removed its watchOS component and other features from the latest update on App Store.
After Twitter pulled its watchOS app, Apple Watch owners were left seeking alternative apps such as Tweetbot, Twitterrific and Bluebird. Enter Chirp, a tiny little wrist-based Twitter app developed by the young Australian developer Will Bishop, who is just 16 years old.
Ian Beer’s newly-released tfp0 exploit for iOS 11.3.1 ignited a lot of hope for a corresponding jailbreak tool, and it shouldn’t be long before jailbreak tool developers like CoolStar are able to deliver a functional product to the public masses.
But Beer hasn’t stopped there; the renowned security researcher shared a new proof-of-concept VFS exploit dubbed ‘empty_list’ on Twitter this Wednesday that seems to be facilitating innovative works in the jailbreak community.