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NYT: Apple talking to Twitter about investing hundreds of millions of dollars

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated October 10, 2018

Apple has apparently been in talks with Twitter officials in recent months about making a possible investment in the micro-blogging platform, reports The New York Times. Described as "a strategic investment", it could value Twitter at more than ten billions.

Apple's attempts at social were limited thus far. Its social thing for music, Ping, will likely be discontinued with the next major iTunes update. That promised Facebook integration in Ping had been pulled last minute was blamed on “onerous terms that we could not agree to”, as Jobs put it. Nonetheless, Apple has opted to partner with both Twitter and Facebook to support their services throughout iOS and OS X.

UPDATE: The Wall Street Journal says Apple talked to Twitter about this a year ago, claiming no immediate acquisition is in the cards.

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Twitter for iOS gets enhanced notifications, interactive tweets, in-line media and more

Christian Zibreg ∙ July 10, 2012

As leaked yesterday, Twitter has just pushed out a major update to its iOS client with more than a dozen new features, including the biggies like alerts for specific users you follow, enhanced search autocomplete, in-app notifications and additional sources and media types that will show in-line, to name a few. Changelog is right after the break...

Leak reveals major Twitter for iPhone update coming

Cody Lee ∙ July 9, 2012

Twitter's iOS apps have received a lot of criticism over the past year — particularly the iPhone app. Its lack of power features, and controversial redesign late last year, has driven millions of users to opt for third-party clients.

But according to a recently-leaked change log, Twitter's iPhone app is about to receive a major update. Twitter 4.3, which should hit the App Store in the next few days, will feature new in-app push notifications and several other enhancements...

How to add the iOS 6 Twitter Widget to iOS 5

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated February 25, 2013

Now that iOS 6 has official built-in widgets for both Twitter and Facebook updates, wouldn't it be nice to be able to replicate those same widgets on iOS 5? Apparently that's the same thought the developer of iOS 6 Twitter Widget had when creating his tweak. This widget, as its name so plainly alludes to, allows you to have an exact replica of the iOS 6 Twitter widget on lesser firmware.

Take a look inside for the full video walkthrough...

New in iOS 6: update Twitter and Facebook from Notification Center

Cody Lee ∙ June 11, 2012

Along with adding deep Facebook integration into iOS 6, Apple has also implemented a new Update bar in Notification Center. The bar allows users to quickly compose a new tweet or status update.

While this may not be the third-party widgets we were all hoping for, it will certainly prove useful. Now you'll be able to post to both Twitter and Facebook, without ever having to open their respective apps...

iOS 6 lets you tweet and update Facebook from Notification Center

Cody Lee ∙ June 11, 2012

Taking a cue from the jailbreak community, Apple has added the ability to update your social networking accounts from directly within iOS 6's Notification Center.

Using two new buttons in NC, users will be able to post new status updates to Facebook, and new tweets to Twitter, all without ever leaving the drop-down menu...

Tweetbot gets better mute filters, enhanced search view with nearby tweets

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated February 21, 2018

Tweetbot, a popular Twitter client for iOS devices, just got updated with a couple new additions and various enhancements, including a reworked search view with location-based searching and nearby tweets.

You will also love the combined search for people and terms, relocated Trends and People categories, offline supprot for favorites and read later services, improved keyword mute filters, basic smart quote support when composing and other nice-to-haves...

Dashtweet now available on Cydia

Jeff Benjamin ∙ May 10, 2012

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Although it was the first widget exclusively developed for Dashboard X that I was able to test, Dashtweet is actually the second Dashboard X widget to appear on Cydia after Clock Widget.

Dashboard X is a new widget platform that allows you to add widgets directly to your iOS device's Home screen. This allows you to customize your iPhone similar to the way that Android devices allow to toy with various widgets.

Dashtweet, as its name suggests, is a Twitter widget that allows you to tweet directly from your Home screen. You can now get it for free from Cydia's BigBoss repo. Be sure to check out our full walkthrough of Dashtweet as well.

TwitkaFly Facebook plugin now available on Cydia

Jeff Benjamin ∙ May 9, 2012

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For those of you who have been highly anticipating Facebook support for TwitkaFly, your wait is officially over.

TwitkaFly has been updated, and along with the update comes a new plugin that lends Facebook support to the formerly Twitter exclusive tweak.

Check out our preview of the new Facebook functionality if you've yet to do so. The update to TwitkaFly is free for those who've previously purchased it, while the new Facebook plugin will set you back $0.99 on Cydia's BigBoss repo.

Are you happy to finally see Facebook support in TwitkaFly?

Dashtweet: the first dedicated Dashboard X widget

Jeff Benjamin ∙ May 8, 2012

Dashboard X — the new upcoming widgeting system for iOS — has its first official widget in the works, and it's based on Twitter.

Dashtweet is the name of the new widget, and it allows you to send tweets from anywhere on your Home screen.

This is likely the first of many official widgets designed specifically with Dashboard X in mind. Check out our video coverage of Dashtweet in action...

Twitpic for iPhone released, pulls 4 years of your photo-sharing history

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 22, 2018

Not that long time ago, Twitpic used to be the go-to service to post images to Twitter. This changed last year when the popular microblogging and social media service chose Photobucket as its hosting partner.

In a long overdue move, Twitpic yesterday released an iOS app that lets you edit and share photos in a snap. Though Twitpic still commands a respectable and loyal user base, it really comes a year too late.

The app arrives at a time when Instagrams and Facebooks of this world pretty much rule the social photo sharing landscape and it'll be especially tough for them to compete with Facebook's staggering $1 billion Instagram acquisition...