We've been big fans of Buffer for a while now, and we've been waiting for the startup's iPhone app for what feels like forever. The wait is finally over.
Released over the Christmas holiday, the native iPhone app version of Buffer brings a more polished portal into the world of scheduled tweets and Facebook status updates, and it has been well worth the wait.
What's even better is the app is free, meaning there really is no reason to not give it a try...
The sharing option for Apple's "Tell a Friend" feature in the App Store is a bit on the limited side. With a stock iPhone, you can't even use iOS 5's Twitter integration to tell your friends about your favorite apps.
Jailbroken iPhones, on the other hand, can — thanks to a recently released jailbreak tweak by the name of AppTweeter. Check inside for the full rundown...
It's not Siri. In fact, it's not even close. Yet, you still may find it interesting enough to give it a shot, especially if you're already a user of Voice Activator.
Automatic Dictation is essentially a meshing together of Voice Activator and Dragon Dictation. It basically allows you to (almost) use Dragon Dictation completely handsfree. It even allows you to send tweets directly from your dictation screen.
In the end, it's a very clunky semi-hand-free solution that works, but it's definitely no Siri...
As if there weren't already plenty of options to invoke iOS 5's native Twitter integration. This time, the method is by means of a handy app icon conveniently placed on your iOS device's Home screen.
We already have standalone shortcuts, Activator options, and now Twicon — a standalone app icon that acts a shortcut directly to iOS 5's Twitter popup panel...
Late last night I set out with the goal of getting the much talked about Siri Proxy server running on my iMac and iPhone 4S. After a couple of hours of tinkering, I could finally report success.
We've all seen the videos, but actually using it yourself is a whole different experience. It's really amazing what Pete “Plamoni” Lamonica has been able to pull off with Siri Proxy.
What's even better is that there's all sorts of plugins available to take advantage of. Check inside as we go hands-on with the Twitter and IMDB plugins for this wonderful Siri enhancer...
Twitter, the popular social networking service, has just released a major update for its official iPhone app. Version 4.0 echoes the changes that the company has been rolling out to its web app, with a new look and new features.
The app has been noticeably revamped with an all-new user interface. Most notably, the four tabs across the bottom of the app have been replaced with "Home," "Connect," "Discover" and "Me" buttons that aim to enhance your Twitter experience...
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Infinite Tweet is a $0.99 tweak available on Cydia's BigBoss repo, which adds numerous options to a variety of Twitter clients.
Adding native TwitLonger integration into your Twitter app of choice is its main purpose. This not only gives you the option of posting tweets over 140 characters right from the convenience of your favorite client, but it also allows you to expand your messages without the need to visit an outside site.
Check inside for a video demonstration of Infinite Tweet in action...
Reading List, the Instapaper-like feature included with iOS 5, is a great way to save web pages for reading later. But what if you want to share some of the content that you've saved to your reading list? What then?
Sadly, Apple has neglected to add any sort of sharing options to Reading List. Perhaps they're saving the sharing features for a future iOS update. With that in mind, one developer in particular thought it would be a good idea to enable Reading List sharing by means of a handy jailbreak tweak, and that's just what he did.
Take a gander at ActionList, a tweak that enables a variety of sharing options for Reading List...
TweetSong is a jailbreak tweak for iOS 5 that makes it easy to tweet out your #nowplaying song using iOS 5's built in Twitter integration.
It works by assigning an Activator action to pull in the current playing song from your music app, placing it conveniently into the body of your tweet.
If you're curious to see TweetSong in action, check out our video walkthrough inside...
The Next Web shared the results of a study that shows iOS 5 now is the 7th biggest Twitter photo client, and 39% of all photos posted to Twitter come from an iOS device.
Combined, the iPhone accounts for at least 39% of all photos posted to Twitter, largely due to Instagram and Twitter for iPhone. There are a few percent in the smaller categories like Echofon, Others and Tweetdeck that aren’t able to be attributed solely to iOS, as they are multiplatform. With the integration of Twitter into iOS 5, not only did Twitter score themselves a deep toehold on one of the best mobile operating systems around, but it also nearly guaranteed itself longevity.
Not that we need more proof that iOS is the top operating system for mobile devices, but it's still nice to be reminded every once in a while.
In theory, a jailbreak tweak like TweetBoard sounds great. Viewing all of your Twitter information from the comforts of your Lock screen is one of the reasons that IntelliScreen X is so highly anticipated.
But the problem with TweetBoard is that it's half-baked. As it turns out, you can't actually view your timeline from your Lock screen at all, only your particular tweets.
Inside we take a look at this promising, but ultimately disappointing jailbreak tweak for iOS 5...