Tweetbot has become one of the most prized Twitter third-party apps out there. Now, in its sixth generation, the app focuses on adding new features and changing how customers pay.
Twitter has acquired the iOS and Android podcast app Breaker for an undisclosed sum to double-down on the creation of new experiences for the Twitter community.
Social media has become such an integral part of peoples’ day to day lives that you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone without an app from this category on their smartphone or tablet. Be it Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, or something else not listed here, the simple fact is many make use of these online tools in an effort to keep in touch with one another when they’re otherwise out of touch.
Twitter has been making a concerted effort to move beyond just text. Back in September of this year, for example, it began testing the ability to send direct messages with audio. Of course, voice tweets are a thing now, too. And soon, audio chatrooms might proliferate the platform.
It's felt like a long time coming, but the Twitter-owned app Periscope has confirmed today it is shutting down.
Twitter has rolled back threaded replies because they made conversations harder to read. The vast majority of people who were included in a recent test of this feature considered threaded replies too difficult to use, prompting the company to pull the feature.
Fleets are a type of disappearing Tweet that Twitter integrated into its social media platform just this week. Fleets are visible to the user’s audience for a period lasting up to 24 hours, and if you haven’t already noticed, they appear at the top of your Twitter app user interface in the form of round circles with the user’s profile picture inside of them.
While Fleets are obviously Twitter attempting to stay relevant with addicting services like Snapchat, some users (myself included) don’t really care for the feature in the slightest. If you feel the same way and have a jailbroken handset at your disposal, then we think you might take a liking to a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed FleetingChances by iOS developer Ian Welker.
Back in March, we first heard about "Fleets". This is Twitter's answer for ephemeral messaging, messages that disappear automatically over time.
Twitter's been conducting a limited test of a voice-tweeting feature since June, and now it's announced an expansion to more beta testers on iOS, a sign that voice-tweeting is nearing its public launch. In addition, it's acknowledged that a new transcription feature is in development.
Twitter's “read the article before you retweet it” prompt has been in testing with a limited number of Android users since this May. The feature appears to be ready for prime time as the company has now confirmed that it's "soon" coming to all users.
Twitter has kicked off another limited test of a feature designed to let you send a private voice message to someone through the app's Direct Messages feature.
Following a few months of testing, the official Twitter app for the iPhone and iPad has now implemented a new Share Tweet popup menu for easier tweet sharing.