MWC 2013: Mozilla introduces Firefox OS

So, finally, Mozilla has announced their very own mobile OS dubbed as the Firefox OS. This, together with Ubuntu will make the smartphone world more wonderful for consumers. Wonderful because competition keeps everything in check. Anyway, the first smartphones to sport the said OS from Mozilla will be ZTE's Open (photo above) and Alcatel's OneTouch Fire (photo below). I have specs for the ZTE device but nothing from the Alcatel. You can check out The Verge's hands on video of these two device and check out the OS itself.

Twitter updates their Twitter for BlackBerry app

Twitter has updated the Twitter for BlackBerry app and is now available for download. The update brings in tons of new features to the application like the ability to to view Tweets in details view, summaries of articles shared from websites like CNN and NatGeo, and see contacts from your Device Address Book. Twitter also noted that "soon" the Twitter for BlackBerry app will get a new way of expanding Tweets with photos which, as promised, should give you a faster and smoother experience. I hope that RIM did something about their transition from the old BB OS to the new BlackBerry 10 OS. The Canadian-company have already started accepting app submission and by that it makes me believe that BB 10 is a whole new platform. If it gets officially into the market, what happens to older BB OS apps? Anyway, for now, just enjoy the new Twitter for BlackBerry. I am sure this update is also available from the BlackBerry App World.

Twitter gives TweetdDeck a new look!

Twitter released an update for TweetDeck and this update totally brings a new look to the Twitter Client. Those who use the Web App version of the client, your TweetDeck will automatically update. For those who use it as an installed application on their PCs or Macs, you simply have to restart the application to trigger the auto-update process. You can also go to Tweetdeck.com to get the installer.

Twitter for Nokia now available for download

Twitter has launched the Twitter for Nokia application which can now be downloaded from the Nokia Store. The application is primarily for those Nokias that run on the Series 40 platform which is one of the most used platform in the Nokia world. What you should expect from the application are the same goodies that the Twitter for iPhone and Android application has. Twitter has already promised that the experience you will be getting from their apps and whatnots will be consistent regardless of the platform you are running. Even their mobile site is congruent to what you will find with their full desktop site. For Nokia fans! This is great news! Download the app now and enjoy Twitter on your devices!

Twitter releases new Twitter app for iOS and Android - now features "Expansive experiences"

Twitter has released a new version of their official Twitter application on the iOS and Android. You can get the mobile application from here. Anyway, what are the new things you should expect from the app? Well, the things you see on Twitter Web. First is, expanded tweets! Yup! You can now view media inside the Twitter application by simply tapping on a tweet that contains the media. Preview links, view photos, and even play videos inside the application! Other things added are better search and better way to discover what is happening on Twitter. Also, they have improved push notifications on both the iPhone and on Android. 

Mobile Twitter updated promises faster and a consistent Twitter experience

Twitter has updated their mobile website, you know http://mobile.twitter.com. Th update is here to do to things, 1) to keep your Twitter experience whatever device you are using and 2) it should now be able to load faster since this updated version of the mobile website uses lesser bandwidth. It's pretty much the same mobile twitter you see when you access the website using your smartphone's browser, they just brought it to feature phones. The updated mobile Twitter is said to use one-third less bandwidth than the previous version, hence faster loading and a better overall experience. To check out the new mobile Twitter, simply type on your phone's browser http://mobile.twitter.com.

Twitter updates Twitter for BlackBerry app

Twitter released a new version of their BlackBerry app which brings in lots of new features that should have been in the app a long time ago. But any, at least Twitter did something. The newest version of Twitter for BlackBerry will now automatically shrink links when you tweet and insert a link on it. Also, you can upload photos right from the application using Twitter's in-house photo upload service (pic.twitter.com). As a last touch to this new version, you can now connect your Twitter account with BBM! Excited? Download Twitter for BlackBerry now from the BlackBerry World.

Twitter updates TweetDeck to version 1.3 - Brings in new columns and more!

TweetDeck by Twitter has officially released an update to the most used Twitter client in the world. The update will bump the version of your TweetDeck up to 1.3 and in all fairness, has brought in a lot of new and much-awaited features to the app. So, how do you update TweetDeck? I am on Windows and was using the app when I read the news. I knew that my TweetDeck was set to automatically update (it seems that's the default setting). What I did to trigger the update is to close TweetDeck and a windows should pop-out notifying you of an update. From there, you know what to do, simply follow what are instructed for you to do. For those using Macs you might want to check the newer version of the app over at the Mac App Store.

Twitter for Android and iOS app updated - also available for the Amazon Kindle Fire

Twitter has pushed an update to their Android and iOS apps, of course, with new features into both OS-es. The new Android app is now optimized for Android 4.0 ICS. For those who owns an Amazon Kindle Fire tablet, it is also downloadable and available from the Amazon App Store. Update your Twitter apps now by heading over to iTunes or the Android Market.

Twitter announces a revamped UI both on your desktop and your phones

Twitter has announced and is already rolling out, "in the next few weeks", a newly revamped site both on desktops and on mobile phones! Twitter is saying that the new design will be easier to follow people who really matter to you. The redesign, since it will be a roll out, will be available to everyone but not on the same time. It will be applied to people who use twitter on their PCs or Macs and to mobile applications which includes the mobile site of the social network.

USA: T-Mobile's Samsung Galaxy S II will sport a 1.5GHz dual-core processor?

This will be a very short blog post but will mean a lot to US consumers. We already know that T-Mobile will be offering their version of the Galaxy S II and on those blog posts I have indicated that the smartphone will be powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor. Contrary to that, a Tweet by the Galaxy Support team revealed something that would make your jaws drop.

Twitter rolls out "activity stream" and a consolidated mentions tab

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Twitter have already started rolling out two new features that you should expect to see on Twitter.com. These two new features, I believe are brilliant. The first is a consolidated @mentions tab. Before, your @mentions tab would only display tweets that mentions you. When you have this update on your Twitter your mentions tab should now include retweets, favorites, new followers, and of course tweets mentioning you. It is basically a look at what is happening on Twitter in relation to you.

HTML 5 version of Twitter rolls out to the iPad

Twitter has started rolling out the HTML 5 version of Twitter.com to the iPad. Apparently, the new site with HTML 5 now has 2 columns which looks more like the desktop browser version of Twitter.com. The new site, is optimized for the touch input from the iPad, which would and should give you a fairly better user experience while using it. According to Mashable, the new site should become available to the iPad in the next coming weeks.

Twitter announces and puts into testing Promoted Tweets

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Twitter, a social network where, if you were the owner, would find it hard to put ads in your website, right? Well, they got through that situation with Promoted Trending Topics. So what's next to Twitter's advertising? Well, how about promote a tweet? Today, Twitter announced that they will now be pushing this new stuff to their website and is still on it's testing phase so not everyone can see a promoted tweet on their timelines yet.

Twitter for Android updated comes with push notification and support for multiple accounts

Some of you might already have this and some might have not known about it, but finally! Twitter for Android now comes offers Push Notifications and support for multiple accounts. Twitter have released and made to public availability the latest version of the Twitter for Android app which you can get over at the Android Market.

Twitter for BlackBerry 2.0.0.16 is now available from the App World

RIM have released to the public version 2.0.0.16 of the Twitter for BlackBerry app. It is currently available at the App World. Enhancements are always in a new version of any app and this app should give you these enhancements or improvements.

Yahoo releases final version of Yahoo Messenger 11

Yahoo have finally made Yahoo Messenger 11, which was available on beta for quite a while, available with the apps' final release version.YM 11's most noticeable feature is Twitter and Facebook integration. Of course, if a messaging application would integrate with Facebook it also included with it Facebook chat and that is what YM 11 is giving you.

Twitter for BlackBerry 2.0 Beta updated - gets support for trending topics

RIM released an update to the Twitter for BlackBerry 2.0 Beta app the app that not most BB users like and have received a lot of comments, negative comments. According to BlackBerry, this update is due to customer feedback that the first version of the beta app and I am sure it got a lot of feedback.

Twitter announces an easier way to share links on Twitter web

After announcing Twitter's own photo sharing service along with a new way of searching in Twitter, the social networking giant takes another step of making lives for those who tweet via Twitter web (Twitter.com). They have released, also, their own URL shortening service. These features are already in all third-party Twitter client you can find and use, it seems the company is playing catch up, but as always, late is better than never.

Twitter announces "a new version of Twitter search" - includes photos and videos

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Since a lot of tweets usually have photo links on them (Twitpic, Yfrog, etc) then it'd be great if you search for something on Twitter these photos are included, right? Well, if you like that idea then you'll like it more since the new search will also include videos. This new way of searching comes together with Twitter's announcement of their new photo sharing service.