Twitter announced today that it has officially acquired the popular TweetDeck app. The team behind TweetDeck will join Twitter, though they wil continue to focus on the platform that many of us know and love. Unlike the Twitter acquisition of Atebits which created the official Twitter apps for iOS and Mac out of Tweetie for more »

It was initially reported at the beginning of May that Twitter was buying TweetDeck and now it has been confirmed by several sources. Twitter has acquired Tweetdeck for $40 million in cash and stock. According to CNN Money, the paperwork for making the deal official was signed on Monday. An official announcement is expected to be announced very soon.

Tweetdeck has long been the subject of rumors regarding a buyout of some sort. First there was mention of Ubermedia buying the company, and more recently there was talk of Twitter itself trying to buy the developer. Today we’re hearing that it’s confirmed: Twitter has bought Tweetdeck. According to TechCrunch’s sources Twitter decided to make more »

TweetDeck users with an iPhone or iPod Touch can download a completely new version of the app right now. TweetDeck 2.0 is its name, and it brings a new interface to the table. This isn’t an update to the original TweetDeck, so you’ll have to install the new one separately. The first TweetDeck has been temporarily removed from the App Store to prevent confusion.

TweetDeck is warning Twitters users not to click on any links claiming to be a critical TweetDeck update because the update is actually malware. Scammers, upon hearing that the popular third party Twitter app was preparing to issue a real update, quickly rushed to take advantage of it. The fake update install a Trojan which more »

We had mentioned that TweetDeck was coming to Android a little earlier in the week, and in a little bit of good news — it is now available for download. Except unlike most apps, this one is not in the Android Market. Not yet at least, of course, that is only because it is still more »

Yesterday we mentioned that TweetDeck for Android was going to come available this week as a public beta. Well, that download link is not yet ready, but we do have a first look available. Sadly though, the video is short — just 21 seconds. But that aside, it does give us Android carrying Twitter users more »

TweetDeck fans listen up. Well, those of you who are using an Android smartphone anyway. The official TweetDeck Blog has announced that their Android app is “nearing completion” and they are going to be opening it up this week. The catch here is that it will not be the final version, but instead this will more »

Twitter users hoping to get their fix over breakfast discovered the site was down-and as of 7:15am Eastern. Anyone trying to access the site gets what many users dub “the Fail Whale” a page announcing “Twitter is over capacity. Too many tweets! Please wait a moment and try again.” All third party apps using the more »

If you’ve decided to take the netbook plunge, you’re probably going to want to streamline the programs you use and get rid of any “crapware.” The real question is what applications do you really need for a netbook? Netbooks are meant to browse the web and take advantage of web services. Since they are somewhat underpowered, you need applications that use system resources efficiently so they don’t slow down your machine.