One of the biggest features in the iOS 5 update is Twitter support. iOS devices have gone beyond using Twitter applications by making Twitter a part of the operating system itself. It’s now possible to tweet links to websites right from Safari without the need for any external application. Developers can update their apps to add this functionality as well. This seems to have been a good partnership between Apple and Twitter because one-third of compatible devices have upgraded to iOS 5, and Twitter has seen an influx of sign ups stemming from iOS 5.

In late June, reports surfaced about Twitters upcoming attempt to boost revenue. The solution was ads, but not just any ads. These advertisements will shuffle their way into your Twitter feed. I know a lot of you hate the idea of ads in your feed, especially since you have to deal with spam tweets already. But the new Twitter Promoted Tweets to Followers initiative won’t be as intrusive as you may think.

The team over at Twitter have released the latest update for their iOS app, and this has brought the app up to version 3.1 — but perhaps a little nicer is the app is now universal which means it supports the iPhone and iPod touch as well as the iPad. Yup, the official Twitter app more »

Twitter continues it’s growth and is now hitting 2 billion tweets a month. It’s an impressive number no matter how you slice it. It works out to 741 tweets per second. Back in December of 2009, Twitter was pushing 1 million tweets a month. In the past 6 months, Twitter has managed to double their more »

According to the FCC filing, Sharp has built a new phone that approximates the rumored Turtle design. Sharp built the Sidekicks for Danger back in the day and the suggestion here is Sharp is again building phones for Danger, now a part of Microsoft. If this rumor proves true, we should see an announcement from more »

Twitter’s popularity continues to grow as more and more people discover what a fun and useful tool it can be. Many companies now use it for both promotion and customer service, while individuals use it to network and stay in touch. To get the most out of Twitter, here are some tips and tricks to more »

Twitter is back up and returning to normal following a service disruption that knocked the site offline for nearly 2 hours earlier this morning. Twitter’s official blog had this to say about the incident: We are experiencing an outage due to an extremely high number of whales. Our on-call team is working on a fix. more »

The NFL has announced that beginning this season, players, coaches, and league officials will be banned from tweeting or posting Facebook updates starting 90 minutes before games and until all post-game interviews are completed. The ban extends to anyone who represents a player or coach on any such accounts as well. But wait, there’s more. more »

A new study by Pear Analytics has declared that 40% of Twitter is nothing more than “pointless babble.” The Texas company sampled 6 hours of Tweets a day for 10 days, gathering 2000 total. They then analyzed them and placed them into the following categories. . .

A Chicago woman has been slapped with a $50,000 lawsuit by her landlord. Horizon Group Management filed the lawsuit after the woman complained about her apartment on Twitter. Horizon was angered by her claim that they didn’t care about the mold problem in her apartment. Although she did not have her tweets protected, the complaint only reached about 20 people. Horizon claims the statement “”maliciously and wrongfully” defamed them.