Windows Phone gets a new Twitter app, Carbon
This is another case of ‘we knew it was coming’ however as always — it is nice to see the app released as expected. That being said, Windows Phone users now have another option to consider in terms of a Twitter app. This latest is priced at $1.99 and is called Carbon. The Carbon Twitter more »
Tweetbot, the best iOS Twitter app has finally come to the iPad
Tweetbot has long been my daily Twitter client for my iPhone, and today Tapbots brought that experience to the iPad. Tweetbot, if you’re not familiar, is a robot-themed gesture-based Twitter client. It’s been available on the iPhone/iPod touch for a while, and now there’s a version available for the iPad. Tweetbot for iPad brings the more »
Twitter starts rolling out more enhanced brand profiles
Back in December when Twitter launched its latest redesign it also unveiled enhanced profile pages for brands. At the time the enhanced pages were only up for three brands, but now Twitter has started rolling out more of them. Today brands such a NPR, Volkswagen, Al Jazeera, the Huffington Post, and NBC News, along with more »
Shortmail takes to Twitter, shares a simple but rather useful iOS app tip
This sort of scenario probably happens more times than we would care to admit. The story goes something like this — you use an app on a regular basis and feel like you know your way around rather well. You know, you think you have all the shortcuts and secrets figured out and then the more »
Shortmail now allows you to create an account that is NOT based on your Twitter account
We have been pretty big fans of Shortmail here at GadgeTell and while the service was one that we would recommend to friends, we often heard a complaint that new accounts had to be based on your existing Twitter username. Personally I like my Twitter username and that would have been my Shortmail account regardless, more »
Twitter buys news aggregator Summify
Summify is the latest company to join the Twitter flock. The popular news aggregator has since shut off new signups, with it’s service closing down sometime in the near future. Summify, if you’re not familiar with the service, was a way to pull in your Twitter, Facebook, and RSS feeds. Summify would then sort them more »
WebOS Twitter client Carbon is coming to Android
With WebOS going open source developers have to turn to other platforms. The developers of Carbon, a popular Twitter client for WebOS have decided to turn their efforts to developing for Android. The developers behind Carbon have been working of Carbon for Android for some time now, with the first tweet from the app’s Twitter more »
Blogger sued over Twitter followers
A blogger is being sued by the blog he used to write for because they claim his Twitter followers belong to them. PhoneDog is suing former blogger Noah Kravitz for $350,000 (that’s $2.50 per follower per month for 8 months) because they say his 17,000 followers amounts to their customer list, and they want it more »
Comedy writer busts whiny tweeters
A bored comedy writer took it upon himself to shame some of the tweeters he came across on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Their crime? Complaining about what they got and didn’t get for Christmas, often in melodramatic style. For example: welp my christmas is pretty much ruined, im not getting my car till after more »
Words With Friends now available in Nook Apps; with Twitter, Plants vs. Zombies and more coming in “early” 2012
Barnes & Noble have announced a new addition in Nook Apps. And in addition to a recently released app, they have also teased of a few others that will be coming available in the new year. As of now, Words With Friends is in the Nook Apps app store. The Words With Friends app comes more »
