Twitter shuts down the ability to play games in tweets

It was fun while it lasted. But Twitter decided that users shouldn’t be able to play classic MS-DOS games within the app. This unintended feature was said to violate the “rules of engagement” of the site. Twitter hasn’t allowed developers yet to host rich applications within its social network so the shutdown doesn’t come as a surprise.

Source: VentureBeat | Via: Gizmodo

Tesla’s site and Twitter account gets hacked

Hackers seem to have gotten into both Tesla’s website and official Twitter account. Around 5PM ET, tweets showed up on its page that suggest that the site was no longer handled by the company. It doesn’t seem like anything to grave but it was still an unsophisticated prank of sorts. They changed the account name to #RIPPRGANG and they even posted a number and said to call it to get a free car. Their site also seems to have been compromised. Tesla managed to get back control of both accounts.

Although, even Tesla’s founder Elon Musk got his personal account hacked into. That one seems to be in order as well.

Source: The Verge

Twitter summarizes your timeline with Highlights

Twitter is hoping to boost user engagement with the new feature they're introducing on Android. Called Highlights, the app will be sending you push notifications no more than twice a day of the best tweets of the day. Of course, getting best tweets seems like a subjective approach but what Twitter does is it goes through accounts and conversations that are popular among the people you follow as well as the trending stories of the day.  

It's an opt-in feature and you'll be getting no more than two notifications a day for your own Highlights reel. At the moment, it's only available in English for Android users. Twitter said they want to refine the experience on Android first before considering bringing it to other platforms. 

Source: Ubergizmo 

Twitter lets you get DMs from people you don't follow

Twitter looks to boost its messaging feature by now letting you receive direct messages (DM) from anyone and reply to anyone who DMs you. You will need to opt in though through the settings page of the app. Twitter is letting you know how serious this is by putting the Direct Message button front and center on your contact page on the Android and iOS apps.

Previously, you could only receive messages from your followers and send them to those you follow. We're not sure what flood gates this will open, especially with the amount of harrassment that happens on the app. But this might also be a good way to reach out to people. 

Source: Engadget