Canada’s on Twitter, eh!

We now have an official country Twitter account! Well, it took a while but it now joins the ranks of Great Britain, Israel, South Africa, and Sweden to have official country accounts. These accounts are usually meant to promote tourism and stay away from any political matters. We don’t know yet what direction this account will take but it has published three tweets so far with one saying it will be a “shop window for everything that makes Canada the best country in the world.” You can follow the official English account here and the French account here.

Source: The Verge

Twitter.com lets you compose tweets from the top of your timeline

If you have thought you’ve been dying to say out loud on Twitter, the social network is making it much easier for you by placing the compose window at the top of your timeline. This feature seems to only be available on the Web version of the app and we’re not sure if it’ll be coming to the mobile apps.

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Twitter adds dockable videos that will play clips while you browse

If we had picture-in-picture before, now we get picture-in-Twitter. After offering dockable audio cards, Twitter is turning to the moving picture counterpart. You can now watch clips as you browse through Twitter on Android or iOS. It will either let you watch a view in full screen or dock it to the bottom of the screen (like what you do on YouTube’s mobile app). A white progress bar shows how long the clip is and its audio will keep on playing if you plan to compose a tweet.

The opportunity in this lies in long-form videos. People are used to live-tweeting events but what if you don’t have to look at a TV screen anymore and just focus on your device? Advertisers can also use it to run short commercials as well.

Source: Tech Crunch

Twitter will keep Twitpic domain and pictures online as the site closes

The supposed resurrection of Twitpic has officially come to a close. The photo service will be shutting down soon after acquisition plans didn’t fall through. The good news is Twitter will take over the company’s domain and keep the old Twitpic photos online. However, you will not be able to upload new photos. The app has already been taken down from iOS and Android stores. You can still access your account online to delete old photos or export your data.

Source: Twitpic | Via: Android Central