Twitpic comes back from the dead

Just when Twitpic announced it was going out of business, it would seem the tide has turned. Twitpic has been bought by an unidentified buyer and as they say, the photo sharing service for Twitter lives. The service announced it was shutting down just a few weeks ago because of some legal demands from Twitter. The story is still developing so we’ll keep you posted on any updates.

We're happy to announce we've been acquired and Twitpic will live on! We will post more details as we can disclose them

— TwitPic (@TwitPic) September 18, 2014

Source: Gizmodo

Twitter revamps sign-up process for newbies

Twitter wants to lure in new users with a more follow-friendly sign-up process. The app will now ask you to choose topics you are interested in and then will offer you suggestions based on your selection. You will even be able to view recent tweets from these accounts to give you a better sense of whether you’d want to follow them or not. It will admittedly get a bit tedious though because the default is you will follow all the suggestions and you’d have to manually deselect those you don’t want to watch.

Source: Christian Oestlien | Via: Engadget

Twitter will fill your timeline with people you don’t know

A few users have noticed it in the past few weeks that tweets from people they don’t know have started to crop up on their timeline. Now, it would seem to be an official policy that Twitter will be showing you tweets you haven’t really asked for. It would seem Twitter already updated its FAQ section to make it clear that you won’t just be getting tweets from people you follow. It is basically like the sponsored or promoted tweets you have been seeing on your timeline but without anyone being paid.

This is the section Quartz is pointing out about this policy: “Additionally, when we identify a Tweet, an account to follow, or other content that's popular or relevant, we may add it to your timeline. This means you will sometimes see Tweets from accounts you don't follow. We select each Tweet using a variety of signals, including how popular it is and how people in your network are interacting with it. Our goal is to make your home timeline even more relevant and interesting.”

Twitter rolls out tweet embed capability to Web version

We reported last June that Twitter is letting its users embed tweets within tweets on their iOS and Android apps. Whether you use it or not, the capability is making its way to Twitter.com. To embed tweets, you’re going to have to post it at the end of the new tweet. You can’t place them in any other position. It also just shows a minimized version of the tweet within the outer tweet. Are you going to be using this feature more now?

Source: Mashable