Twitter testing ‘Fave People’ timeline on Android

Twitter has a Lists feature that let you keep specific people or accounts you want to follow in one place. However, this list doesn’t show up on your timeline. Twitter wants to make it easier for you to keep track of your favorites with a new “Fave People” timeline. The social network is testing out the new feature on Android. The timeline will appear beside the main timeline on Android app. It is currently available on the alpha version of Twitter’s Android app so there is no way of telling at the moment if it will be available on other platforms.

Source: Ubergizmo

Twitter adds image cropping and rotating capabilities to Android app

Twitter is looking to offer a richer multimedia experience by adding the ability to crop and rotate images in the Android app. You are also encouraged to interact with friends when uploading photos as an @ mention reminder will appear when you choose to upload a photo. Discovering latest trends and events is also easier with the new update. Your timeline will load recommended tweets, suggested accounts, and trending topics when there are no new tweets to load. The new features will supposedly be “coming soon” to iOS version.

CtrlTwit helps users control apps with Twitter commands

CtrlTwit is a new Web service designed to help Twitter power users make the most out of the social network. The app can link your Twitter account to various other services so you can do things like adding a link to Pocket, checking Dropbox space, or subscribe to a YouTube channel.

You don’t have to sign up to the service to have Twitter perform any of the commands. An example given by Lifehacker includes adding a link to Pocket. What you just need to do is reply to the tweet with an interesting link with the command “@pocket save #ctrltwit” and you will initially be asked by Pocket to sign in. The app also currently supports Instagram, Foursquare, and Meetup.

Vine brings full profiles, TV mode online

Twitter’s six-second video app Vine has finally been ported online to allow you to check your feed, share, like and comment on videos as well as browse through the body of work of your favorite Vine users.

While you still can’t record videos using your webcam, at least you can view your favorite clips in TV mode. This new feature allows you to watch a user’s clips consecutively and in full screen mode. You can skip through videos with the arrow buttons or just watch every single Vine a user posts.

Source: Vine’s Blog