Twitter app Carbon gets redesign

If you use Carbon for Twitter, then you’re in for a redesign treat. The unofficial Twitter app features a new interface, among a host of other features. The app also now allows you to loop Vine videos, play Vine videos in full screen, tap images in your timeline, and activate the Do Not Disturb mode. The update is currently rolling out of the Google Play Store.

BlackBerry pulls latest version of Twitter app, advises users to roll-back

BlackBerry has pulled the latest Twitter version 10.2.2 from the BlackBerry 10 app store after customer complaints started coming in. What the Waterloo-based tech company wants you to do is roll back to the 10.2.1 version. You just need to uninstall Twitter from your smartphone, search for the app on BlackBerry World again, and then download the “stable” version of the social network.

Source: Inside BlackBerry

Twitter expands emergency alert sign-ups to mobile app

Twitter is making it easier for you to subscribe to participating organizations alerts. You just have to head over to their Twitter profiles on your iOS and Android devices and subscribe from there. The alerts will range from app notifications, highlighted tweets, and text messages. Twitter has also expanded the service in Brazil and Australia with the new update.

The program is a result of the Lifeline service launched in September after the major tsunami and earthquake hit Japan.

Source: The Next Web

Twitter brings BBM integration into new BlackBerry 10 app update

Twitter is showing some love for its BlackBerry users with a new update of its BB10 app. It lets you tweet and update your BBM status at the same time and you get to see thumbnails of Twitter photos when you scroll through your timeline. Version 10.2.2.1 also includes the ability to reply within tweets and have relevant accounts appear when you use Search feature of the app.