Twitter rolls out mute feature for individual users

Annoyed by tweets of a certain user but don’t want to offend them by unfollowing them? Twitter has begun rolling out its mute feature to the public. The company began testing mute for a small group of users and is now officially making its way to everyone. Mute allows you to no longer see tweets and retweets from the selected user on your timeline. You will also no longer receive SMS or push notifications from the user. They will still be able to retweet, favorite, or reply to your activities but at least you won’t be able to see their Twitter activity on your main timeline.

You can mute Twitter users by tapping on their tweet and selecting more and then “Mute @username” or you can head to their profile and select the gear icon and then tap on “Mute @username.” The feature is available for Web as well as Android and iOS apps.

Source: Twitter Blog

CNN lets Google Glass users support its citizen journalism platform

Have a story to tell and Google Glass on hand? CNN is expanding its citizen journalism platform iReport by letting people submit stories using Google Glass. iReport is now available on Glass and it just needs existing Glass users to authorize CNN to send notifications to their unit. Once that is up and running, you can manage settings and submit photos and videos with the device.

Source: Ubergizmo

Microsoft starts Windows Phone 8.1 support on June 24

Microsoft announced at its BUILD 2014 conference that Windows Phone 8.1 will be coming out over the summer and now the company says support for the operating system will start June 24. Its new announcement confirms that the public release for the new mobile OS will arrive sometime in June. Microsoft said support for Windows Phone 8.1 will be until July 11, 2017. This means you will be getting software updates for the OS until said date.

However, you must also remember that the release doesn’t mean you’ll be getting the update immediately. You will have to wait until the carriers and manufacturers send the update to supported devices.

Sources: GSMArena + Microsoft

New iOS rhythm game ‘Record Run’ lets you play along using your music library

Rock Band creator Harmonix has brought a new rhythm game to iOS for those who want to use their own tunes to play. Record Run is a straightforward game that will need you to swipe side to side and up and down to avoid obstacles but with the help of songs in your library. The game can get repetitive but you are given new goals to help you set a higher score. And at the beginning you won’t be able to play all your songs one after another. You will have limits to how many songs you can add but you can unlock more songs by accomplishing certain objectives. Or you can also pay for the ability to unlock songs.

If you’re an Apple user, you can download the game here. Android users just have to wait a bit. Harmonix plans to bring the game to your platform soon.

Source: The Verge