Twitter update includes direct message syncing and mobile search improvements

New Twitter update for Android, iOS, Twitter.com, mobile.twitter.com, and TweetDeck now lets you sync your direct messages or DMs across your devices and Twitter accounts. If you read a DM on your phone, it’ll be marked as read on your other devices, vice versa.

Search results have also been improved. You just need to make sure you have the latest version of the app from the iTunes App Store, Mac App Store, and Google Play Store.

Pearson comes out with new iOS developer books

IT publisher Pearson has just released four new iOS development titles you should check out.

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Pacific Rim gets Super Ticket theater and digital download combo in Canada

Cineplex Entertainment and Warner Bros. Entertainment join forces to offer Canada’s first Super Ticket offering for the much anticipated Guillermo del Toro summer blockbuster, Pacific Rim, showing on July 12.

This offer includes the movie ticket and pre-order of the UltraViolet digital version of Pacific Rim ($19.99 for standard definition and $24.99 for high definition), which will be available before the DVD and Blu-Ray release. Super Ticket purchasers will also get additional 725 points for Cineplex’s loyalty program and access to exclusive extra content. Super Ticket sales opened on July 5 at Cineplex.com, participating Cineplex theater box offices or automated ticketing kiosks, or through the Cineplex mobile app.

Reinvent how your Instagram photos look with TRYPTpic

Who doesn’t want a unique-looking profile page on Instagram? TRYPTpic 1.0 for iOS is ready to help you in that department. The app lets you crop a photo into multiple related panels and uploads these sequentially to create a larger display area that makes use of the entire grid of your profile.

This split picture framing app offers six different panel choices: 1x3, 2x3, 3x3, 3x4, 1x2, and 2x2. You can upload the first four directly through the Instagram interface of the app, while the last two have to be manually uploaded for they need other photos to fill the blank spaces. TRYPTpic costs $0.99 and is available exclusively through the Apple App Store.