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Apple turns to Twitter for official Apple Music tech support

Users who need help with the newly launched Apple Music subscription streaming service can now turn to an Apple-controlled Twitter account for technical support.

AppleInsider Staff | 9 years ago

Periscope live video viewing app in development for next-gen Apple TV - report

Twitter's Periscope platform will come to the next-generation Apple TV in the form of a third-party app, to be available for download on the device's dedicated App Store, a new report reveals.

Katie Marsal | 9 years ago

Apple launches new gaming-centric Twitter account ahead of expected Apple TV refresh

Apple activated a new Twitter account on Thursday dedicated to iOS App Store games and run by App Store editors, a move that some suggest could be tied to gaming capabilities for an expected Apple TV hardware refresh.

AppleInsider Staff | 9 years ago

Project Lightning to bring curated event tracking to Twitter

Twitter is developing a new, human-curated event tracking feature for its Web and mobile apps under the codename Project Lightning, a report revealed on Thursday.

Roger Fingas | 9 years ago

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo to resign, 140-character limit lifted for direct messages

Twitter announced two major, albeit unrelated, developments on Thursday, noting the departure of Dick Costolo as CEO and a crucial service change that raises direct messaging limits from 140 characters to 10,000.

AppleInsider Staff | 9 years ago

Twitter launches 'Experiments' program for iOS, Google brings AirPlay to Slides

Twitter is launching an "Experiments" beta-testing program for iOS, a report said on Thursday. Google meanwhile updated its three iOS Docs apps, most notably adding AirPlay and Chromecast support to Slides.

Roger Fingas | 9 years ago

President Obama uses iPhone to make first post on personal Twitter account [u]

U.S. President Barack Obama made his first post from a personal Twitter account on Monday, doing so from an Executive Office iPhone despite previous worries about the device's security.

Roger Fingas | 9 years ago

Tweets coming to Apple's Spotlight search, Twitter CEO says

The already-cosy relationship between Apple and Twitter appears to be growing tighter, as the companies are now engaged in an effort to bring Twitter content to Apple's Spotlight search engine.

AppleInsider Staff | 9 years ago

Twitter upgrades trends features for mobile, drops #discover and activity

Twitter today made a collection of changes to the way trends are presented in its iOS and Android apps, incorporating new information while simultaneously doing away with #discover and activity.

Roger Fingas | 9 years ago

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Twitter's Periscope tackles interface and bug issues, Waze gets speed boosts, traffic bar

Twitter today released its first update to Periscope, solving a variety of early glitches and interface issues, while Google upgraded its Waze navigation app to be faster and offer several new features, such as a traffic bar.

Roger Fingas | 9 years ago

TweetDeck for Mac gets catch-up update, Facebook debuts Riff video app for iPhone

Twitter today released its first major TweetDeck for Mac update since August, bringing support for features like Teams and group messages, while Facebook launched Riff, an app for shooting and sharing collaborative videos.

Roger Fingas | 9 years ago

Twitter launches rebranded Periscope app for live video broadcasting

Just a few months after acquiring the app's original developer, Twitter has released a rebranded Periscope app for the iPhone, which lets users stream live broadcasts to Twitter followers, like chief rival Meerkat.

Roger Fingas | 9 years ago

Twitter experiments with autoplay video ads on iPhone and iPad apps

Twitter on Monday initiated an ad engagement test through its iOS apps that will cause sponsored video ads to automatically play on select iPhone and iPad devices in the U.S.

AppleInsider Staff | 9 years ago

Tweetbot for iOS gets Twitter video and GIF support in latest update

Developer Tapbots on Monday pushed out an update to its popular iOS Twitter client Tweetbot for iOS, bringing playback support for videos and GIFs hosted by the ubiquitous microblogging network.

AppleInsider Staff | 9 years ago

Twitter blames issues with Apple's iOS 8 for loss of 4M new users [u]

Character-limited social network Twitter on Thursday announced a lower-than-expected number of monthly active users for its just-completed fourth quarter, a figure that the company blamed in part on problems in Apple's rollout of iOS 8.

AppleInsider Staff | 9 years ago

Twitter debuts While you were away' posts on iOS, Web version coming soon

Twitter on Wednesday announced "While you were away" recaps, a new feature designed to keep users up to date with the goings on of people they follow by surfacing missed posts in their home timeline.

AppleInsider Staff | 9 years ago

Twitter to track installed third-party apps on iOS with new app graph system

Ubiquitous microblogging platform Twitter on Wednesday announced a new initiative called app graph, which looks to track the apps users have installed on their devices to suggest promoted content and potentially allow for enhanced timeline personalization.

Mikey Campbell | 10 years ago

PopKey GIF keyboard for iOS 8 debuts, Tweetbot adds support for iPhone 6 & interactive notifications

Users looking to get the most out of their newly updated iOS 8 device can download a pair of apps that were made available Wednesday: the PopKey keyboard for convenient access to animated GIF images, and Tweetbot with support for the larger iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus displays as well as interactive notifications.

AppleInsider Staff | 10 years ago

Inside iOS App Extensions: Apple opens up social Share Sheets to third parties

At WWDC, Apple unveiled a new App Extension architecture for both iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite. Here's how the new feature enables new and existing web services to extend iOS and OS X to support social sharing of documents, websites, photos and other media.

Daniel Eran Dilger | 10 years ago

Twitter updated with new reply & photo options, Voicemail + offers message transcription

Microblogging service Twitter on Wednesday updated their official iOS app to give users new ways to reply to tweets and interact with photos on the service, while U.K. residents pining for a replacement Apple's Visual Voicemail have a new option in Voicemail +.