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Twitter updates Interface: no need to reload for new tweets!
The new Twitter Retweet function has been slowly rolling out over selected account these past few days.
This morning I found out it was active on one of our accounts (@Shareables) so I eagerly started playing with it. It works as expected and seems like a logical addition to the Reply button.
More noticeable however was a new Status Message on the top of my Twitter interface. As you can see in the screenshot below Twitter now shows how many new tweets were published in your stream, all without the need for a reload.
The number keeps updating as new tweets come in and when you click the yellow box the new tweets are shown without the page reloading. They just appear, magically, on the page.
I can image all those page reloads being pretty heavy on Twitter’s service. This must be a smart way to get traffic down while increasing usefulness for users.
The ‘new tweets’ indicator is also shown in the title so even if you are working in another tab you still know that there are new tweets. It works pretty similar to how search at Twitter shows new messages and I can’t help but wonder why they didn’t do this earlier.
The new interface apparently is activated with the new Retweet functionality. Are you seeing it too?
Twitter’s official announcement:
We’re starting a limited test of notifications on twitter.com for when you have new tweets. So if one of the folks you follow has tweeted since you loaded your homepage, you’ll get a little notice saying “1 new tweet” that, when clicked, will display the new content.
We think it improves the tweet consumption experience and hope to roll it out to everyone as soon as we can. -
Comscore report: ‘Asia search traffic to plunge 33%’
The search traffic results are out, and Asia Pacific region shows a surge of 33% increase in the number of searches made in the last 12 months.
Based on the qSearch service by comScore Inc, one of the leading digital intelligence company, the search traffic results awards Google as the leader of the search engine table. With approx. 38.6 billion searches from September 2008 to September 2009, an average 88 searches per person per region is been done.
With 44.1% searched on Google Sites, it showed dominance over majorly all the countries with an average of 59 searches per user which included Australia, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore.
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Photoshop Makes Its Way to Android
Yes, I admit that I was jealous when Adobe released their mobile Photoshop version for the iPhone last month. But now I’m happy again, because Adobe just released an Android version.
The application is only available in the US Android market at the moment, but that should change shortly. Together with a Photoshop.com account this application brings a good and easy way for some easy photo editing and backing up your photos to your Photoshop.com space.
Don’t let the name Photoshop fool you here. It’s not like you get the full set of Photoshop editing possibilities on your Android. The editing options are limited to the following functions:
Crop- Straighten
- Rotate
- Flip
- Exposure
- Saturation
- Tint
- Black & White
- Soft Focus
And of course in future updates Adobe will add some more possibilities that will please all your mobile photo editing needs.
There is also an upload function where you can upload your photos to your Photoshop.com account. The application itself makes it possible to edit your local photos that are based on your phone and the photos that are stored on Photoshop.com.
Take a look at the video below that demonstrates the Photoshop for Android application. And if you had a chance to test it, let us know what you think about it.
Update: someone uploaded the APK to Megaupload. Now the people outside the US don’t have to wait. And it works great on my Android G1.
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Give Me Two Minutes To Tell You Why Cyworld US Failed
I got this email last night around 9:25pm EST.
Thank you to all members with Cyworld.
Due to Cyworld shuts down US service, US Cyworld will no longer be able to service.
We sincerely apologize for shutting down the service with unavoidable reason.
Before US cyworld close the service, you will continue to access to US cyworld contents but not
purchase items. Also, you will not use your acorns.
If you have unused acorns, you will be given a full refund for paid acorns only.
Refunds and data backup service is in progress, using the acorn will no longer be able to purchase for miniroom items, skins, etc.
@ Schedule for closing US Cyworld service
Due to Data Back-up and closing service issues, the service will be unavailable.
* Shop service will be unavailable since Nov 03, 2009
o Club service, Profile photo/data upload serivce will be unavailable since Nov 23, 2009
I knew immediately that it had come from Korea. Why? The English, while not horrendous, isn’t good. It’s a pretty ingrained habit in Korean business that people don’t ask for the most basic of help when it comes to proofreading English. That’s why Korea is constantly laughed at for its Engrish. The problem this time? Not asking someone to proofread this letter (or, as my experience has gone, getting someone to proofread the letter and then ignoring their feedback.) -
Рhishing for multilingual domain names
With all the hype around the soon to be standardized multilingual top level domains and IDNs (internationalized domain names), how good are you in telling the difference between a legitimate domain and a phishing name? Ready? Go!
Which one is legit: paypal.com or рayрal.com? Can’t tell the difference?
The р in the latter domain name (also in the title, by the way) is a Cyrillic glyph that looks identical to the Latin p. There are tons of glyphs from various scripts that are identical. With the exception of Middle-Eastern and East-Asian scripts and some archaic languages, all modern scripts bear a great resemblance to each other.
While phishing filters are designed to look at long domain names such as paypal.com.phishing.com and we are all used to ensuring that the domain name we land on is legit, we are incapable of detecting identically looking glyphs from different scripts.
Never thought magnifying glasses could be a cool security feature, did you? -
Is this Twitter’s secret iPhone app?
One of the notable things about the way Twitter has run its business up to now is that it has never got into the app business. New screenshots suggest that might be changing.
Twitter has always left development of everything except the core Twitter website and API up to third parties. It even bought the service’s search technology in from a third party.
Now developer Jesse Stay, the man behind Social Too, has spotted what looks like an iPhone app used internally by Twitter.
With the new geolocation feature being tested internally and the new version of Seesmic Desktop featuring the ability to read location from tweets that use it, how is Twitter generating location tags for its test tweets? From the looks of the screenshots Stay has uncovered, by using a secret iPhone app.
Now, we’re not suggesting that Twitter is about annoy its third party developer community by launching its own iPhone app. Given its bare-bones look this is probably noting more than a test app for adding geolocation data to tweets.
Still, it’s fascinating to have a look ‘behind the curtain’ at the development process behind one of the decade’s biggest web success stories.
Larger screenshot below:
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Verizon Droid Ownership Cost – is this suppose to kill the
So, Verizon unleashed today its “pièce de résistance” named Motorola Droid in the battle with the so praised Apple’s iPhone (on ATT network ).
According to many reviews, Droid is the most fit contender for iPhone’s reign but it’s not there yet.
Now, after launching, we see Droid not being there yet with regard the cost of ownership as well.
I mean, if you compete with the hottest smartphone around (iPhone) and you are not yet the equivalent (user-friendlines and software especially) it’s expected that at least you can compete in the price.
It seems it’s not Droid’s case and that thanks to Verizon, the single network which carries this smartphone.
Let’s see what Verizon offers if you want to go Droid’s route (this offer is, of course, only for US based residents – Verizon being an US network carrier).
The phone itself is price at $199, while iPhone 3G is priced at $99 (and iPhone 3GS is $199) for a two-year contract. That’s a pretty big handicap for Droid (and other competitors) because iPhone 3G is a pretty solid device and it’s not far from iPhone 3GS in terms of features (I own a 3G version and I wasn’t convinced to switch to 3GS – maybe I’ll switch to another new version of the iPhone when it comes out). If the price would be the solely criteria of choosing between these two phones which one would you choose?
Next, Verizon asks you for $30 mandatory fee for “unlimited” data plan. ATT asks the same amount. But Verizon’s “unlimited” data plan is capped at 5Gb/month. How’s that unlimited? ATT doesn’t have that cap, at least not yet, and maybe this is one reason their network is crumbling sometimes. But at least you get what’s advertised.
If it’s unlimited then it should be unlimited, otherwise don’t use that misleading word, Verizon.
More about Verizon’s demands after the jump…
Another features Droid has and iPhone doesn’t (except jailbreaking it) is thetering. That allows the mobile device and its data connection to be used as an Internet connection for another system (like a laptop, foe example). Verizon allows you to do that IF you pay another fee of $30 for the “unlimited” plan. Yes, i used quotes again for unlimited because this data plan is also capped at 5Gb/month! I am not an native English speaker but even I know what “unlimited” word means. This is clearly misleading.
You want to hear more about the Verizon’s strategy to kill the iPhone? Hear this then.
Verizon’s early termination fee is doubled for smartphones as of November 15 and if you do that you have to say bye-bye to $350 (ATT has it at $175 for all phones).
It gets even better! If you want to use the Droid for work email (like you are using a Blackberry or even an iPhone) don’t try to use it with Microsoft Exchange server. It will cost you an additional $45 fee for, yes, an “unlimited” plan (we know by now that this also is capped at 5Gb/month).
Verizon’s network might be better (never tried) but is that enough to pay extra to own a Droid which isn’t an iPhone killer? ATT’s network isn’t that bad, at least in my region. I was satisfied with it and I bet they’ll improve more (they probably didn’t expect this kind of success from iPhone and they were caught somehow with a low guard).
If Verizon wants to really compete (because it has the means) then they should revise their pricing policy.
How they are having right now it’s like shooting yourself in the foot with your own gun. -
Skype Lawsuit Over – Founders Do Well In eBay Settlement
It has finally come to a conclusion: eBay gets to spin-off Skype, the founders are coming back, the P2P technology that runs Skype will be merged into the corporation, and Index Ventures is out of the picture.
The deal breaks down as follows: eBay will own 30% of the company, the founders will own 14%, of which they paid $84 million for 4%. The rest of their stake is part of the settlement, and payment for Joltid. Joltid is the underpinnings of Skype that make it tick, and was the root of the latest round of lawsuits.
The rest of the equity goes to the investors who are putting up nearly all the money.
eBay has had its total ownership reduced from 35% of the new Skype. This concession was assuredly not what eBay wanted, but it seems a small price to pay for Skype move past its legal quandaries.
Skype is now safe for its millions of users. There will be no service interruptions, at least stemming from legal problems.
With Skype on its own, do you think that they will perhaps be more aggressive in their pricing? The investors putting up the cash for the deal are going to be looking for a favorable exit, and that means expanding revenue. We might start paying a bit more? -
Apple approves a “Hitler Book” app with Nazi Symbol as i
Apple has approved an eBook Application of a book written by Hilter including Nazi symbols as the application icon.
The book titled Mein Kampf (Mi Lucha in Spanish) is a book written by Adolf Hitler, combining elements of his autobiography with an exposition of ideas of the political ideology of National Socialism.
The most shocking feature of the application is unquestionably its logo, the Swastika, in plain site in the apps directory.
This comes not days after Apple banned an app for mentioning the word iPhone.
How did no one catch this?
Update: Ralf, one of our team, comments below stating that the logo In Germany using the symbol is even prohibited by law (German link: http://bundesrecht.juris.de/stgb/__86a.html).
Via iPhoneTicker.de
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