A huge Guardian scoop this evening revealed confirmation of an indiscriminate phone records collection program, encompassing the calls of every Verizon customer on a daily basis - that's millions of Americans' phone data. And unsurprisingly, Twitter blew up with commentary just after the story broke. But not with outrage, with a jaded reaction that indicates the scoop basically confirms
Twitter on Monday announced the availability of Vine for Android smartphones. Vine is a simple video-sharing app that allows users to record six-second videos with audio and share them with friends on the Vine network and also on Twitter. The app launched back in January for Apple’s iPhone, and Twitter said it would release an Android version at a later point in time. The Android app is now final
Even worse than the pornbots and trolls, one of Twitter's enduring drawbacks is that there's no reliable way to issue corrections with the service. The flaw drew a truckload of attention in the wake of the Boston bombings as self-appointed detectives -- fueled by Reddit -- made all kinds of invalid allegations on social media. But the tragedy involving the Tsarnaev brothers is simply the most ext
Everyone seems to following be Pandora into the music discovery business these days and Twitter has decided getting into the game by releasing its own music app on Friday. There’s just one catch, however: As AllThingsD writes, Twitter is only making the app accessible to select “influencers” such as Ryan Seacrest before making it available to the non-famous portion of the public. The music app ap
