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Latest Blaq update brings rendering support for extended tweets

Posted by Bla1ze on 14 Oct 2016 4:52 am EDT

If you've been using Blaq as your Twitter client on BlackBerry 10, you will want to fire up BlackBerry World and get the latest build downloaded if you haven't already. Although it's just a small update, the latest release should address the issue folks were having with extended tweets not rendering correctly within the app. Now, rather than a link leading right back to the same tweet, it...

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Twitter streamlines application process for verified accounts

Posted by Dan Thorp-Lancaster on 19 Jul 2016 2:26 pm EDT

Twitter is making it a bit easier for users to apply for "Verified" status — signified by a blue badge icon usually reserved for public figures. What was previously somewhat of a convoluted process has now been streamlined as an online application process. From Twitter: Twitter announced today it has created an online application process for Twitter accounts to receive verified status....

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Twitter acknowledges major leak of usernames and passwords

Posted by Joseph Keller on 10 Jun 2016 10:23 am EDT

Twitter has acknowledged that "numerous" usernames and passwords seems to have been leaked. The company says that while it is confident that its own servers haven't been breached, it would appear that the leaks came from attacks on other websites and services. From the Twitter blog: We've investigated claims of Twitter @names and passwords available on the "dark web," and we're confident...

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Twitter will roll out exceptions to 140-character post limit in the coming months

Posted by John Callaham on 24 May 2016 10:22 am EDT

Twitter has announced that it will add a number of exceptions to the social network's strict 140-character post limit in the coming months. The list of exceptions will include: Replies: When replying to a Tweet, @names will no longer count toward the 140-character count. This will make having conversations on Twitter easier and more straightforward, no more penny-pinching your words to...

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Twitter could soon stop counting links and photos against your character limit

Posted by Joseph Keller on 16 May 2016 3:51 pm EDT

Twitter will reportedly stop counting links and photos as part of the 140-character limit for tweets, giving people a little more room to express themselves. Both links and photos currently take up a significant number of characters per post. According to Bloomberg, this change could come soon: The change could happen in the next two weeks, said the person who asked not to be named...

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Twitter now allows you to report harassment with multiple tweets at a time

Posted by John Callaham on 26 Apr 2016 9:33 am EDT

Twitter is adding another improvement for people who want to report harassing messages on their social network. The company is rolling out a feature that will allow users to send multiple tweets in one report, rather than just sending them one at a time. In a blog post, Twitter stated: This update makes it easier for you to provide us with more information about the extent of abuse and...

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Twitter makes images more accessible for visually impaired people

Posted by Joseph Keller on 29 Mar 2016 1:37 pm EDT

Twitter has announced a change for its Android and iOS apps that will make photos more accessible to people who are visually impaired. People who add photos to their tweets will soon be able to add alternative text that describes the images they add for those who can't see them, and descriptions themselves can be 420 characters long. From Twitter: Enable this feature by using the compose...

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Twitter CEO says its 140-character limit for posts is 'staying'

Posted by John Callaham on 18 Mar 2016 1:51 pm EDT

Twitter will be sticking with its infamous 140-character limit on public posts. The company's CEO, Jack Dorsey, when asked in an interview if the limit was staying or if it will change, answered, "It's staying. It's a good constraint for us and it allows for of-the-moment brevity." Dorsey made the comments on NBC's Today show to help celebrate Twitter's 10th anniversary. He added that the...

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Twitter for BlackBerry 10 updated to fix image display issues

Posted by Bla1ze on 17 Mar 2016 3:45 pm EDT

Still using Twitter for BlackBerry? If so, you might have noticed the app having some issues with displaying images in your timeline and the loading of images when a link is followed but no matter. A new update has finally been released to BlackBerry World that aims to solve those issues. What's new in this release An update to address image display issues in timeline and loading of images...

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How to turn off Twitter's 'best Tweets first' algorithm

Posted by Phil Nickinson on 17 Mar 2016 10:59 am EDT

Once upon a time, Twitter worked in the following way: Someone posted a tweet. Then someone else would tweet. Then you would see these tweets in your timeline, in the order they were sent. And because chronological order isn't good enough for social services any more (too predictable and rigid and not as easily monetized, or something like that), Twitter is by default now showing you the "best...

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