As a dedicatedTwitter user, and someone currently toting a loaner WP7 handset, I’ve spent a fair bit of time on Twitter’s official application for the platform. It’s usable, but feels as if it was rushed to market. In fact, I tweet less on the go now because I don’t like the app. It was hard to adjust to as someone who has spent piles of time on Tweetie (later the official iPhone app)....
Link-shortening addicts who rely onBit.lywill be pleased to hear that the company has justrolled outa mightily impressive new mobile-optimised website. Feeling more like an app than a site, it includes the ‘pull down to refresh’ mechanic familiar to users of Twitter’s official apps. Stats for links are rendered in HTML5 and there’s offline caching, meaning that if you try to shorten a link while your device is not connected to the Internet, it will automatically be saved for later and shortened when the connection is restored....
Magazine-style iPad apps that present news in new ways have flourished in the past year, with Flipboard leading the charge. One project that has sounded intriguing ever since the first whisperings of its existenceemerged, is Bit.ly’sNews.meapp, created in collaboration with the New York Times’ R&D Lab. Todayit’s gone live in the App Store. News.me is a social news service built on top of Twitter, creating a stream of the ‘best’ news being shared by people you follow....
I remember the first time that I used cloud-based operating systemJolicloud. There was something about it that just made sense to me, as someone who spends the majority of my time online. Then, when Google’s Chrome OSlanded on my doorwith the Cr-48, I thought I’d seen the future. But as much as I like working in the cloud, and the freedom that it can bring, there’s a lot to be said for the ability to use applications that are native to my desktop....
Did you know Hard Fork istaking the stage on Sept 30 and Oct 1? Together with an amazing line-up of experts, we will explore the future of crypto during TNW Conference 2021.Secure your ticket now! Cryptocurrencies nosedived on Friday after China’s central bank declared that all crypto-related transactions are illegal and must be banned. “Virtual currency-related business activities are illegal financial activities,” the People’s Bank of China saidon its website(via Google Translate)....
